quoted 7 lines I went out on Sat/Sun and spent a packet on:> I went out on Sat/Sun and spent a packet on:
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> JDJ - Coldcut
> Locust - Truth Is Born...
> Fila Brazilia - Maim That Tune
> LFO - Advance
> Octagon Man - The Exciting World Of...
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quoted 1 line 3. Is Locust everyone's cup of tea? It sounds a bit too weird for my taste.> 3. Is Locust everyone's cup of tea? It sounds a bit too weird for my taste.
Well, Locust is certainly *my* cup of tea (and Helen's, etc.).
I suspect that being a Former Industrialist With A Clue[tm] helps a great
deal in this regard. Van Hoen's work is infused with an Industrial
sensibility, as is to some extent Autechre's (I've finally gotten a tape copy
of "Tri Repetae", and my pico review is "The record Richard James could have
made if he'd stop pissing about". Positively post-Aphexian and brilliant.).
Then again, I've spent most of my adulthood searching out that which would be
considered "weird" by some/most, it's usually where the most challenging music
lives. (And a lot of the dross, too; weirdness for weirdness' sake doesn't
usually work.) Somebody who approaches IDM from, say, a House background
would undoubtedly think quite a bit differently of the likes of Locust.
(That's not to say you're a former House fiend Rob, just an e.g.)
- Greg