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From:
Chris.Hilker
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Date:
Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:42:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Subtropic, wow
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quoted 2 lines This album sits right alongside the T-Power for me, in the way it>This album sits right alongside the T-Power for me, in the way it >uses a wider variety of sounds and timbres than run of the mill drum & bass.
I don't think Suptropic can hold a candle to the T Power album. Yes, Homebrew employs a fairly wide sound palette, but the tracks aren't structured well, IMHO. When a track builds up, I get no sense that it's building up *to* any- thing, and when it's finally done building, usually there's no payoff. The Self-Evident Truth of an Intuitive Mind, on the other hand, contains some of the most cogently structured tracks in recent memory, for my money. T Power's tracks flow together, as well, and Subtropic would do well to learn by example - Homebrew's segues between tracks are nonexistant to the point that I wonder if the sequence was decided randomly. Subtropic is not All That. C. PS: has it been pointed out before than T Power's album cantains a few samples of Bela Lugosi from 'Glen or Glenda?' -- cspot@hyperreal.com (Chris.Hilker)