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From:
Dave Walker
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Date:
30 Apr 96 11:32:05 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) REVIEWS: Kinesthesia LP, Herbert LP + Mills overload [long]
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Mark Kolmar said: :Sounded a whole lot like creative use of the kind of canned-sample :GeneralMIDI boxes the analog purists (and even us digital devotees) :despise. Truly an example of making silk tracks from sow's-ear equipment. :Jeff Mills combines the basic drive of club-oriented music with the :subtleties you need to succeed for the living-room listener. Good stuff. I read an interview with Mills from awhile back in which he stated he sometimes likes to make records with "suboptimal" equipment to show the younger producers that it's possible to do interesting stuff without bankrupting themselves. -d.w.