On Fri, 31 May 1996, R D Wigglesworth wrote:
quoted 7 lines I think some people may be missing the point here. 'Snackwich' is one of the
> I think some people may be missing the point here. 'Snackwich' is one of the
> most humourous tracks autechre/gescom have done. Listen to the sample at
> the beginning- it sounds like one of those newsreel films! This track defies
> any in-depth analysis as to 'direction' because it's just a bit of a laugh,
> isn't it? Actually, in a mixmag interview they said that the clear gescom
> EP is a bit of a piss-take as well. Humourous they maybe, but there's nought
> wrong with a bit of humour in music- look at Dr. Rockitt.
For me, it's one thing to release an album with a few pisstakes, but I
don't get anything out of Gescom 2. Successful pisstakes include
anything by Sheep on Drugs (who coincidently recorded a jungle remix for
their new album of The Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for my Man")
Jake Slazenger, a few tracks on The Jedi Knights album, and a few tracks
on Delerium's "Semantic Spaces" album. But there's real substance and
content...I like that in a song. I don't really get much out of a
musical joke...but that's my loss I guess. It surprises me that the
clear ep was a joke, cause if it was, it was a damn fine joke. It's one
of my favorite releases from the band.
quoted 2 lines What makes 'Snackwitch' such a humourous piece is the unlikely collaging of
> What makes 'Snackwitch' such a humourous piece is the unlikely collaging of
> that newsreel sample and Ae's crunchy beats... and it somehow works.
Ahh...different strokes, different folks.
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