quoted 13 lines I haven't heard much IDM that I've liked over the last
>I haven't heard much IDM that I've liked over the last
>year or so, but man, I have to give Aspen's latest disc
>top billing! It's so wonderful. The opening track is
>a bit grating, but after that the rest is the album
>is.... gah! Just awesome! Soothing, textured, melodious
>rhythms and harmony.... also, I just got the Kit
>Clayton record today, and found myself listening to it
>seven times straight... nice stuff.
>
>> to encourage more _INTELLIGENT_, yet critical music
>> discussion on this list. I don't want to name names, but
>> I think a lot of the people on here (especially radio show
>> types) are afraid to say anything negative about a record...
a perfect example of what "aeotaku" is speaking of in the second paragraph
up there is the utterly generic language people use to describe music to
other people. it's been hashed over almost as much as "cd vs. vinyl" that
reviews and such carry an implied, "this is my opinion," so are we to
conclude that your opinion is about as textured and soothing as tapioca
pudding? apologies to aaron for sliding into the crosshairs at the wrong
moment, because he is far from the most annoying exemplar of the "it's
worth it!" school of surrogate purchase-power.
"nice stuff?" thanks for the heartfelt (and critical) insight! the fact
that you're this >< close to catatonia sure is a convincing argument for
value and affection.
obidm, i suppose: i listened to isan's "salamander" while home sick
yesterday for the first time in a long while, and it's still the worst
thing they've ever done. its flat snippets of undeveloped ideas pay so
much homage to krautrock's static models of pop, that this album's
existence practically casts aspersions on the rest of their catalog (of
which i have all, i think, except the warp remix and 'beautronics'). if
this is "really what's going on with them," then i suppose i don't have to
pay attention to them anymore. <hrvatski>Unfinished.</hrvatski>
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