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From:
An Esoteric World...
To:
Lance C. McGannon
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Date:
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 09:01:24 -0600 (MDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Plaid vs. The Black Dog...
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quoted 9 lines I've been giving heavy play this week to the> I've been giving heavy play this week to the > new Warp Blech CD, especially the new Plaid > track. It's a brilliant piece, called "Abla > Eedio - unreleased mix," that has that vintage > Black Dog Productions sound. Poly-rhythmic, > eclectic, and delightfully complex. This track > alone outdoes every track on "Music For > Adverts." It proves, at least to me, who the > real wizards were behind Black Dog Productions.
You make a good point, Lance, but I wouldn't go so far as to say "the real wizards behind BDP" was Plaid. Yes, they have the rhythms and basslines down to a tee, and their well-crafted breaks will help anyone perfecting their breakdancing rountines get into their tracks, but they lack the emotional and feeling side to "listening music". You MUST have total control of both to be one of the most outstanding and long-surviving so called "IDM" groups out there. Ken would be proud. Brown-Nosing was unintentional... Derek http://lnxland1.cudenver.edu/~djordan