On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Robot wrote:
quoted 4 lines I think the Kraftwerk analogy is pretty decent. Those guys spent 2-3 years
> I think the Kraftwerk analogy is pretty decent. Those guys spent 2-3 years
> on a 30-40min release. It's all about quality and not quantity. If you
> want a bargain for your music then listen to the damn radio. It's free
> after all.
I can see just how shallow some people can be for bitching about the
length of CDs. However, having heard the Bochum Welt and Aphex Twin's
new "Richard D James" I can easily say that they don't warrant
themselves as filling, satisfying albums. Though I can't really comment
on the Bochum Welt, (it's great stuff, just want more of it) the new
Aphex Twin should have been broken down with the "Boy/Girl" ep into two
singles, like the way Warp dealt with the Ventolin and On singles. If
you do the math, (I didn't) I suspect it conforms to the British single
rules.
I recognize that Aphex Twin has tons of material unreleased. I feel that
it's entirely up to him what is released and what isn't. Maybe when he
croaks, Rykodisc will license all the unreleased material from the estate
of Richard James, and release it as a 20 CD box set hailing Aphex Twin
as the Frank Zappa of techno.
:)
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