On Wed, 23 Oct 1996 17:49:12 +0100,
Pascal Haakmat <phaakmat@marketique.nl> wrote:
quoted 7 lines James Skilton wrote:>James Skilton wrote:
>> Autechre. Oh come on, need I say more. Autechre's 4th album
>> is due for release in the new year.
>
>I think Autechre's music is very boring since most of their tracks are
>nothing more than a bunch of loops smeared out forever. The build-up of
>an Ae-track seems to usually involve a new sample every 128 bars.
As the Germans say (or rather as a Dutch guy trying to speak German would
say): 'In die Beschraenkung zeigt sich der Meister'
It is *very* difficult to make a good minimal track, since there is so
little variation, so you have balance those variations very precisely to
make a good track.
Autechre are capable of this most of the time, take for instance 'Gnit' or
'Overand' from Tri Repetae. I forgot which of the two it is, but it's the
one with the sorta deep organ soundthingy. At about two-thirds of the track
it drops out and a minute later it comes back. So simple, but so effective.
For a totally different take on minimal, check out Robert Hood - 'Rek'
(from the Internal Empire-2x12"). Basically one loop, but it works!
quoted 3 lines Also they don't seem to have released anything interesting before Tri>Also they don't seem to have released anything interesting before Tri
>Repetae (which, I assume, means 'three times as repetitive') so I just
>don't get the excitement.
I'm gonna be a little heretical here, but I still think 'Amber' is Ae's
best, it's so crystal-clear sharp, frail, eerie at times, but always
beautiful. Think 'Bytes' and you're nearly there.
quoted 3 lines If it's the "dark brooding atmosphere" that>If it's the "dark brooding atmosphere" that
>turns you on then there tons of good music that is just as dark &
>brooding. Only it's good, too, like "Hex" by Bark Psychosis.
Dark and brooding?
*cue Helen about Locust*
:)
Otto