i can't understand all this fanatical worship of orbital. they do
little for me. there were maybe 2 worthwhile tracks on In Sides, in
my opinion.
Ben Morrison wrote:
quoted 3 lines Can anyone on this list post CDs that they feel are ON PAR, aka JUST AS>Can anyone on this list post CDs that they feel are ON PAR, aka JUST AS
>GOOD if not better (cringe.. ) then In Sides, please do. Opinions
>appreciated.
i'll try to stay within the same general style... i mean, there were lots
of styles of music i thought were better this year (techstep for one) but
that wouldn't be much of a worthwhile comparison.
the winner in the "friendly techno" stakes for me has to be the LP "Everest"
by OFF AND GONE. this is everything that orbital should be - wants to be -
but isn't. it's a big swirling hypnotic melting pot of beautiful noise
underpinned by some great rhythms. where orbital beat a simple idea into
the ground over the course of 10 or more minutes (did "out there somewhere"
really need to be 20 minutes? i think not), off and gone pack so much
creativity into 8 minutes that it feels like you just listened to an entire
album. i get tired and antsy listening to orbital ("is this GOING
somewhere? is something going to happen?"). i get energized and excited
when i listen to off and gone.
i can't remember if the underworld "2nd toughest" came out this year but if
it did it certainly beats "in sides".
if you can track down "anthology" by pentatonik, that is a VERY
orbitalesque disc... i like it better though.
see you in the future,
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