COLDCUTS said:
quoted 6 lines Anyway, IMHO, _PF_ is quite an interesting listen, and has more serious>> Anyway, IMHO, _PF_ is quite an interesting listen, and has more serious
>> content than usual for the Orb. Disconcerting, but admirable.
>
> Of all the electronic artists honing their production skills over the years,
> no one IMO has truly gone over that edge of being able to create such
> multi-layered masterpieces as Patterson and his cronies...
I'll take FSOL, please.
quoted 4 lines [PF] did have a dark quality with Reverend Jones gibbering and a surreality> [PF] did have a dark quality with Reverend Jones gibbering and a surreality
> that didn't go to these lengths in past releases, and this is where Orb
> fans split into two factions: those that loved the new direction and those
> that couldn't get past the straight ahead trippiness of the earlier output.
Oh, please! I didn't compare "Pommes Fritz" with earlier Orb in my head,
I simply listened to it a few times and I still assert that it's mostly
aimless noodling, and therefore uninteresting to me. FSOL are sometimes
prone to noodling as well, but they do it in such a way that it's mostly
interesting to me, so I don't mind it (FSOL's noodling is more like "brapping"
to use some Skinny Puppy parlance, an audio collage technique to interconnect
pieces in a seamless fashion).
quoted 2 lines (This did indeed seperate the ones who listened to them for its fluffy> (This did indeed seperate the ones who listened to them for its fluffy
> aspects with those that appreciated its depth)
I resent the implication that those of us who didn't like "Pommes Fritz"
are those who listen to The Orb for their "fluffy aspects".
quoted 4 lines From PF and OT to the production on the Subsurfing's 'The Number> From PF and OT to the production on the Subsurfing's 'The Number
> Readers' and FFWD, the multi-dimensional layering and success of
> sculpting so many levels AND giving them cohesion has yet to be
> surpassed, IMHO.
I still think FSOL blows them (and everybody else) out of the water, IMHO.
quoted 3 lines I still haven't listened to the new album, but I can't wait to get blown> I still haven't listened to the new album, but I can't wait to get blown
> away once more, not by listening to it in a pop-sense, but in terms of
> 'holographic' sonic construction.
Well, let's see what you think when you discover that "Toxygene" is "the
fluffy stuff" (and damn good fluffy stuff it is, too - just saw the video
on AMP last night).
quoted 11 lines Anybody can pick up an MC303, effects processors and other gear and> Anybody can pick up an MC303, effects processors and other gear and
> twiddle their knobs and get funky sounds ...
>
> Certain individuals like R.D. James & M. Paradinas tweaking and
> programming some really fucked stuff ... but it still tends to be fairly flat
> in creation (though excellent none-the-less).
>
> And then there are those that know what neurological buttons it takes to
> push in order to succeed transporting you to a new headspace, and make
> you sit still in awe, mouth gaping, trying to take in all this information
> that's overwhelming you.
You're joking, right? Have you heard the "Analogue Bubblebath 3" CD?
Or "Tango & Vectif"? "Bluff Limbo"? If someone asked me to play them
something that fit your bottom-most paragraph, I'd pull out "Bluff Limbo"
and play the last track ("Ethereal Murmurings") ...
- Greg