On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:52:35 -0800 (PST),
Miles Egan <cullen@aimnet.com> wrote:
quoted 2 lines This will be my last post on the subject; someone else can defend Amber>This will be my last post on the subject; someone else can defend Amber
>from now on.
I'll pick up the gauntlet :)
quoted 4 lines Autechre's strongest melodies and sublest textures are>Autechre's strongest melodies and sublest textures are
>Amber. Nothing else they've done comes close. There is nothing hurried
>and nothing out of place on the whole record. It's one of the handful of
>real IDM masterpieces. It does require very careful listening.
I couldn't agree more.
It's just *so* well-produced: every note sounds exactly the way it's
intended to be, at least to my ears. The melodies, the strings, the
rhythms, everything fits like a glove. It did take me a while to really get
into, but there was always something that kept me coming back to it and now
I consider it virtually on a par with 'Bytes'.
Amber = Crystal clear beauty. Almost literally.
Otto
OnNow: As One - Reflections (another one getting close to the above
category!)