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From:
wrecktangle
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Date:
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 18:39:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
(idm) Re: photek & oval
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, it was written: ]idm q: is photek minimal or just boring? i can't decide. If a song is on the boring side of minimal, I stop myself from picking the song apart and just "try to be passive" (if that's even possible) when listening to get a feel for the overall groove. Personally, I never find photek boring... Can anyone offer a reason why I should think of Oval as anything other than boring and a complete waste of time? I listened to their newest album in a store today and found it to be INCREDIBLY repetitive and stifling, every song seemed to be something along the lines of "obscured and reverbed synth line with CD player skip-clicks skip-clicking along". I even noticed a blatant sample from SAW II. Is this all one has to do to have one's own CD out in stores everywhere?...scratch up RDJ CDs, use the most cohesive but invariably out-of-synch sequences I can find, and then rake in the dough? 90% of what I heard sounded like it could have been nothing other than a mangled and skippy SAW II CD. I ended up purchasing "68 Million Shades" by Spring Heel Jack and I can already tell it's not going to be leaving my CD carousel for a hella long time. [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] [[ http://www.hybridgame.demon.co.uk/idm.htm : 4 IDM IT S3M MOD go here ]] [[][][][ wrecktangle sez: "Walk softly and carry a big spliff." ][][][]] [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]