From: Jon Drukman <jsd@hudsucker.gamespot.com>
quoted 11 lines PHOTEK - MODUS OPERANDI> PHOTEK - MODUS OPERANDI
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> ouch, crushing disappointment. i was so hot on the Hidden Camera
> single that i figured this had to be an instant winner.
> unfortunately, it's not. it's good, pleasant listening and all that
> (mostly - i find "aleph 1" to be extremely irritating with this
> meandering analog bleep thing that just goes on and on for 8 minutes
> without any point or purpose), but it's nowhere near the level of
> Hidden Camera. in fact, the two tracks from the HC single (HC and
> KJZ) are easily the best tracks on this CD, like by miles. oh well.
> it's still worth listening to, especially if you don't have HC.
...I was an infinitely hot and dense dot...
Yep,
I felt this way too.
The same tracks on Hidden Camera were the standouts on the LP.
I played the LP for nico last week, who said he had a cdr of it months
ago and went through the same exact thing as you and I. He was stoked
to get the lp, smoked a few splifs, sat down to give it a listen, and
was let down in the same exact way.
My opinion is that it sounds like rupert did a bunch of tracks in the
same style as the HC ep, as a follow up and tried to pass it off as a
LP.
It's not bad, by any stretch of the imagination. Just a really good
background listening kind of album, but really doesn't grab you by the
nuts liked some of his other stuff, like K.J.Z, The Hidden Camera and
some of his other stuff.
I still can't say that I've heard a Photek record that I thought was
bad.
Take that for what it's worth...
peace,
brock.
np: SAW I for some guy who passed out on my couch