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From:
Alan Lucas
To:
Mehmet Ismail
Cc:
Dan S , IDM
Date:
Fri, 20 Feb 2015 13:24:20 -0500
Subject:
Re: Squarepusher soundcloud posts mix: "Endless Framethrower 1.0"
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Seriously, though: which parts of Ufabulum did you feel lacked discernible rhythms? I thought it was pretty straightforward in that regard. On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Mehmet Ismail <mehmet.ismail85@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 167 lines I really liked bits of Ufabulum but there are times where I feel like he's> I really liked bits of Ufabulum but there are times where I feel like he's > just massively taking the piss out of us and even himself. Massively takes > the piss live (like Al Pacino doing an OTT impression of himself in Devil's > Advocate). If you can find any rhythm in his all out > I'm-gonna-fuck-your-brain type stuff then you should work for a government > agency as a code breaker or something. I'm hoping for something different > on this new album. > > Mem > > > > On 20 Feb 2015, at 17:16, Dan S <danstowell+idm@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Does everyone really think the album is called "Music Is One Rotted > > Note" or are they just mis-typing? > > > > 2015-02-20 17:11 GMT+00:00 Justin <ytbmusic@gmail.com>: > >> Too many number one hits for sure. > >> > >> Rotted note is great but didn't everyone hate it when it came out? Same > >> with ultra visitor, weren't people like wishing he'd go back to big > loada > >> style tracks? > >> > >> All of his albums are great and different enough that there's a range to > >> listen to. The last record has a cool evolved go plastic/do you know > >> squarepusher vibe I think. I could do without the dubstepish stuff but > now > >> that we're out of that era in music I'm reminded that dub was always a > part > >> of his sound. > >> > >> I'm excited about the new album. Like the last one I don't think the > teaser > >> track will be representative of the effort as a whole. > >> > >> > >>> On Friday, February 20, 2015, Esa Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Music is One Rotted Note is so good. Budakhan Mindphone, too. He did > some > >>> really sweet things like Varkatope - really dark and brooding things - > what > >>> he's doing now is shinier and cleaner but somehow not as effective. > >>> Obviously he's great at what he does, but I want him to risk failure > more. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 20 February 2015 at 17:35, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I have the same issue with Venetian Snares. He's put out so much > music, > >>>> and it's always excellent, but if you've made 10 CDs worth of > excellent > >>>> Venetian Snares CDs, and you make an eleventh and it's basically the > same > >>>> thing again, I'm not as excited to hear it. > >>>> > >>>> If you make a perfect CD, do something different even if half your fan > >>>> base doesn't like it, you're doing it right. > >>>> > >>>> As far as Squarepusher goes, "Music Is One Rotted Note" is a favorite, > >>>> because it isn't a shiny drill-core record. It's a re-imagining of > "In A > >>>> Silent Way" era Miles Davis, only darker and rougher. That crappy > spring > >>>> reverb ambiance makes it sound like he's playing inside a closed box > car. > >>>> > >>>> Compared to the standared SQP aesthetic, it's just wrong. And > sometimes > >>>> wrong is right. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Fri Feb 20 2015 at 8:23:01 AM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> thats sort of the thing with squarepusher, he had this incredible > just > >>>>> mind-scorching output for years, culminating in the totally > mind-blowing > >>>>> ultravisitor, i dunno hes set the bar pretty high for his own output > and we > >>>>> sort of have an expectation... > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Clint Anderson > >>>>> Systems Engineer > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 7:10 AM, CRAIG SIMPSON < > craignorms@hotmail.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> re mix no Tundra, no dice as far as im concerned! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> tom jenkinson could be accused and found guilty of a whole host of > >>>>>> heinous crimes and I would say to myself "yeah, but he did write > >>>>>> Tundra". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> whatever you say about the man, he did to that...should be on his > >>>>>> headstone > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (loved parts of Ufabulum btw but have not really liked anything > since > >>>>>> ultravisitor) > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:44:22 +1100 > >>>>>>> From: sham.beam@gmail.com > >>>>>>> To: clinta@gmail.com > >>>>>>> CC: idm@hyperreal.org > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Squarepusher soundcloud posts mix: "Endless > Framethrower > >>>>>>> 1.0" > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Yeah same here. There's been bits and pieces I've liked on the last > >>>>>>> couple releases but overall haven't got into it. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 2/20/2015 1:33 AM, Clint Anderson wrote: > >>>>>>>> anyone excited for the new squarepusher? > >>>>>>>> im sure itll be pretty decent > >>>>>>>> ive been a little 'eh' on his last few but i cant say they were > >>>>>>>> 'bad' > >>>>>>>> just not what i was hoping for from him > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Clint Anderson > >>>>>>>> Systems Engineer > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com > >>>>>>>> <mailto:sham.beam@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> classic mix. :) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On 2/19/2015 2:06 PM, Esa Ruoho wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> https://soundcloud.com/__squarepusher/squarepusher-__endless > >>>>>>>> <https://soundcloud.com/squarepusher/squarepusher-endless> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Also, some sort of squarepusher website: > >>>>>>>> http://squarepusher.net/ > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> --- > >>>>>>>> http://twitter.com/esaruoho > >>>>>>>> http://lackluster.bandcamp.com > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> Sham Beam > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> --- > >>> http://twitter.com/esaruoho > >>> http://lackluster.bandcamp.com >