I'd like to add my thoughts to this debate, since it's one of the
topics I feel I can constructively contribute to.
Urmur (or Urmer?) Bile Trax is not crap. Very little of the music we
discuss
here is crap. Getting such radical music to affect us emotionally is not
simple, and we all agree that Mike's earlier works succeeded in this. UBT I
know is not crap because it has affected me in the way that good music
does,
and other people have commented how much they like it too. But that said, I
admit I don't listen to it very often.
OK some think that the release is too long and the ideas weak, but I think
that music is magic and you can never have heard enough of it. UBT deserves
its place in IDM and anyone who disagrees is being silly.
As for the remix of Brace Yourself Jason, I rekon it's like what
siliconvortex said below. My favourite thing about it is those echoey
cheesy melodies that melt my heart every time. I can see this track not
working if you've got the wrong state of mind, and think this can happen
with a lot of Mike's work.
-Ed
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quoted 2 lines Recently a friend of mine sent a demo to Mike P. and then got a call back>>Recently a friend of mine sent a demo to Mike P. and then got a call back
>>saying that the tracks are nice, but they aren't ready for release yet,
but
quoted 1 line that music (at least IMHO) is WAY better than that track from Mealtime,>>that music (at least IMHO) is WAY better than that track from Mealtime,
and
quoted 6 lines definitely as good as the other stuff that's out there.>>definitely as good as the other stuff that's out there.
>
>
>i bet it isn't
>
>>Of course the matter of opinion is here, and that is Mike's, but.. It
just
quoted 1 line seems so stupid. I mean, is there anyone here who actually thinks that's>>seems so stupid. I mean, is there anyone here who actually thinks that's
a
quoted 3 lines good track (brace yourself remix) ? please speak up :)>>good track (brace yourself remix) ? please speak up :)
>
>yeah, i do. i don't know why, but i think it's a funny little goofy
track,
quoted 2 lines and i don't see why you would compare it to the reedham tune, it's really>and i don't see why you would compare it to the reedham tune, it's really
>different.. unless of course you're talking about something stupid like
the
quoted 1 line computer-game style tones.>computer-game style tones.