quoted 3 lines Anyone got any opinions/info on this? Is it anything like Childs View>Anyone got any opinions/info on this? Is it anything like Childs View
>remixes? (which I got after recommendations from a few peeps on this list -
>cheers lads)
I was really excited about it when I first got it. there's a couple of very abstract electronic compositions that are quite striking and different from anything else he's done (that I've heard).
since then I've checked out some of his other recordings and find 'Scope' kind of hit and miss by comparison. There's an Oval-sounding track. There's one of his fake Steve Reich pieces, but it's not as strong as the ones on Child's View or Child and Magic. There's a so-so meandering sampled-woodwind fantasy. Then I noticed that the liner notes mention that the pieces on Scope are from 96, 97 and 98. I deduce that Scope is a buncha tracks that have been laying around.
It's not bad stuff, but "Child and Magic" is just so incredibly strong, and really holds together as a piece despite considerable variety. I keep coming back to it and continue to discover new things. I'm hoping he comes through with another sustained effort like that...
kurt