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Josh Davison
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Thu, 11 May 2000 15:51:14 -0500 (CDT)
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[idm] what makes a good record good
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somebody mentioned "i care because you do" in a post yesterday and it made me decide to go back for my bi-annual listen to that record ... i think it might be my vote for the most solid electronic record of the 1990's. but without turning this into a Spin/VH1 style artist-cock suck-fest let me explain what i think makes this record so so strong. since the material spans such a great amount of time (4 years by the dates on the back) there is such a wide variety of sounds and styles represented that it's hard to digest it all in one, two, three, probably even fifty sittings. so it gives you something to come back to. i notice something different every time i listen to it. like how there's this really nice melody hidden behind that squeal and chaos that runs all through 'ventolin'. or the macintalk computer voices buried in the mix on 'cow cud is a twin'. anyway, more albums should be as faceted and layered as this one is. josh -- String Theory : Digital Music for Humans http://www.enteract.com/~yoshi/index.cgi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org