Let me give my opinion on this.
I love the stuff Tom made before "Music...". I have most of it and it hits
the spot at maximum for me. Then I ordered "Music.." without even listening
to it and... got upset as hell. It was different music. Live jazz
improvisation with slight tint of old Tom in a couple of tracks. I was
desperate. I thought I lost him and would have to forget his name. When, in
the beginning of 1999 I heard short realaudio clips of his next EP -
"Budokhan MIndphone" I was under impression that it is similar to "Music..."
and decided to forget about it. Luckily, my friend, who's much bigger fan of
Tom and who likes "Music..." as well as many people on this list do (we
found it out during endless flames hitting list recently) introduced me to
"Maximum Priest EP". I gotta say it is exceptional! It's lovely, it's
amazing and rocking! And now I like "Budokhan MIndphone" also. For me it is
like he had some artistic problems and "Music..." was his transitional work
before the birth of new Tom.
As for your tastes I think you should listen to it before buying, as in
"Maximum Priest EP" he finally made what he was trying to do - introduce
live jazz improvisations into his old style. Which he did in exceptional
way. But those who like "Music..." definetly might not like his last stuff.
Hail to Squarepusher and I am longing for Selection Sixteen....
Bandwidth wasted. OK. Status cleared.
Alien
P.S. Forgot to mention that I, personally, would buy "Maximum Priest EP"
anyway because of Ae track. 8)
quoted 25 lines This is going to run rather contrary to most people's opinions,>
> This is going to run rather contrary to most people's opinions,
> at a guess, but what the hell. It is an honest request for info,
> not flame bait.
>
> Uh, anyway, a friend lent me 'Music is Rotted One Note' the other
> day and I really like it. I was particularly baffled by people's
> complaints that it was lacking form.
>
> I should've figured that I would like it, given I didn't like any
> of his earlier stuff, and most of his fans started slagging him
> around this release, but, well, it doesn't always work like that
> does it? :)
>
> Anyway, I was wondering what the two subsequent EPs were like in
> comparison to 'Music..'. Please fill me in, folks. I think I
> heard one track from 'Vital Priest' (?) which sounded pretty
> dire.. loud organ sounds and lots of crashing and bashing. I
> don't remember there sounding like a strong live element.
>
> Please fill me in, one and all.
>
> Michael
>
>
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