On Mon, 15 May 2000, Andrew Schrock wrote:
quoted 9 lines I'll do my best:
> I'll do my best:
>
> He's definitely staying away from using outright 4/4 beats, in a very
> Phthalto way. (no surprise) There are a lot of cut-and-paste feel to this
> release, sparse chunks of coherent beats with otherworldly pads with none
> of the sparkly IDM-feel present on "emanated". It's a pretty dark-feeling
> release, more Phthalto than Emanate. I just wish the tracks were longer,
> it seems like they top out at 3 minutes or so.
>
this is just conjecture on my part but it seems to me that this release
was done in real time. IE it sounds as if items were individually
sequenced/played. no master midi clock and no software sequencer running
the whole thing (maybe just running the sampler and nothing else). The
reason I say this, is that it reminds me of music the monkey crew has done
that is based on "jam session" (for lack of a better term) principles. I
think this gives the music a more energetic and human feel. Of course, I
could be wrong and deflect could have been achieved with just a computer.
Either way though the music seems very personal. Which is quite an
achievement.
But as a whole I think O.S.T is leaning towards a more experimental
viewpoint. Check out the recent "Death Notice" CD release (which is
fantastic btw) or the older "Passion for fassion" CD. Both of which are
defintely in the realm of experimental music. I have not heard the CDR
releases so I do not know their style. But the 3 CD releases I have by
him definitely share a common background.
-daniel: Head Monkey: Mad Monkey Records:
http://www.madmonkey.org
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