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Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:37:34 EDT
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Re: [idm] legendary pink dots
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I saw them play with Dead Voice on Air (van Hornblower played stuff for DVOA, which was neat) I thought it was a great show. Nemesis Online, IMO is a great album. Far different than their other stuff... But with many fascinating tracks. You either love em' or hate em' or just think they're weird as shit. Well... I guess no matter what you think they're weird as shit. In a message dated 7/12/00 12:33:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, vletrmx@hotmail.com writes: << legendary pink dots are currently on tour in north america. i saw them play at the double door in chicago a few weeks ago. they have just released "A Perfect Mystery" on soleilmoon (who is reissuing the majority of their backcatalogue, often with new artwork). Their sound has changed considerably over the years but is still undeniably Dots. "Nemesis Online" was their best album since "The Maria Dimension" in my opinion; "n.o." came out last year. the new one is comparable but lacks as many electronic gadgetry sounds. Edward Ka-Spel has been releasing an album a year or so, same as Dots, and his new one "red letters" is pretty good. Silver Man releases solo albums every few years, and Ryan Moore's Twilight Circus has released a handful of dub albums. the lineup of the Dots has stabilized as Ka-Spel, Silver Man, Moore, Martijn de Kleer and Niels Van Hoornblower for the last several albums, so the sound shifts less radically than it has in the past between albums. many find the Pink Dots to be aggravating or politely call them "an acquired taste.".... i think they're great, and despite the extent of their output, they never seem to really disappoint. their show here was incredibly loud though, almost too much for my tastes. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org