quoted 48 lines From: "." <sanvara@home.com>
>From: "." <sanvara@home.com>
>To: "Armchair Charlie" <dubnovibrator@hotmail.com>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] FAX label / Lack of good new releases in idm/elm
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:26:32 -0700
>
> > I think the problem with the Fax catalog is that there are just too many
> > fair/so-so releases. I wouldn't say I despise any of the albums I
>heard;
>I
> > can also say that I probably didn't give most of the stuff fair listen.
>
>Well, everything is subjective. I personally would say there are very few
>"so-so" releases. I would say that 90% of the releases are at least "good"
>so I don't view the quantity of releases as a problem at all. I say bring
>on
>more! It's all subjective. Don't you think you should give the releases a
>fair listen? I've found that often times the albums that are the best or
>that I like the most are the ones that I only truly appreciated after a lot
>of listens. It's often the music that appeals to you on the very first
>listen is the most shallow. The best music requires many repeated listens
>to
>fully appreciate.
>
> >Namlook's Air album is nothing to me but a so-so dark minimal
> > ambient release.
>
>This is where we really are at polar opposites. I think the first two Air
>albums are two of the best ambient albums ever made.
>
> > Trying to wade
> > through Namlook's release and find the great ones is an almost
>ridiculous
> > task.
>
>But isn't it fun to explore them? If everything was handed to you on a
>silver platter what fun would that be?
>
> And it's sad when even his most famous recordings can't touch the
> > other (non-Fax) glorified ambient of the 90's (Global Comm., Biosphere,
> > etc.).
>
>Agaian I totally disagree. There are at least 20 Namlook albums which I
>would classify as "great". I can think of very few others who have released
>20 "great" albums. I would say 85% of his work is good to very good to
>great. For some reason about 15% just don't click with me but I imagine
>those are probably the ones that you like..you think? ;-)
>
>
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