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From:
Sharon Maher
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Date:
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 11:52:25 -0800
Subject:
RE: [idm] Music For Cats/Skinny Puppy (Re: [idm] Halloween )
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quoted 1 line I thought music for cats was kind of old (a few years perhaps).> I thought music for cats was kind of old (a few years perhaps).
Its been out for a few years. cEvin's coming out with a newer solo album this year, i believe.
quoted 1 line I honestly didn't like it, thought it was too noodly and too random.> I honestly didn't like it, thought it was too noodly and too random.
It *is* too random, but i think that has to do with the fact that it was mostly a compilation of tracks cEvin worked on over a period of years that until that point had never been compiled. Something like that isn't very likely to sound fluid. I also think that some of those tracks cannot be divided from the circumstances under which they were written. I recall cEvin once saying in an interview that the track "Bird" on Music For Cats was written about an incident that occured to him (watching a bird die) that for some reason tapped him into the then-recent death of Dwayne Goettel and he immediately walked into the studio and wrote that song. I don't know that i personally could appreciate the impact of that particular song without knowing that information.
quoted 3 lines by the same token, DOwnload III is pretty much an IDM classic for me if> by the same token, DOwnload III is pretty much an IDM classic for me if > you don't mind some industrial overtones in your music. Harsh in parts, > moving in others - in that original SP pads over rhythmic mayhem way.
Maybe i'm crazy but i hear a definate Chain Reaction influence of Plateau and Download III. --sharon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org