Ya know I actually really like the PS I Love you CD. I haven't been that into his past stuff,
but this disc made me change my opinion about him. I really hope he pursues this direction
in the future.
Rob
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kent williams <kent@avalon.net>
To: i'd do mary <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: [idm] i'm a late adopter of kid606
quoted 32 lines I guess it came down to hearing little bits of the kid606 catalog that
> I guess it came down to hearing little bits of the kid606 catalog that
> were just kind of noisy and annoying, or maybe it's because i've been avoiding
> buying records I can't DJ with, but I'm coming late to the kid606 party.
>
> Then I was talking to him and Cex about playing here and thought I should
> do my homework, and bought "PS I Love You" and the "GQ on the EQ." I think
> both of those disks are definitely all that. PS I love you has more dubby
> moments, and GQ his more batshit noisy moments, but they're both part of
> a really idiosyncratic worldview made audible that can mess up your head.
>
> For all his reputation as an annoying jokester, he also comes up with tracks
> like "Strum" (on PS) which makes a huge nod towards Steve Reich, in all the
> right ways. It's absolutely lush beautiful piece of music that dances right
> on the edge between the utterly synthetic and the organic.
>
> Under all that bit decimation and time stretch abuse beats the heart of a
> romantic. I guess that's a case of 'P.S. I love you' being both more and
> less than an ironic title...
>
> And if any of you checked my track 010101 on mp3.com/chaircrusher -- yes,
> I had the kid in mind. So sue me.
>
> kent williams -- kent@avalon.net
> http://www.cornwarning.com -- Iowa's First Techno Record Label
> http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes
>
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