At 16:01 17/01/01 -0500, Andrew Schrock <aschrock@cs.brandeis.edu> wrote:
quoted 5 lines SND's second and third 12"ches (newtables and travellog, respectively) are>SND's second and third 12"ches (newtables and travellog, respectively) are
>very nice. But "stdio" sounds like a parody of the SND style, a lot of the
>creativity and lustre of their other releases seems to be lost. Or maybe
>their sound is just getting a bit overworn with me.. (although I do like
>Mark Fell's recent solo 12" on hobby industries, shirt trax, etc. a bit)quoted 4 lines I'd like to see them evolve a bit and tackle slightly different>I'd like to see them evolve a bit and tackle slightly different
>territory, as pan_sonic have done with their latest LP. I hear much more
>happening in these tracks than in "A"... even string-like washes are
>present, but in a very pan_sonic way.
Wow, this is pretty much exactly the opposite of my experiences with SND.
Well, no, not quite, I have the 'newtables' 12" and really like it.
However, I thought 'makesnd cassette' and the subsequent releases up to
'stdio' were really boring. I was wishing they'd "evolve a bit and tackle
slightly different territory", when along came 'stdio' and my prayers were
answered. I hear much more happening in these tracks than in 'makensd
cassette'... even piano-like melodies are present, but in a very SND way.
It does really surprise me that people felt like SND need to go somewhere
new as I think this is exactly what they've done!
Michael
np. 'New Orleans Funk' (v/a)
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