quoted 8 lines Now with Napster, I have a choice of so much music that non of it>
> Now with Napster, I have a choice of so much music that non of it
> is really appealing anymore. Perhaps the arrival of Napster is just
> coincidental to my complete disgust with the glitch-dsp CRAP that seems
> to be the "talk of the town" on this list.(On another note, I truly
> wonder how many of you really like this noise shit, and how many of you
> are just afraid to get up and say that you hate it for fear of being
> chewed out.)
<stands up>
i don't like a lot of the "dsp for the sake of dsp" stuff that's come out
lately, since much of it sounds rather uninspired, in my opinion. to me,
the most interesting "idm" as of late has been the stuff that hasn't been
afraid of using "purer" sounds... actually, i suppose i've always sort of
liked a "pure" element in at least some of the tracks i hear. aphex twin's
"pancake lizard" was one of my early favorites, along with ae's
"leterel". i had heard enough synth lines before i was even into idm, and
most "dsp trickery" still revolves around a rather basic synthy sounding
melody. it works, but it doesn't particularly interest me.
of course, as a complete opposite to this point, richard devine's near lack
of melody and total dsp-ism is done really well, mainly, i think, because
of the constantly changing and seemingly random presentation, merged with a
non-808 rhythm (and a total lack of cheezy kick drums) ;D
i just ordered the just released and limited to 2000 pan american 12", and
am looking forward to that.
<sits down>
cheers,
/derek
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"Do you know, I always thought Unicorns were fabulous monsters, too! I
never saw one alive before!"
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