haha, I never expected something this rich when I started this thread!
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Lukas Bergstrom wrote:
quoted 124 lines This reminds me of an exchange on rec.music.ambient:
> This reminds me of an exchange on rec.music.ambient:
>
> A: "Yeah, I listened to Music for Airports...not that impressive. Track 1
> is just some piano loops with delay..."
>
> B: "Just a lot of...Good Lord, man, did you listen to the NOTES?!"
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gause, Brian" <bgause@SECTORBASE.COM>
> To: <damek@earthling.net>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 1:45 PM
> Subject: RE: [idm] arovane
>
>
> > I mean this in the nicest possible way...but sometimes you guys are such
> > dorks. <smirk>
> >
> > It's music. It doesn't HAVE to be groundbreaking. It just has to make you
> > feel something. Music isn't always about standing tallest in the ivory
> tower
> > of intellectual sound sculptures.
> >
> > That said, if you like complicated, head-oriented music because you can
> > think about it, more power to you...
> >
> > I go back and forth. I love Tides because it's just a beautiful piece of
> > music. On the other hand, Autechre create sound that is intellectually
> > beautiful and can be admired from a different perspective. BoC are more
> > emotionally charged...Speedy J appeals to my adrenaline.
> >
> > It's about mood, perspective and finding the good vibe. That's what
> attracts
> > me to a piece of music.
> >
> > ---brian
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: damek@earthling.net [mailto:damek@earthling.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 9:25 AM
> > To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > Subject: RE: [idm] arovane
> >
> >
> > I'll second this, for the most part. I have and enjoy Tides, but I don't
> > think it's so amazing or groundbreaking or whatever some other people
> think.
> > And other than Tides, I haven't found much of Arovane's work very
> > interesting/captivating/etc.
> >
> > For me, Tides is a nice downtempo, "other people will like it, too" kind
> of
> > release. Heck, my girlfriend likes it, and she doesn't like most of "that
> > IDM stuff."
> >
> > On the other hand, I also don't think BoC are the great mystical holy
> grail
> > of music either. I respect them and all, and it does seem that they put
> > more effort into their work than your average twiddler, and it shows, and
> > that's very important. Still, they're just another couple of guys making
> > music.
> >
> > Who isn't? I don't know. Autechre? Aphex? John Sinunu's butt cheeks?
> No
> > comment.
> >
> > -adam
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Brian M. Cass [mailto:kingmob@nmt.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 12:06 PM
> > > To: 'idm@hyperreal.org'
> > > Subject: [idm] arovane
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone else on this list think arovane is the weakest, most
> > > overated act
> > > currently being mentioned? Considering that some people have
> > > spoke out
> > > against BoC as being weak, when most people think they're
> > > sublimed, I'm
> > > surprised no one has spoken out against arovane. I concede that the
> > > music is well produced and not unpleasant and I've got nothing against
> > > people who like arovane, I mean more power to you if you can
> > > get into it I
> > > guess, but personally, I'd rather listen to Autechre brush
> > > their teeth.
> > >
> > >
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