someone i disagree with said:
quoted 2 lines I think Plaid is generally boring, monotonous, repetitive and> I think Plaid is generally boring, monotonous, repetitive and
> unoriginal. I lump them in the same category as Orbital.
hmmm, that's funny, i lump them in the same category as well, ie.
electronic artists that actually make *music* as opposed to *bullshit
wankery*. that is, they still understand the rudiments of composition and
transition, harmony, builds, time signatures, key changes (GASP!), etc.
maybe this isn't avant-garde enough for y'all, but it's a helluva lot more
appealing to this listener's ears.
btw, i find it infinitely amusing when people on this list equate
musicality with "production" when referring to plaid. hell yeah they know
how to produce a record. but the reason it sounds like it does (ie. good)
is because they understand composition, not because it's "overproduced" or
whatever.
and hey, i'll be the first to admit that orbital's output has fallen
somewhat in the past couple years, and that plaid can be pretty uneven at
times as well (the second half of RPC). but at their best, both bands
continue to impress with their use of new electronic sounds in more
traditional song formats. well, traditional in a relative sense of course
- it's not like we're talking verse-chorus-verse here.
cheers,
nub
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