This guy took the words out of my mouth.
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Josh Bown wrote:
quoted 61 lines to me, all plaid sounds the same, and it all sounds like orbital...> to me, all plaid sounds the same, and it all sounds like orbital...
>
> what they do, is they dick around in the studio till they have a catchy
> loop going and they sequence that for 32 measures, then they put in some
> minor variations for another 32 measures and then they go back to the
> beginning and they call that a song...
>
> Both are good for the gimmicky value of wacky sci-fi sound design jack
> off noises, but it isn't emotional powerful lyrical song material... it
> is more like demonstration software for the latest new synthesizers and
> wacky sounds they have come up with....
>
> there isn't a shred of romance in either one...
>
> They would both make good movie soundtrack music for like action and
> sci-fi movies, though....
>
> n:h wrote:
> >
> > just my humble opinion...lumping Plaid with Orbital...ouch. That's just
> > not right. And I even dig Orbital. To my ears Plaid is very original. Who
> > else sounds like them? Hearing a track by them, within seconds you can
> > tell it's them. I wish I could say the same thing about armada of Ae type
> > artists out there...
> >
> > Ed and Andy's songwriting ability/musicality blows me away continually.
> > While I make music and think I could mimick Orbital's catchy but
> > simplistic synth lines (of course the success of that remains to be seen,
> > I am NOT saying I am as good as Orbital), the melodic structures, arpeggio
> > type stuff, and choice of synth sounds (which are smart to me because they
> > prove you can use what sound like semi-presets and still tell a great
> > story) inspire me. Plus the whole 'sense of humor' element in there music
> > is much appreciated.
> >
> > Also note I have no formal music training, so perhaps that is why Plaid
> > seems to strike a chord with me moreso than all the skittery beat
> > melancholy melody stuff out there...
> >
> > just my .02
> >
> > nate
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Josh Bown wrote:
> >
> > > I just wanted to through my opinion into the mix....
> > >
> > > I think Plaid is generally boring, monotonous, repetitive and
> > > unoriginal. I lump them in the same category as Orbital.
> > >
> > > just my opinion
> > >
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