Yeah, I thought it blew :)
It has that SOFAD vibe, lots of guitars, a touch of DSP, very clean
minimal mixes.
I dunno what the evolution of an 80s synth pop band is supposed to be tho'
I think they've lost all their edge, there's nothing new.
To me the quality of their work can be represented by a bell curve, with
Violator at the peak.
-Gil
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, synctank wrote:
quoted 65 lines hmmm... SOFAD maybe. It just seemed a bit dry to me. I've listened to dm for> hmmm... SOFAD maybe. It just seemed a bit dry to me. I've listened to dm for
> some 15 years now and I think 'exciter' is their weakest effort to date imo.
> After such a great album like 'ultra', 'exciter' left me wondering: "is that
> it?"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "component" <component@mindstorm.com>
> To: "synctank" <synctank@email.com>; <idm@hyperreal.org>; "franz enmark"
> <franz@8noll2.se>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [idm] Re: Depeche Mode remixed by Brinkmann and Vlad
>
>
> > For those of you who have heard the new depeche mode, which of their
> albums does it sound closest
> > too ?
> >
> > Rob
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> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: franz enmark <franz@8noll2.se>
> > To: synctank <synctank@email.com>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [idm] Re: Depeche Mode remixed by Brinkmann and Vlad
> >
> >
> > At 17:23 2001-04-16 -0500, synctank wrote:
> > >I hear Kid 606 is scheduled to do a remix as well.
> >
> > *sigh*
> > i can't believe they're so easily led.
> >
> > >And I believe Mark Bell is producing the 'Exciter' album.
> >
> > yeah, he has produced it.
> >
> > the album isn't all that impressive, it's nothing really
> > surprising, actually i was expecting more from mark
> > bell, judging from what he did with bj?rks "homogenic"
> > which was all brilliant. then again, bj?rk has been
> > reinventing herself a lot more than dm has as of late.
> > speaking of which, her new album "vespertine" sounds
> > really good. i don't think bell is on it though but i don't
> > know. it's a lot more minimal than homogenic, less
> > strings, more snap crackle pop.
> >
> > /franz
> >
> >
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