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matt
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Tue, 17 Apr 2001 07:48:06 +0100
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[idm] Re: Autechre last night
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rob webb wrote:
quoted 8 lines Autechre... the first track they played was pretty cool, but from there on> Autechre... the first track they played was pretty cool, but from there on > they went into electronic-squall territory, layers and layers of > indescribable sound, which really isn't my cup of tea at all. frankly, i've > found much of their recent material quite patchy - some of it is incredibly > funky, emotional and soulful, but much of it is just far too clever by half > and leaves me cold. the production skills and attention to detail i can > appreciate, but where's the soul/funk/emotion? last night's set lacked all > 3.
thinking in the shower this morning (the best kind). autechre are ok. irritating, but ok. serving the increasingly unpalatable to an endlessly ravenous crowd. the new progression of conscious antistructure creates equally scattered confusion of how to take it. one guy at ATP blagged to his friend 'the more random it is, the more i laaarrrvvv it..' his outstretched arms spiked the air, while another stroked his chin in fear. it makes you question whether the senses come from the brain or from the heart? autechre know the answer's both as they create a soup of modern feeling stirred of sensations that our brains produce in a joyful acceptance of randomness and our hearts produce in a natural rejection of arrhythmia. for many it means being rooted to the spot in catatonia. for others, the dominant organ rules and they either dance like a spaz, or flee. autechre are ok for playing with these limitations of our flesh. as we become accepting and tolerant, they crank the intensity. brain goes one way, heart goes the other. the music challenges, just like it should.. but with no warning, this experience is being swallowed as unwittingly as a spiked drink.. np. something good for me: Boredoms - Vision Creation New Sun --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org