I haven't heard chris clark or boulderdash, but Crunch? I'm listening to
it now, and although I don't hate the album, how on earth can you, ugh, I
mean this isn't anything Autechre couldn't have done around Chiastic, and
even they didn't make such a simple cd, at least they went for more of an
artistic slant. I've heard some of the tracks off of Confield, and
personally I was hoping they would all be a bit more like Vis Scose, where
each track doesn't pay off until half way through.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Nintari Man wrote:
quoted 102 lines Alright, I'm disappointed. I'll admit it. Now I'll go off on a rant.
>
> Alright, I'm disappointed. I'll admit it. Now I'll go off on a rant.
>
> <OPINION>
>
> As far as the melodic qualities of each track go, I'm entirely
> unimpressed. There's not much to be said about that. It either seems to be
> not there, not enough, or nothing new. Minimalism at it's most boring.
>
> Personally, I like the ass-shaking Autechre. This new album is most
> definately devoid of ass-shaking beatage. the 'Beats that might sound
> cool if they weren't so horribly fucked' aren't doing it for me. The
> tracks that do have some kind of coherent rhythm sound like they were
> programmed by a 3 year old with brain damage. Also, the oh-so-unsubtle and
> ridiculous timing/tempo changes on some of the tracks, uhm ... not slick,
> jack.
>
> I'm both amused and disturbed by how close the fakes I made ended up
> sounding like the actual tracks. I thought to myself, "What would AE sound
> like if they crawled a bit too far up their own asses", and proceeded to
> make tracks in 5 minutes that could probably quite easily fit in on
> Confield. Scary.
>
> Perhaps AE decided to get a laugh out of releasing a terrible record and
> getting every idm jagoff to say that it's fresh. Sadly, I don't think
> that's the case. The next step in hip hop from the Nth dimension?
> Perhaps, but I'm not sure if it's a step in the right direction.
>
> My advice? Invest in some of the more impressive up-and-comers before
> buying this album -- Boulderdash, Chris Clark, and Crunch.
>
> </OPINION>
>
> -- -
> Nintari Man
>
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Mark wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:27:12 -0700
> > From: Mark <mef@ecst.csuchico.edu>
> > To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > Subject: Re: [idm] on discussing autechre on the list
> >
> > So now, trying to get off this roller coaster, what do people think of
> > the album? Supposedly it's released out in Japan, and i've seen it on
> > napster now, so I know some of you have it. Out with it! No more of
> > this rhetorical discussion on discussion BS. Let's have the meat of the
> > matter.
> >
> > -mark
> >
> > rw wrote:
> >
> > > The people who wrote this message have been sacked.
> > >
> > > rw
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "sarah ellenberger" <djdesada@hotmail.com>
> > > To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 4:56 PM
> > > Subject: [idm] on discussing autechre on the list
> > >
> > >
> > >> dear fellow idmers
> > >>
> > >> it has come to my attention that perhaps we should not discuss whether or
> > >> not to discuss the new autechre album. perhaps that would be against the
> > >> consensus of the list. perhaps we should elect a senate to decide whether
> > >> or not we should be discussing whether or not we should discuss the new
> > >> autechre album... and then elect a different senate (composed of different
> > >> members) to discuss whether or not to discuss whether or not we should
> > >> discuss the new squarepusher release.
> > >>
> > >> perhaps? let me know what you all think.
> > >>
> > >> perhaps we should call Jerry Springer.
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