I have to agree with you. I was looking for more melody and found it to be
stimulating to my mind but it's not the same Autechre that I am used to. I
am dissapointed as well. I mean, at least with songs like "Netlon
Sentinel" from EP7 there was a nice melody towards the end of all the chaos
that allowed you to appreciate that very element. I don't know, I just
find it dissappointing that this is the direction they have chosen as well.
on 4/18/01 10:59 PM, Nintari Man at nintarispam@nintari.com wrote:
quoted 30 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.
Peter "Pachinko" Ý
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