At 7:11 AM +0000 6/7/01, jetjag@paradise.net.nz wrote:
quoted 6 lines Not sure if I want to buy the album, but I did like what I heard.>Not sure if I want to buy the album, but I did like what I heard.
>
>A totally un-rhetorical question for those who found this cold and/or
>inaccessible: have you heard what Coil or Farmers Manual have
>been doing over the past 4-5 years? Or any of the stuff released on
>labels like eg. 12k or Ritornell?
yeah. i've heard a bunch of that stuff. well, i actually like
Confield, but i'd have to say i find myself taking a deep breath
before popping it on. (I feel the same way about Puccini.)
like any of the stuff you've mentioned, it yields if you approach it
on its own terms. the fact that Confield has drums throughout and
melodies here and there distinguish it from more abstract kinds of
electronic music. still, the endless computer-generated variations of
most of the tracks are exhausting to pay constant attention to. it
reminds me of listening to John Cage's music: one has to work to pay
attention to all sorts of details despite the lack of intention
behind those details.
some of the 12K stuff is actually easier to listen to, tending
towards shorter pieces, often with some clear central idea.
so, yeah, that first Confield track is quite pretty in a Music for
Airports kind of way (once you've gotten used to the damn bouncing
ball), and there are other, similarly accessable, stretches of
Confield. but, on the whole, i find it a challenging listen.
k
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