I don't even know why I'm responding to this..but I'd
like say, that "Double Figure" is one of the most
dynamic albums I've heard in a while, every track
carries its own identity, and yes they have in their
own sound "evolved", I love plaid for plaid not for
they ability to change and re-invent. While you guys
sit around "gettin'off" if not "jacking-off" to
confield, I'll be sittin' around smoking a spliff and
lovin plaid.
ps. don't quote me.
otomi;)
--- "Brian M. Cass" <kingmob@nmt.edu> wrote:
quoted 192 lines I would just like to say that as far as my insulsts
> I would just like to say that as far as my insulsts
> to Plaid go, this is
> my most important evidince: Plaid has never really
> evolved, they've
> only upped thier production vaulde, in a very
> limited sense. Compare
> them to Autechre, who have not only upped the
> production value but who
> have upped the entire idea of what electronic music
> can be, with every
> single release. Plaid are INDEED A ONE TRICK PONY.
> EVOLUTION IS WHERE ITS AT.
> We have yet to reach levels of Beethoven/Mozart/and
> dare I mention the
> MASTER's NAME:
>
> JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
>
> heres hoping
> kingmob
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Thomas Millar wrote:
>
> > Fennesz: Endless Summer
> >
> > Brilliant, like a beautiful, beatless ambient
> >
> > Electric Company: Slow Food
> >
> > which, BTW, is also great, laner's best yet in my
> opinion, not just
> > because it's the most accessible but also because
> it's the most
> > consistent of all his work I've been exposed to so
> far.
> > Then there's
> >
> > Plaid: Double Figure
> >
> > Which is sad, because while it's not a bad record,
> it certainly seems to
> > show Plaid becoming sort of a one-trick pony band,
> and I hate when that
> > happens. Rest Proof Clockwork is more inspired and
> enjoyable for my
> > money by a long shot...
> >
> > Kid606: PS you love me
> >
> > is a good one, album sounds and even looks,
> colorschemewise, similar to
> > Jake Mandell's recent Love Songs for Computers,
> which was also a good
> > score. Smooth, almost Kompakt-brand 4/4 in lots of
> places. I can dig it.
> > I can also dig
> >
> > V/A: All Access
> >
> > fantastic fantastic detroit sampler compiled by
> Carl Craig, fantastic,
> > oh boy, takin' this one on the road first chance I
> get, smooth with bite
> > like a fine cocktail, yes indeed, and a Theorem
> vs. Swayzak track for
> > the rare-collab collector fiends...
> >
> > Bisk: Moonstruck Parade
> >
> > Had this for a while, and just like most every
> other Bisk album I have,
> > still not the least bit tired of it. Chop chop
> chop chop, bleep daboop,
> > skittery too-fast OK slowdown WTF billie holiday
> in one ear and waltzing
> > R2 D2s in the other, gorgeous, full of surprises,
> and classical piano +
> > guitar samples to make you want to own a house on
> the beach for some
> > reason. The title track is going down in history,
> and I'm not kidding,
> > not in the least, nor am I kidding about
> >
> > V/A: RKK 13
> >
> > Which is more hit-and-miss than any comp I've
> bought in a while, some
> > good tracks, but everything's about 2 min. long
> tops so you get to
> > relish JayRope, Electric Birds, Blitter and
> Fennesz's contributions
> > about the same amount of time that you
> unexpectedly have to suffer
> > through the sound of Thurston Moore chopping
> through the Ramone's "I
> > wanna be sedated" and bad radio reception noise,
> which sounds a lot more
> > interesting than it sounds. Sorry Vat, just not
> open-minded enough I
> > guess, or then again, I am the sort of person who
> enjoys
> >
> > Fantastic Plastic Machine: Beautiful
> >
> > Lounge disco over-the-top silliness and beats to
> back the best of blue
> > movies, FPM hits the spot again with another
> fantastic sunny day driving
> > album, unstoppable and not the least bit
> self-conscious, even in dense traffic.
> >
> > Herbert: Bodily Functions
> >
> > Around The House was a fine enough record, but if
> you'd rather more
> > brain-tickling bebop or just regular smoky old
> jazz inflected stuff, to
> > include the use of more than a few live-sounding
> musicians etc. Plus
> > even more Dani Siciliano, love that voice, and
> lyrics that make ten
> > times as much sense as Underworld, not that
> anybody on this list cares.
> > File under "girl-friendly" but only if she's
> really smart y'know huh huh.
> >
> > Ken Ishii: Iceblink
> >
> > Boom Boom Boom whatever, not bad but not nearly as
> good as Metal Blue
> > America, the Grip + Re-grip material, sounds more
> like an EP with some
> > filler thrown in than an album. A few tight
> thumping tracks and then
> > some overproduced silliness, you know how it goes,
> these guys make a
> > bunch of money and it all goes poo before you can
> sneeze, kind of like
> >
> > V/VM: Help Aphex Twin 1.0 & 2.0
> >
> > Not V/VM, they can't even afford their own source
> material, I'm talking
> > about Aphex Twin, yeah, the guy that England's
> favorite meat sculptors
> > have rearranged, smashed, inappropriately
> appropriated and generally
> > improved upon in favor of lower S/N ratios and
> sheer aggressive
> > twistedness, which come to think of it nobody
> might've imagined years
> > ago but now is perfectly acceptable. Or not. Lots
> of Aphex material
> > reworked into more cacaphonic and unpredictable
> arrangements, pitchbent
> > all out of wack and cut up so as to make the
> trainwreckingest DJs
> > worldwide look smooth. I likes it, as I do,
> finally,
> >
> > Mouse On Mars: Idiology
> >
> > Which when swinging, rocking, thumping, shouting
> and bumping like a
> > squadron of nymphomaniacal (and/or satyriatic)
> imps and faeries breaking
> > into a high-dollar studio and ruining it during an
> all-night orgy, is a
> > great record and again one that definitely fits
> the bill for
> > incarlistening, at least in my car on the way to
> see Lex + Devine in LA
> > this weekend, ha ha all you people who'll miss it
> (I've never gotten to
> > say that, you realize, or even feel it really)...
> but when they stop and
> > do that thing where dude talks on and on about
> some post-a-modern
> > con-a-ceptssss, mm hmm, it drives me-a nuts, same
> as it did on the
> > Gerhard Potuznik album some years ago. At least
> the Potuznik voiceover
> > bits were a sort of narrative. Anyway. Good
> record, really like it,
> > except for the Annoyinggg MAnnn.
> >
> > Is that it? I think that's it.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
>
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