I decided to test this track 7 theory myself, for fun, on entirely random
CD selections.
Artist: Biosphere
Album: SubStrata
Track 7: "Kobresia"
Certainly works here. My favorite track on this incredible album.
Artist: Orbital
Album: Orbital 2 (the brown album)
Track 7: "Walk Now"
Definitely a decent track, to be sure, but doesn't really come close to
the epic "Halcton + On + On" or the various "Lush" interpretations.
Artist: Autechre
Album: LP5
Track 7: "Under BOAC"
I'll probably start another Ae flame war with this, but I find this track
wholly annoying. Doesn't touch the track following it, "corc," for
unrivaled beauty.
Artist: Various
Album: Vibon compilation
Track 7: "Cootchie" by Flowchart
Oh, Hell no. The standout here is definitely track 9, "Strung Out" by
Spintronic; melodic, SAW1 style beaty goodness.
Artist: Global Communication
Album: Pentamerous Metamorphosis
Track 7: n/a
Well, what the Hell do I do here? Go find a copy of "Blood Music" and
try to guess which of the phases is an interpretation of "On the Way to
Fly?"
Artist: Kid Spatula
Album: Spatula Freak
Track 7: "Get Up T"
No, sir, nothing touches "Cough" (track 5).
Artist: Exterior Mirror
Album: Hupp
Track 7: "Coolant"
Definitely, definitely. This is one of the better post SAW2 textural
albums I've heard, and "Coolant" is the climax.
Artist: Scorn
Album: Logghi Barogghi
Track 7: "Logghi Barogghi"
No arguement that it's certainly the title track. Decently composed, but
way to short to be a standout. Check "Out Of" (track 5) instead
for menacing clip-hop ("clip" as in "distorted to fuck").
Artist: Squarepusher
Album: Hard Normal Daddy
Track 7: "E8 Boogie"
Lots of jazzy fun here, but certainly not the one that makes me sit up and
go "whoa, shit." That honor falls to track 2: "Beep Street"
Artist: The Orb
Album: The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (original US single-CD
version)
Track 7: "Star 6 & 7 8 9"
Are you kidding? This is the one track I *don't* like off of
this! "Outlands" (track 6) and "Earth (Gaia)" (track 2) wipe the floor
with it.
So, out of ten discs: 2 positive votes, 7 negative votes, and one
inapplicable. I discovered as many positive votes for tracks 2, 5 and 9
globally. One might note that the selection sample is pathetically small
for any statistical analysis; one might just as well note that 2 plus 5
and 9 minus 2 both equal 7. Like I said, it's all just for fun.
m@2zo
www.thechisa.com
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