I've heard nearly all of Max Tundra's work, and most
of boc's and I must say that I think Max Tundra runs
circles around boc. (is "runs circles" a term proper
for the discussion of electronic music?) I've seen
quite a few boc posts on this list, but that "Max
Tundra...enemies" was the first Max Tundra post, I
think. It seems as though boc do not come close to
anything I understand to be the definitive and
appealing characteristics of idm. I'm not trying to
start a debate over who is more idm or more engaging,
just why certain ordinary sounding composers get a
tremendous amount of press while it takes others to
say something seemingly shocking in an interview to
get a post. I suppose boc's new album coming up helps
them in that respect, but I still notice this.
A few words about Max Tundra. He grew on me from
something I thought of as a bad 4-track recording into
some of the most unique textures layered as though he
made it for a three ring circus - "Some Best Friend
You Turned Out to Be" His music is just flat out fun.
Kind of like the band Ween's Pure Guava album, their
Electra debut...how can you argue with something to
goddamn wicked?
His track on freakbitchlickfly has some amazingly
crisp sound to it, as well as the worst synth piano I
have ever heard, the dynamics of which deliberately
set to clip out during the accompaniment. Does anyone
know what I'm talking about? These kind of subtle
antics make me just eat his words about boc up.
So seriously, what is it about boards of canada?
Honestly, I think I am approaching them the wrong way,
because a LOT of my friends and the members of this
list seem to love them. Any thoughts or
recommendations on what to look for?
...and who is this band aphex twin I keep seeing
everywh-, kidding...
gvp
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