: blah. "vibrant forms vol. 2" is without question, second rate chain
: reaction. i have no problem with repetitiveness, sparseness, or whatever, as
: long as it's done in a way i find to be interesting. listen to those
: percussion loops....THEY NEVER CHANGE AT ALL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRACK.
That's true for about half the tracks, but I'm not sure what the problem
with that is -- a lot of Chain Reaction stuff consists of an unvarying
percussion track that is augmented in varying ways. V.F.2 tends to be
dubbier than the original V.F., with shifts in ambience and filtration
making up more of the progression than the shifting rhythmic layerings
of the first.
My main issue with V.F.2 is that it's over-long, at more than two hours.
It's not that any particular track is unworthy, but I don't think it
would be hard to choose 10 or 11 tracks out of the 21 that best represent
the album and not short-change the ideas behind the material. Of course
I might be missing the point of something... as someone once said, quantity
has a quality all its own.
: that is the case on almost all the songs on "vibrant forms 2". sure there
: are some nice melodies/atmospheres, etc. on there but it's not something you
: can't find anywhere else, and i think other people have done it much better.
Name some! I'd love to hear this sort of thing done better.
: judging from some of the reviews i've read, i'm not the only one who thinks
: this.
Chain Reaction stuff in general tends to get "love it or hate it" reviews.
BTW, the latest Fluxion, "Spaces," takes the ambience-based progressions
to a whole new level. The rhythm track is either heavily submerged or
absent. It's also quite a bit darker than the two V.F.'s albums, over all.
Listening to this helps put V.F.2 in context as a transition between the
rhythm-focused V.F. and ambience-focused Spaces.
-Ed
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