holy shit......man, you got it right.
both ae + the new underworld is beyound bad.....especially the last one
is the worst "techno" drivel i have listen to yet this year.
and if i must have another say : the same goes for BOCs "geodaddi" ....brothers, its a stinker too
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Fra: "Albers, Brian" <BAlbers@PremiereRadio.com>
Til: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sendt: 21. august 2002 21:38
Emne: [idm] (slightly OT) new Underworld album
quoted 26 lines When's it gonna stop? When are artists who I formerly loved gonna stop> When's it gonna stop? When are artists who I formerly loved gonna stop
> putting out terrible albums?
>
> First it was Autechre going complete abstract wankery with Confield, then
> Jack Dangers puts out that EP with nothing but his B material, then Speedy J
> puts out a cd of some of the most un-brave sequence of loops after a career
> of producing nothing but brave music, and now Underworld.
>
> Their new cd A Hundred Days Off may or may not be out in stores yet. Either
> way, it's crap. It seems they got all the good music out of 'em in their
> past three albums. This new one is all all total Euro-cheese disco techno
> shit that you expect to hear at a shopping mall. Gone are all the hard, dark
> edges and all the hookiness of Beaucoup Fish, gone is the journey through
> the songs of Second Toughest...and Dubnobass..., gone are all the textures,
> gone are all the interesting bits.
>
> I suppose in a live context some of these songs will be fun. On cd they fall
> flat, especially the couple of really slow "groovy" downtempo numbers.
>
> If you like their early 12"s for JBO (the MMM Skyscraper... one with 4
> versions, the Rez 12"), then you might like the new album. For me, it's sad
> to say, but the album is worthless.
>
> What's next- will Gridlock put out an album of all 12 bar blues standards?
> Will Not Breathing go reggae?
>
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