it was ok on first listen - ill probably get the cd because somehow that
always makes it more of an item instead of a bunch of tracks.
im sure itll grow on me, but lately it seems i like my stuff more than boc -
which might be a very good thing!
On 5/10/06, Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 48 lines So how come no-one's been banging on about how cool'n'groovy /
>
>
> So how come no-one's been banging on about how cool'n'groovy /
> boring-old-farty, enrapturing / snooze-inducing, fresh'n'wild /
> same-old-same-old 'Trans Canada Highway' is?
> Could this be a sign of an IDM cultural climate change, indicating that
> IDM-peeps are no longer hanging on their every note or enigmatic squiggle
> to impute strange significances?
> I mean... what's the point of subscribing to this list if a guy can't get
> a
> mailbox full of people inchoately slavering over/whining about the latest
> emissions of their idols?
> Tsk. Call yourself an IDM-list - IDM SchmyDM...
> OK, you need someone to start the ball rolling, is that it? Right. 6
> tracks: 1 you know, 'Dayvan Cowboy', as per the album (did you check that
> video? Yeah, video of guys surfing. Cool. If you like surfing, that is. If
> you don't. Not so cool. Last track is a remix by Odd Nosdam of the
> aforementioned track - a 9 minute oddyssey (geddit?) that traipses
> distractedly between some sort of smack-ambient noodle and hypno-drone-hop
> semi-propulsion with gaps in between, like he got bored and went off to
> make a cuppa and left the record button on (he did? aah.. *cool*). All
> very
> um... *odd*... In between there are '4 new tracks' none of which sound
> that
> new, but they're all OK. Bit like the album, really. You probably heard
> 'Skyliner' at bleep.com and it got you mildly aroused if not entirely
> creamed.
> Will that do to kick us off? OK, I know it's not Lester Bangs or Ian
> Penman
> or Kodwo Eshun, but hey... you got no excuse now. And don't give me that
> coy sh|t about release dates. You've got an internet connection haven't
> you... don't pretend you haven't already downloaded the whole thing P2P
> and
> proudly burnt it for all your mates. Yes, you there...
>
> alan
>
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