Ian Woodhouse wrote:
quoted 12 lines On Sat, 29 Jan 1994, Fredrik Idestam-Almquist wrote:>
> On Sat, 29 Jan 1994, Fredrik Idestam-Almquist wrote:
>
> > I am *very* glad they didn't put the Wildplanet-album in the AI-series.
> > Actually, I don't quite get why that album has been released at all by *any*
> > recordcompany...
>
> Hmmmmm ... I hope that was IYHO. I quite like that album. I don't
> understand why you would even suspect Warp would put that in the AI
> series. It's basically a hardcore squidgy-sound album. (... and for what
> it is, it's rather good.)
>
Actually I was the one who suspected, sorry for the confusion. Grounds
being that it isn't _that_ dancy an album, and does veer somewhat towards
the experimental side.
Re: Speedy J - differences of opinion... I listened to "Ginger" again last
night (the +8 version, minus Deorbit) and have pretty much come to the same
conclusion; I really like the title track, but not much else. I just don't
thing there's enough "development" in most of the pieces to warrant much
of interest, or if there is it seems to be so warm and consonant that it
feels like you're drowning in a bowl of sugar. However, I can certainly see
many people hold quite the contrary opinion. Perhaps we can all at least
agree that Speedy J's approach is very similar to Kraftwerk in the use of
direct, fresh structures and willful self-limitation, and it seems to work
for most people. Anyway, what I fail to understand is how anyone could find
B12 dull. For me, they find exactly the right place between depth and
self-limitation. Ah well, I like "Redcell:Stasis" even better, particularly
the "Stasis" half...
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