quoted 8 lines i don't mean to put the twin down entirely. i am by no means telling everyone>
> i don't mean to put the twin down entirely. i am by no means telling everyone
> he "sucks" but i am saying that people are starting to think more highly of
> him than they should. he is suddenly getting this mystique, this reputation for
> being innovative when he really isn't all that.
>
> i dunno... any comments in the world of idm?
>
Well, I've got to say that compared to a lot of the more trendy stuff out
there, Aphex to me sounds a helluva lot more innovative. I mean, I can be
listening to a random shuffle or something on my CD changer, or one of the
local 'dance' shows on the radio, or whatever, and instantly recognize a 'Twin'
track... His sound does stand apart from the usual thumpity-tump techno grind
and 16-th note 4/4 time signature which signifies wayyyyy too much of the
stuff that gets airtime on the so-called 'alternative' dance shows around here.
But of course, if you listen to his stuff all the time, I can see where it
would kind of all mesh together and sound bland, boring, and unenthusiastic.
Personally, I've got SAW, Polygon Window, Analogue Bubblebath3, Quoth
single, and the new On single, and I don't think I could
stand to listen to more than a few tracks together at any one time.
However, when you mix them up and put some of the more 'traditional' beats in,
and every once in a while throw on a TwinTrack, then it adds a bit of flavor,
since I don't have anything else in my collection that sounds anything near
Twin.
on a side note... what's the latest on the Future Sound of London's next
release? (date, track list, etc...)?
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