Howdy Gordon,
quoted 5 lines `Future Shock' was an impulse-buy, because of FSoL's `Papua New Guinea'> `Future Shock' was an impulse-buy, because of FSoL's `Papua New Guinea'
> and Aphex Twin's `Aegosopolis'. Buffed by Autodesk, Inc. the video is
> relatively good, with some stunningly good animation in between. Music,
> by the two above and Brian Eno, Banco De Gaia, HIA and The Orb, make
> this a good buy.
Yeah I bought this for much the same reason and must say that visuals
are good, especially for Banco De Gaia's "Soufie"... I love that video
and the music even more. I recommend this video to anybody interested
in such music and those are keen to have some suitable visuals to go
with it.
quoted 16 lines Then, there are the three series, 3Lux, X-Mix and Dr.Devious. The> Then, there are the three series, 3Lux, X-Mix and Dr.Devious. The
> latter has released the most videos, five or six to my knowledge (I
> own two: More Dance In Cyberspace and ... I can't now recall the name
> of the other; it's in loan). While the music in Dr.Devious' videos
> is not that good, the computer animation is really worth seeing.
> The 3Lux series has three releases, the first being hardest, with
> music by Fuse, Exit 100, and even Mixmaster Morris (!), the second
> the tranciest (Music from at least House Of Usher, I can't recall
> others as it is in loan, too :-). Third, of course, is the ambient
> one, with Sven Vath, Aphex Twin et al. producing the audible element.
> The visuals on these could be better, though the music makes them
> a worthwhile buy. I have not personally seen either of the X-Mixes,
> but being from the same producer as 3Luxes, at least the visuals must
> be quite same. The music, to my knowledge, is at least mixed by
> Laurent Garnier on the other. Have to delve into these more later,
> as one of my friend has both.
Another Dr Devious video is Cyberdelia and while the music was average
the visuals were good.
I have 3LUX-3, the ambient one and have to agree with you in the fact
that for this release anyway the visuals are somewhat disappointing, but
the music is excellent. I think i'll have to chase up the first 2 in
the series especially since Exit 100 and FUSE are two of my favourite
acts when it comes to that style.
Unfortunately I also have not seen any of the X-Mix series.
quoted 9 lines `Motion'. What can I say? I have been an avid fan of WARP since I> `Motion'. What can I say? I have been an avid fan of WARP since I
> first heard Forgemasters' `A Track With No Name'. Progressing from
> 1989 to this day has seen a lot of good music, and I thought it was
> about time for them to release a video. And I wasn't disappointed.
> The animation could, of course, be better, but as hooted in many
> mediums (including Usenet and IDM), there is an ideal behind this
> video, `to access areas usually only available to our subconscious
> minds'. I love the animation, I love the music. I can't wait to see
> the next one.
Great music, great visuals although they could be deemed somewhat
repetitive. Yep, I can't wait for the next one.
quoted 10 lines FSoL's `Lifeforms' video EP tops the original `Eurotechno' by far,> FSoL's `Lifeforms' video EP tops the original `Eurotechno' by far,
> but only because of the quality of the animation. Smooth, with
> varying textures, patterns, shapes and trajectories, Buggy G. Riphead
> can really create visuals worth mentioning (I wonder if he was
> responsible for `Eurotechno', too...). The music is, of course, plain
> FSoL (`Lifeforms A/V' is `Dead Skin Cells' from the album, and
> `Lifeforms Path' is a mismatch of almost everything. If I'm wrong,
> someone pleases set me straight). Running 12 minutes, I just bought
> this to see _if_ there was something to see, after the video for
> `Cascade' (has anyone got information if this is released separately?).
I've always wanted to get Stakker's EuroTechno. I have the Lifeforms
video and it is absolutely the most brilliant piece of rendering i've
seen (No I haven't seen Jurassic Park! :)... this one just creates
virtual worlds helped along by the FSOL soundtrack which btw is "Dead
Skin Cells" and "Deep Into Your Subconscious I Slide". I've never seen
the Cascade videoclip what's it like? I assume its just the CD cover
object, which is also used quite heavily in the Lifeforms video... am I
right?
Shameless plug: Look out for our upcoming video which will have a
self-composed ambient/idm soundtrack with suitable rendered visuals. :)
Regards,
John
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