Hey Irene,
I was the one who originally mentioned the out of tune samples in Amon Tobin's
stuff. Actually there's only a couple of tracks on Bricolage which are
unbearable... Easy Muffin, track 2: At about 47 seconds in, a sax or horn sample
comes in that's flatter than the bass and keyboards... I'm listening to it now
and it's driving me crazy, makes my throat constrict, very uncomfortable... The
next track, Yasawas, has a bassline that's flatter than everything else, which
is also pretty annoying.
There's a bit of that out of tune bassline thing on the Cuko album too I seem to
remember, but not too much...
The second Amon Tobin album, Permutation, however is much better as far as I can
remember, so perhaps he started paying more attention.
Amon's one of my favourite artists and that's why I was sooo pissed off by his
slackness on that track. There are some other bits and pieces in other tracks,
but often if it's not too extreme it adds a certain fuzzy filmic effect that's
quite alright. It's just that his drum programming and choice of samples is so
exquisite...
At least we've got Hrvatski now hey! I strongly recommend everyone go to
www.mp3.com/hrvatski and download all the unreleased tracks or get the DAM CD
from there as well as Oiseaux 96-98.
Anyway, don't give up on the whole Bricolage album, lots of it is fine if you
edit out the most uncomfortable tracks.
Peter.
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Peter Hollo raven@fourplay.com.au
http://www.fourplay.com.au/me.html
FourPlay - Eclectic Electric String Quartet
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http://www.fourplay.com.au/sound.html
"Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and
your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.
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