(Motion) : Electronic listening music for the eyes
Part1: (Nanotechnics.1)
Part2: (Mirage)
Part3: (Corpus Porpoise Posthumous non Polhemus)
Part4: (Lifespan)
Part5: (Sim)(biotics)
1.1 Scanner (intro)
1.2 Link: Arcadia (title/outro)
1.3 Beaumont Hannant: Utuba
1.4 Polygon Window : Polygon Window
1.5 Richard H Kirk: Reality Net
1.6 Speedy J : Symmettry
1.7 Mark Franklin : Release To The System
1.8 Autechre : Basscadet
Approx. running time: 40 mins
Finally Warps artificial intelligence video touches down in the US with a
release on TVT. I was expecting quite a lot from this, and to honest I
was a little disspointed. (Motion) is divided into five different
sequences, each containing computer imagery overlaid with music mostly from
the second artificial intelligence album, with the exception of the Polygon
Window and Autechre tracks. It seems to me that the people who
design these things have simply run out of ideas, as we seem to be faced
with the same images over and over: dolphins, dragonflys, fractal
tunnels, and birds-eye views of flying across various landscapes. One of
the main features in the video is the humanoid figure we see relaxing on
the cover of the first artificial intelligence album, and this time we
get a more complete look around his living room. Originality aside, Warps
video is still nice to look at. The now familiar music makes the watching
quite enjoyable, and some of the graphics sequences really are quite
impressive. One of the more memorable sequences is (Sim)(biotics), which
appears to be about some insects or viruses infecting a computer system.
Overall, I liked it. Maybe not as many new ideas as id hoped, but still
a good combination of sounds and pictures. Very much in a Warpesque
style, its definately something im glad I have.
:: Alan M. Parry
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