Hi there,
Well, I, too had to check out this Squarepusher thing because almost
everybody seems to think the stuff is the better thing since sliced
bread.
I went to the record shop intending to buy the Flare CD "Reference to
Difference" which I have been hunting for ages (I saw it there
another day as a reissue, I think). Well, just when I was going to
pay for the thing I saw "Feed Me Weird Things" and something went
into me and I grabbed it instead (I didn't have money for both), and
didn't even listen to it beforehand.
Oh well, after a few listenings (with speakers and earphones) I have
to say that I can't see what's so very special about it. Some of the
tracks (the first one for example) are quite o.k. but some others
sound kind of dated and remind me of the RDJ tracks I've never liked
(some of them I _do_ like quite a lot).
Actually quite simple and a bit daunting fast percussion plus "old"
sounding synth doodling.
All in all, there is nothing very interesting sonically. And the
"production" is a disappointment. You notice this when you listen to
it with earpones. Most of the tracks sound even monophonic and kinda
dry. Some people don't care for these things but I do think that in electronic
music this is important since it is actually part of the work (and
the composer usually does it him/herself). It almost sounds like it
was coming from an AM radio.
As I said, some of the tracks are quite o.k. in a freely progressing
kind of way but the others are downright boring. And it is not
because it is "junglish" since I like the T-Power CD (for example) clearly more.
I guess I should have got that Flare CD...
(Well, maybe this teaches me not to go blindly after hype again :-)
Greetings, Jouni Alkio