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1996-07-11 11:27multiparamaarten d schermer wrote: >> Something totally unrelated: does anyone know what Chain Reac

From:: multipara <Peter.Gebert@uni-konstanz.de>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 12:27:59 +0100
Subject:: cr07+08 was Re: (idm) crap Autechre

maarten d schermer wrote:

quoted 2 lines Something totally unrelated: does anyone know what Chain Reaction CR 07 is?

>> Something totally unrelated: does anyone know what Chain Reaction CR 07 is? >> It seems I missed one...

here's my review posted to another list on may 29: - vainqueur: elevation (chain reaction 7) a slight disappointment. i like the track in its two versions, minor key synth washes with some light ticking at 120 in the background. yes, no bassdrum, no snare, no hihat. sounding a little like a softer version of the final track of porter ricks' set that they played at the concert (which i still have to review). the problem i have with this record is... it's quite hard to mix because of that strange ticking... arrh! i haven't played this for several weeks now and i consider it to be the worst in the series. harald schmitz wrote:

quoted 1 line ... do you know CR08? IMO the worst until now.

>... do you know CR08? IMO the worst until now.

seems to be general consensus in the media... but i disagree. the slightly (german-style-)trancy sound is of course unfashionable (which is, in this case, a plus), and 154 bpm are also not what current dj's think they can "use". so what? i think it's a nice change, and a perfect translation of old sounds into the chain reaction / basic channel language. i prefer this over cr 06 and 07. cheers + mazzel, p.

1996-07-11 20:33Matthew J. LehrerOn Thu, 11 Jul 1996, multipara wrote: > >... do you know CR08? IMO the worst until now. >

From:: Matthew J. Lehrer <mjl1461@is3.NYU.EDU>
To:: multipara <Peter.Gebert@uni-konstanz.de>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>, <313@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 16:33:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: Re: cr07+08 was Re: (idm) crap Autechre
Reply to:: cr07+08 was Re: (idm) crap Autechre

On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, multipara wrote:

quoted 8 lines ... do you know CR08? IMO the worst until now.

> >... do you know CR08? IMO the worst until now. > > seems to be general consensus in the media... but i disagree. the slightly > (german-style-)trancy sound is of course unfashionable (which is, in this > case, a plus), and 154 bpm are also not what current dj's think they can > "use". so what? i think it's a nice change, and a perfect translation of > old sounds into the chain reaction / basic channel language. i prefer this > over cr 06 and 07.

I listened to this (CR 08) the other day and was vehemently repulsed. It sounds like Euro without vocals - a played-out, rigid, funkless drumloop with obnoxious synth masturbation over the top. *What* were they thinking? - Matthew

cr07+08 was Re: (idm) crap Autechre