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In a message dated 31/01/97 19:53:36, you write:

quoted 3 lines to say,"i disagree passionatly" would have

> to say,"i disagree passionatly" would have > sufficed, not to mentioned the fact that it would have taken up less > space on my computer.

I'll remember for next time. I'll tell you what, I'll remove the vowels to save even more space on your drive - dsgr pssntly is even shorter, as well as a pleasantly respectful phrase of disagreement, guaranteed to offend no-one, not even the soft-shelled U.S eggheads on this list like yourself, who run in fright from the mention of the word 'cunt', and who were probably beaten to a pulp on a regular basis when young.

quoted 1 line not cute

> not cute

Ah. Why not code a JPEG of yourself and we'll see if *you're* cute.

quoted 1 line not funny

> not funny

What, so I'm now the Steve Martin of idm?

quoted 1 line very long

> very long

This was a cunningly intelligent ploy to draw a parallel between the reviewer's insistence that Aphex's tracks have to be long, and my own reply, which was very long and grinding and no doubt caused him to (etc.)

quoted 1 line and very bitter.

> and very bitter.

I've already paid Gonzi to poison this fellow's pets, and next week I'm gonna mail him broken Beaumont Hannant records (which in my opinion, makes for a great remix). I can live in complete peace with someone if they don't like Aphex records, they aren't for everybody, and if you aren't aware of this kind of music, I'm sure it must be perplexing stuff. BUT WHEN a guy rolls out the reasons that this guy did for not liking RDJ, yet proclaiming to love early AFX material, he really deserves to be shown up as a fool. It isn't about being on the same wavelength, or having compatible brainwaves (mumbo jumbo), or not having the right vibe (!), it's about having a closed mind to new ideas. Eventually he will really like this record, whether through listening to it again and again and finally getting the message, or through the whole scene changing and more people making AFX-influenced music, or through carefully reasoned argument on idm, he will. Why he doesn't now is the reason I posted, and proclaimed his review to be an 'opinion based on superficial listening'. That's as far as you needed to read, the rest was simply repetition of the main point. On Now? Lips That Would Kiss (Form Prayers To Broken Stone) - The Durutti Column

quoted 4 lines I can live in complete peace with someone if they don't like Aphex records,

> > I can live in complete peace with someone if they don't like Aphex records, > they aren't for everybody, and if you aren't aware of this kind of music, I'm > sure it must be perplexing stuff.

This is what i don't understand.....sorry, but i don't see much of what Aphex(or any of his monikers) has done as very perplexing.... a bunch of distorted drumbeats, "weird" time-changes, bleepy-bloopy noises, and a general lack of melody do not make for perplexing listening to me. (which is not to say it's not good....just not that "perplexing", or more to the point "intellegent")

On 01-Feb-97, Brian Davis scribbled something about Re: (idm) Subliminally Remixed:

quoted 7 lines This is what i don't understand.....sorry, but i don't see much of what

>This is what i don't understand.....sorry, but i don't see much of what >Aphex(or any of his monikers) has done as very perplexing.... >a bunch of distorted drumbeats, "weird" time-changes, bleepy-bloopy >noises, and a general lack of melody do not make for perplexing >listening to me. >(which is not to say it's not good....just not that "perplexing", or >more to the point "intellegent")

listen to the following tracks, IMO they are intelligent, at least in the sense of the word: pancake lizard (on donkey rhubarb ep) analogue bubblebath (on same name ep/classics) polynomial-c (on xylem tube ep/classics) lichen (on saw2) i and heliosphan (on saw85-92) alberto balsalm and acrid avid jamshred (on i care because you do) if you want perplexing, hard to understand stuff, try: anything off the ventolin e.p/remixes and tamphex, or some other stuff.. -- Hillie aka Aurafix / PHD ja DAMONES hillien kotisivu - http://www.clark.net/pub/buh/index.html phase distortion - http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~airou/phd/ easy internet services - http://huizen.dds.nl/~eis Do re mi fa so la ti.. Oh let's see if I can make it easier...

quoted 10 lines I can live in complete peace with someone if they don't like Aphex records,

>> I can live in complete peace with someone if they don't like Aphex records, >> they aren't for everybody, and if you aren't aware of this kind of music, I'm >> sure it must be perplexing stuff. >This is what i don't understand.....sorry, but i don't see much of what >Aphex(or any of his monikers) has done as very perplexing.... >a bunch of distorted drumbeats, "weird" time-changes, bleepy-bloopy >noises, and a general lack of melody do not make for perplexing >listening to me. >(which is not to say it's not good....just not that "perplexing", or >more to the point "intellegent")

i think what he was trying to say (correct me if i'm wrong) was that the average person who spends all of their time listening to the goo-goo dolls and seven mary three would probably hear aphex for the first time (especially some of the stuff on RDJ) would probably just go "huh?". also, i think it's hardly fair to say that richard's stuff contains no melodies. how about "start as you mean to go on," or "pancake lizard," or "girl/boy," or "xtal," or... okay. you get the picture. i think a lot of richard's stuff is *very* melodic. some isn't necessary "melodic," but a melody for every track would just get boring anyway. oh well. gotta go catch the 4:00 showing of star wars. catch ya later! alan! np:bjork:telegram __ :::::/\ \:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::/ \ \::::::you make the mistake::::::::::: :::/ /\ \ \:::::you judge a man by his race:::: ::/ / /\ \ \::::you go through life:::::::::::: :/ / /__\_\ \:::with egg on your face:::::::::: / / /________\::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \/___________/::::::::::-beastie boys::::::::::

Hillie wrote:

quoted 7 lines On 01-Feb-97, Brian Davis scribbled something about Re: (idm) Subliminally Remixed:

> > On 01-Feb-97, Brian Davis scribbled something about Re: (idm) Subliminally Remixed: > >This is what i don't understand.....sorry, but i don't see much of what > >Aphex(or any of his monikers) has done as very perplexing.... > >a bunch of distorted drumbeats, "weird" time-changes, bleepy-bloopy > >noises, and a general lack of melody do not make for perplexing > >listening to me.

quoted 9 lines listen to the following tracks, IMO they are intelligent, at least in the sense

> listen to the following tracks, IMO they are intelligent, at least in the sense > of the word: > > pancake lizard (on donkey rhubarb ep) > analogue bubblebath (on same name ep/classics) > polynomial-c (on xylem tube ep/classics) > lichen (on saw2) > i and heliosphan (on saw85-92) > alberto balsalm and acrid avid jamshred (on i care because you do)

try track 8 on analouge bubblebath 3 johnny