I was paging through a South African publication "MultiMedia"
mag. of Sept. 97 - the usual dry technical commentary - and read an
article playing off Arcam CD players against Marantz and the test
material caught my eye:
" ... This wasn't to say the Arcam was uncouth - it wasn't. It just
had a bubblier, more lively presentation, as The Black Dog "Bytes"
went to prove. With this sparse but rhythmically complex piece of
music, the Marantz majored on information retrieval. The texture of
the different samples was reproduced more accurately and there was a
greater sense of air and space to the acoustics" ...
All together : aaaah! An enlightened reviewer :-)
Finally Bjork has made it to the bottom end of Africa and after all
the hullaballoo I *had* to grab one of only 3 import copies in the
shop - the rest will be pressed locally. Promise : I wasn't going
to jump into this debate, so I'll only say this once. It doesn't
bite me on the ankle, grab me and shake me _at all_. I can see the
beauty in the melodic areas and it is superbly produced, but
personally speaking, if you'd remove that voice and replace it with
an instrument - *any* instrument - things would improve radically.
Tully disagrees and maintains that her unique voice's swooping in
and out makes all the difference and lifts it to greater heights...
so please don't flame me on this, it's just my opinion.
On 13 Oct 97, MultSanta@aol.com wrote: (Caroline / Astralwerks)
quoted 3 lines We've got several tracks for a u-Ziq EP which we will be placing
> We've got several tracks for a u-Ziq EP which we will be placing
> smaples of on the website. then we will be inviting visitors to vote
> on the tracks