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quoted 19 lines Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:20:12 -0400

>Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:20:12 -0400 >To: <idm@hyperreal.org> >From: Douglas Smith <gropo@gropo.com> >Subject: Re: (idm) Bola: Mauver >Message-ID: <B50D23BB.B81%gropo@gropo.com> > >on 2/4/00 1:37 PM, . at sanvara@home.com wrote: > > > I loved Soup. Great album outside a a couple tracks that I didn't like. >What > > makes this new release good, or not good? > >It sounds as though BOLA has been assimilated into the AUTECHRE bleep-bloop >school. > >Sad in my eyes, he had some very pretty melodies going on in Soup... > >The last track is some of the same-old, however. >

I wouldn't agree with this - the melodies are still there, just more subtle. I'm really happy with this EP - doesn't sound at all like 'autechre bleep bloop' school to me. I think if you just muted the rhythm samples and made the melodic bits louder these tracks would sound 'Soup-like'. Well, except for the first track, because of the MC. Although thats a pretty groovy track in its own right. So, I'd say if you like Soup, get this EP because at least one track (#4) will certainly make you happy. The rest might make you happy - as long as you don't mind it being a little more subtle. Regards, Aronne ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Aronne Merrelli wrote:

quoted 6 lines So, I'd say if you like Soup, get this EP because at least one

> > > So, I'd say if you like Soup, get this EP because at least one > track (#4) will certainly make you happy. The rest might make > you happy - as long as you don't mind it being a little more > subtle.

I'll second that evaluation. First off, nice clean artwork. Looks like an overhead shot of some massive public work designed by Calatrava. Second, the MC track was a laugh because of the freakish twisting on the vocals...to take it too seriously is to have crawled up too far into D. Fitton's ass/arse. The rapping on the new Funkstorung, while cutting new ground, isn't as insightful and original as this. Third, there's a stronger focus on percussive sounds, their syncopation, and interaction between them and Bola's signature long melodies. On the whole, these cuts drive more than those on Soup. Considering how f@cking long it took to get another relase from Fitton, I'm not upset with that change. Those who insist on drawing a parallel with Autechre will find this more in line with their material as it might have been between Tri Repetae and Envane. And that applies really only to "Syblex." Fourth, oh, that fourth track, "Vespers." Thick and Soupy. laz PS: first (and only the first) time I played the track "Mauver," I had a flashback to A Flock of Seagulls' "Modern Love is Automatic," with that, erm, wicked guitar! Woohoo 1982!