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At 11:56 PM 11/7/95 -0500, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines .the crappy Artof Noise ambient thing.

>.the crappy Artof Noise ambient thing. > > HeY! "Moments in Love" is a KlasSic!

Yes it is, but that song is from "Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?" album. They also put out an album called "The Ambient Collection" or something (maybe some AoN'ers can provide specifics) that is a piece of new age slop, save about 3 minutes of one track. eh p.s. More electro, please.

About the Ambient Collection... It's true, it wasn't very good. It was mixed by Dr. Alex Patterson of the Orb and Youth has credit for it, but the whole thing just didn't turn out as well as one might have hoped. All the best bits are parts of actual AoN songs. I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've taken gorgeous tracks like Paranoimia and made them drab lifeless techno! Sad. The YMO remix album was much better! The originals are brilliant though! My favorites albums are Daft (which is a superset of Who's Afraid... I belive) and In Visible Silence (Paranoimia, Peter Gunn, Legs, Backbeat!). [fletcher]

At 1:07 PM 11/9/95, fms@scp.caltech.edu wrote:

quoted 10 lines About the Ambient Collection...

>About the Ambient Collection... > >It's true, it wasn't very good. It was mixed by Dr. Alex >Patterson of the Orb and Youth has credit for it, but the >whole thing just didn't turn out as well as one might have >hoped. All the best bits are parts of actual AoN songs. > >I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've >taken gorgeous tracks like Paranoimia and made them drab >lifeless techno! Sad. The YMO remix album was much better!

I dunno - I love the LFO and Robert Gordon mixes on that, as well as the remix of Opus III. Joe (:Joe Rice:__________:tic-tac@psychoactive.com:__________:ambient@netcom.com:) (:"Oh, the turntables are his instruments!" :) (:"But I can't tell what sound that record is making!" :) (:"I know! He puts them on and off and you never know! I've never seen :) (: anything like it!" :)

quoted 3 lines I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've

>>I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've >>taken gorgeous tracks like Paranoimia and made them drab >>lifeless techno! Sad. The YMO remix album was much better!

quoted 2 lines I dunno - I love the LFO and Robert Gordon mixes on that, as well as the

>I dunno - I love the LFO and Robert Gordon mixes on that, as well as the >remix of Opus III.

I'll have to give it another listen. Which songs did LFO and Robert Gordon remix? I did like a couple tracks, but overall I felt that the original AoN songs had a certain charm which didn't translate over into the techno remixes. I love the AoN's vocal bass line instrument! I think we should start called remixes `remices`! [fletcher] - [on now: air conditioners]

quoted 7 lines I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've

>>I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've >>taken gorgeous tracks like Paranoimia and made them drab >>lifeless techno! Sad. The YMO remix album was much better! > >I dunno - I love the LFO and Robert Gordon mixes on that, as well as the >remix of Opus III. >

I thought the Massey mix of 'Legs" was cool. In all, tho, it was disappointing. Not as up to par as the YMO thang. _`~=~=~`boom~~`boom~=~= _-I-__\ /__ ` ~ / \_ -I-

At 11:01 PM 11/9/95, fms@scp.caltech.edu wrote:

quoted 12 lines I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've

>>>I also find the AoN Remix album a bit attrocious. They've >>>taken gorgeous tracks like Paranoimia and made them drab >>>lifeless techno! Sad. The YMO remix album was much better! > >>I dunno - I love the LFO and Robert Gordon mixes on that, as well as the >>remix of Opus III. > >I'll have to give it another listen. Which songs did LFO and >Robert Gordon remix? I did like a couple tracks, but overall >I felt that the original AoN songs had a certain charm which >didn't translate over into the techno remixes. >

I think Robert Gordon did Backbeat - this one is more suited to dancefloors than home listening, but it has a great break. I don't remember the name of the LFO mixed song, but it's a slower (110bpm) track that's quite nice.

quoted 2 lines I love the AoN's vocal bass line instrument!

>I love the AoN's vocal bass line instrument! >

Indeed, it's nice to see technology fall in to the right hands. Joe (:Joe Rice:__________:tic-tac@psychoactive.com:__________:ambient@netcom.com:) (:"Oh, the turntables are his instruments!" :) (:"But I can't tell what sound that record is making!" :) (:"I know! He puts them on and off and you never know! I've never seen :) (: anything like it!" :)

quoted 4 lines It's true, it wasn't very good. It was mixed by Dr. Alex

> It's true, it wasn't very good. It was mixed by Dr. Alex > Patterson of the Orb and Youth has credit for it, but the > whole thing just didn't turn out as well as one might have > hoped. All the best bits are parts of actual AoN songs.

95% of the album (i.e., everything but the between-track links) is actual AoN songs. It's a compilation, not a remix album -- the only track that's not lifted straight off an earlier AoN release is "Art Of Love". -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo)