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At 16:01 17/01/01 -0500, Andrew Schrock <aschrock@cs.brandeis.edu> wrote:

quoted 5 lines SND's second and third 12"ches (newtables and travellog, respectively) are

>SND's second and third 12"ches (newtables and travellog, respectively) are >very nice. But "stdio" sounds like a parody of the SND style, a lot of the >creativity and lustre of their other releases seems to be lost. Or maybe >their sound is just getting a bit overworn with me.. (although I do like >Mark Fell's recent solo 12" on hobby industries, shirt trax, etc. a bit)

quoted 4 lines I'd like to see them evolve a bit and tackle slightly different

>I'd like to see them evolve a bit and tackle slightly different >territory, as pan_sonic have done with their latest LP. I hear much more >happening in these tracks than in "A"... even string-like washes are >present, but in a very pan_sonic way.

Wow, this is pretty much exactly the opposite of my experiences with SND. Well, no, not quite, I have the 'newtables' 12" and really like it. However, I thought 'makesnd cassette' and the subsequent releases up to 'stdio' were really boring. I was wishing they'd "evolve a bit and tackle slightly different territory", when along came 'stdio' and my prayers were answered. I hear much more happening in these tracks than in 'makensd cassette'... even piano-like melodies are present, but in a very SND way. It does really surprise me that people felt like SND need to go somewhere new as I think this is exactly what they've done! Michael np. 'New Orleans Funk' (v/a) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org