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I'd say, pretty much everything I've heard by l'uisine...

quoted 38 lines From: "Lee Wang 444" <red_halcyon@hotmail.com>

>From: "Lee Wang 444" <red_halcyon@hotmail.com> >To: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [idm] Mellow IDM tracks - suggestions >Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:35:55 -0700 > >I like this thread. :) >I'll give some not-so-obscure-but-so-far-unmentioned tracks. >ae - "Krib" from Cichli Suite. "VI scose poise" is pretty mellow, don't >know >if you'd consider good, though I do. >Plaid - "Eyen," "New Family," and "Sincetta" from Double Fig. Hell, any >featuring Mara and/or Benet on vox. Whole bunch from Trainer, esp. on the >second disc, not sure of the names though. >The remix by Ellis Island Sound of Two Lone Swordsmen on 10+3, disc 2. > >Lee >"Do your dreams come true?" >"I haven't had a nice dream for years." > >>Hey all. I'm trying to get a compilation together of some >>of the more mellow IDM tracks out there. Songs like: >> >>Squarepusher - Iambic 5 Poetry >>Autechre - Nil >>Amon Tobin - Easy Muffin >>U-ziq - 56 >>the best of BoC > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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quoted 8 lines I'll give some not-so-obscure-but-so-far-unmentioned tracks.

>> I'll give some not-so-obscure-but-so-far-unmentioned tracks. >> ae - "Krib" from Cichli Suite. "VI scose poise" is pretty mellow, don't >> know >> if you'd consider good, though I do. >> Plaid - "Eyen," "New Family," and "Sincetta" from Double Fig. Hell, any >> featuring Mara and/or Benet on vox. Whole bunch from Trainer, esp. on the >> second disc, not sure of the names though. >> The remix by Ellis Island Sound of Two Lone Swordsmen on 10+3, disc 2.

Krib is an absolute must! I really dig the tracks you mentioned from Double Figure too, but I'm at odds over whether to put Sincetta or Eyen on there. I like 'em both a lot. Guess I'm going to have to make a double CD compilation with all the excellent songs being mentioned. Keep 'em coming guys and gals, I'm writing these all down! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 1 line Krib is an absolute must!

> Krib is an absolute must!

Also Aphex Twin - Nannou Autechre - Outpt or Vletrmx21 (or half a dozen others :-) ) Boards of Canada - anything from Music has the Right to Children. Aquarius in particular. BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of mine, but I can't help feeling a bit short changed by some of the 45-second long tracks. I mean it's nice that they're there, but I feel a bit teased by the way something starts brilliantly and then ends 8 bars later, as if they changed their minds. 'Kaini Industries' in particular makes me feel like this: an absolutely gorgeous melodic loop on a sort of melting slap bass (?!) that plays for about 30 seconds and then gives way to an unremarkable hand percussion loop for a few more bars before fading away. I felt so let down the first time I heard it, I thought it was going to turn into a monster steam train of a track instead of sputtering out. Every so often I'm tempted to try sampling that melody and building something bigger around it. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Anig Browl wrote:

quoted 5 lines BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of mine, but I can't help

> BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of mine, but I can't help > feeling a bit short changed by some of the 45-second long tracks. I mean > it's nice that they're there, but I feel a bit teased by the way something > starts brilliantly and then ends 8 bars later, as if they changed their > minds.

I'm not trying to come off as "pretentious art guy", but I think that alot of the BoC stuff is a perfect example of less being more. I must admit that I found the short track times to be a welcome change from what seems to be the default idm track length of approximately 6 minutes. There's more emotion and intensity in those 45 second thingies than alot of 7-13 minute tracks out there. I'm not saying "I'm right, you're wrong" by any means, I'm just offering my opinion cause I was out late watching Bullfrog/Kid Koala last night and I don't feel like working just yet. I sold my soul for rock and roll. Doug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 6 lines BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of

>BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of >mine, but I can't help feeling a bit short changed by >some of the 45-second long tracks. I mean it's nice >that they're there, but I feel a bit teased by the >way something starts brilliantly and then ends 8 bars >later, as if they changed their minds.

Marcus Eoin of BoC: "Someone criticized me once," recalls Eoin, "and asked why we?d made ?Roygbiv? so short. For us, that is exactly how long it should be. It?s like that famous bit at the end of ?Strawberry Fields? by The Beatles, where you get the little voice at the end that says something like ?I buried Paul?, and it happens once, and it?s such a transitory thing that?s mixed in one ear really far away, but people went on and on about it for decades." ===== http://www.rootrec.net/elephnt .:winblad.donald.ichiro:. <narcoleptic priest> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

From: winblad.donald.ichiro <elephntmx74@yahoo.com>

quoted 3 lines BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of

> >BTW, that Boards of Canada album is a favourite of > >mine, but I can't help feeling a bit short changed by > >some of the 45-second long tracks.

quoted 10 lines Marcus Eoin of BoC:

> Marcus Eoin of BoC: > "Someone criticized me once," recalls Eoin, "and asked > why we'd made 'Roygbiv' so short. For us, that is > exactly how long it should be. It's like that famous > bit at the end of 'Strawberry Fields' by The Beatles, > where you get the little voice at the end that says > something like 'I buried Paul', and it happens once, > and it's such a transitory thing that's mixed in one > ear really far away, but people went on and on about > it for decades."

Hmmm...I don't think BoC are quite there yet :-) It's a good excuse to go back and listen to Strawberry Fields though, which is a great piece of music. That bit Marcus Eoin refers to always gives me the impression that everyone continued playing after the faders were pulled down at the end of the track, and five minutes later they had wound up in some sort of psychedelic skiffle jam which someone thought to grab on tape before it was lost forever. Now I *know* this is not true, because the album was actually recorded with loads of overdubs and is quite calculated, but I'm happy to forget about all that when I just sit back and listen to it. Some of that Beatles/George Martin stuff is 'totally IDM' ;-) Anyway, I like those short BoC pieces as much as the long ones, but some of them sound like undeveloped little ideas that were too good to throw away, rather than musical statements. I don't want to sound too critical, as I do the same thing myself when I am making tapes for friends, sometimes I just throw a 30-second synth noodle in between other stuff or at the end of the tape to leave a personal stamp on it. Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org