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2002-02-12 02:15Kurt Hoffmanstephen <stevepwats@prodigy.net> wrote: >In my opinion Nighttime World Vol2. will go down

From:: Kurt Hoffman <supine@bway.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Cc:: stephen <stevepwats@prodigy.net>
Date:: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 21:15:43 -0500
Subject:: [idm] Re: Nighttime World Vol.2

stephen <stevepwats@prodigy.net> wrote:

quoted 4 lines In my opinion Nighttime World Vol2. will go down as a classic.

>In my opinion Nighttime World Vol2. will go down as a classic. >It was Robert Hoods intent to make this album sound "synthetic" and >modern utilizing synths. >This is a very unique and unconventional/ experimental techno album.

I'll chime in and say the high points are high enough that it's a very good album, and that, generally, he adds enough unexpected touches that he gets good use from a lot of familiar synth and sample sounds that would sound a pretty stale in some other context. the way he links funk, house and techno is pretty interesting, the guy's got a compelling musical vision. but I wouldn't blame anyone for being underwhelmed by some of the more atmospheric tracks -- not his strongest suit, some of them really drag after awhile. anyway, I still think a bunch of the tracks are up there with his best work, and hope he cooks up another volume. k --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2002-02-13 14:35stephenThat's a good assessment. It doesn't make my top 10 Detroit techno albums of all time but

From:: stephen <stevepwats@prodigy.net>
To:: Kurt Hoffman <supine@bway.net>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:35:21 -0600
Subject:: [idm] Re: Nighttime World Vol.2
Reply to:: [idm] Re: Nighttime World Vol.2

That's a good assessment. It doesn't make my top 10 Detroit techno albums of all time but it's a classic album by Hood. Another one of his more recent better sounding releases in my opinion is Monobox Population on M-Plant.

quoted 16 lines I'll chime in and say the high points are high enough that it's a

> > I'll chime in and say the high points are high enough that it's a > very good album, and that, generally, he adds enough unexpected > touches that he gets good use from a lot of familiar synth and sample > sounds that would sound a pretty stale in some other context. the way > he links funk, house and techno is pretty interesting, the guy's got > a compelling musical vision. > > but I wouldn't blame anyone for being underwhelmed by some of the > more atmospheric tracks -- not his strongest suit, some of them > really drag after awhile. > > anyway, I still think a bunch of the tracks are up there with his > best work, and hope he cooks up another volume. > > k

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[idm] Re: Nighttime World Vol.2