firstly, there's no real context provided to those of us who haven't read
these interviews, so i'm going on what you've cited in your original post:
quoted 3 lines In the XLR8R interview, Mike says about the forthcoming album, "We want to
>In the XLR8R interview, Mike says about the forthcoming album, "We want to
>do this one at our own pace and only deliver it when we think we1ve got
>something that is absolutely perfect, with no flaws."
if the album was still forthcoming at the time, one might assume that they
are at least in part justifying the long delay between full-length releases.
After all, 4 years is a considerable amount of time.
quoted 6 lines Then in the NME interview he says, "It's okay to be imperfect - in
>Then in the NME interview he says, "It's okay to be imperfect - in
>fact the imperfections are where the magic is. To us, perfect music sounds
>sterile and dead. The tunes we write are imperfect, the sounds are
>imperfect, even the artwork. I can't listen to perfect music, it bores me.
>We actually put a lot of effort into making things rough and difficult and
>noisy, even more so on this than on the last album."
One might also draw the more likely conclusion that they are striving for
"perfect imperfection".... i.e., their idea of a perfect album is not one
that is technically flawless but one where every detail, glitch, mistake,
error, sounds just right to their ears. And I can't argue with that
logic.... if in fact that is the case, they've done it quite well on the
latest.
quoted 2 lines When I read things like this it makes me think that their philosophies have
>When I read things like this it makes me think that their philosophies have
>no credibility. I wish I hadn't read that.
Boards of Canada are make some great music (to my ears anyway) and they've
never struck me as a highly philosophical band.... so I personally don't
feel too betrayed by any incongruencies in their interview answers.
Moving on to other (more interesting) things:
the new Metamatics album is completely gorgeous. And I haven't even
completely finished listening to it. I'm not that well-acquainted with their
backcatalogue (although I like the Norken releases) but from what little I
recall, this latest one is a significant improvement.
Also the Peter Licht 12" that was recently released (includes remixes by
Ellen Allien and TokTok) is pretty nice, somewhere between techhouse and
German pop rock.
Other bits:
-The new Rosy Parlane, which I believe was mentioned briefly, on Sigma
Editions, is outstanding. It's vaguely in the Fennesz/AGF/Oval school of
fuzzy ambience, strange manipulated source sounds and occasional swells of
feedback, but it's consistently quite pleasant.
-Little Computer People Remixes CD (Psi49net): the LCP track from Anthony
Rother's disc under the same name appears in several remixed forms... some
are more successful than others although it manages to stay interesting over
the course of the whole CD. I haven't checked out the video clips yet though
I plan to soon... LCP is Rother at perhaps his kitschiest but it's good fun.
He also just released another 12" on his Psi49net label with Larry McCormick
called Netzwerk "Florida" which is pretty strong, too.
-On Var.Art 12"EP : I don't recall seeing this mentioned much but it's a
handsome IDM various 12" including EOG, Funckarma, L'Usine and EU. The A
side (EU/L'Usine) is really nice, slightly more sparse, delicate IDM tracks
while the flip is a bit more active, relying more on typical clean breaks
but still falling neatly under the usual DUB sound (though less aggressive).
I wasn't otherwise familiar with the On label but this gave me a pretty good
first impression.
-Ellen Allien "erdbeerdmund" 12" (Bpitch Control) : downright oddball 12"
from the owner of the BPC label. Off-kilter arrangements, weird beats and a
funky as hell B-side along with some great 80's throwback art direction...
can't go wrong!
gradually getting thru a stack of new vinyl and CDs so beware the
possibility of more brief reviews in the next few days....
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