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2019-06-13 21:00kent williams Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-13 21:18Clint Anderson Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-13 21:29Jeff Davis Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-13 22:56Clint Anderson Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-13 23:12Connor Higgins Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-14 01:40Chris Taylor Re: Plaid Polymer
├─ 2019-06-14 13:18Clint Anderson Re: Plaid Polymer
│ └─ 2019-06-14 16:21Memjutsu Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-14 21:56David Newman Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-20 15:45Clint Anderson Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-21 17:58kent williams Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-21 18:03Clint Anderson Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-21 18:33chris adam Re: Plaid Polymer
└─ 2019-06-21 21:23Mark E Re: Plaid Polymer
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2019-06-13 21:00kent williamsThose guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one else seems to ev
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Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally exciting chord change after chord change. I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC.
2019-06-13 21:18Clint Andersongoing to listen a couple more times but i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully clic
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going to listen a couple more times but i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, which has always been my issue with plaid 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 16 lines Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one > else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per > release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. > > Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally > exciting chord change after chord change. > > I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they should > be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested them > against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the album, > I have to think it's worth the splurge. > > I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC files. > FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i > download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC. >
2019-06-13 21:29Jeff Davisonly if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them cliche thanks, Jeffr
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only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them cliche thanks, Jeffrey J Davis jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com www.jeffreyjdavis.com 218.833.2847 On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 20 lines going to listen a couple more times but> > going to listen a couple more times but > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, which has always been my issue with plaid > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally exciting chord change after chord change. >> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC.
2019-06-13 22:56Clint Andersonit's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley tech firm Clint And
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it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley tech firm Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote:
quoted 47 lines only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them > cliche > thanks, > > Jeffrey J Davis > > jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com > > www.jeffreyjdavis.com > > 218.833.2847 > > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > going to listen a couple more times but > > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, > which has always been my issue with plaid > > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' > > > > Clint Anderson > > Systems Engineer > > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no > one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per > release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. > >> > >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally > exciting chord change after chord change. > >> > >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they > should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested > them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the > album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. > >> > >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC files. > FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i > download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC. >
2019-06-13 23:12Connor HigginsOof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous albums. The sound de
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Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous albums. The sound design is fantastic though. Never been a huge fan of Plaid, but I'm liking this album. On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:56 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 59 lines it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley> it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley > tech firm > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote: > >> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them >> cliche >> thanks, >> >> Jeffrey J Davis >> >> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >> >> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >> >> 218.833.2847 >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > going to listen a couple more times but >> > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, >> which has always been my issue with plaid >> > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' >> > >> > Clint Anderson >> > Systems Engineer >> > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no >> one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per >> release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >> >> >> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally >> exciting chord change after chord change. >> >> >> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they >> should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested >> them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the >> album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >> >> >> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC >> files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i >> download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC. >> >
2019-06-14 01:40Chris TaylorI started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now that I’ve got *h
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I started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now that I’ve got *hold music* lodged in my mind it’s taken on a new malevolent quality. There’s a frequently used hold music that sounds like Dilla or Flying Lotus that I’m always juiced to hear. Back to Plaid - to me they’ve always seemed held back by the “naive” quality of their melodies. Not particularly unique to them. On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 66 lines Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous> Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous > albums. The sound design is fantastic though. Never been a huge fan of > Plaid, but I'm liking this album. > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:56 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > >> it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley >> tech firm >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> >> wrote: >> >>> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them >>> cliche >>> thanks, >>> >>> Jeffrey J Davis >>> >>> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>> >>> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >>> >>> 218.833.2847 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > going to listen a couple more times but >>> > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, >>> which has always been my issue with plaid >>> > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' >>> > >>> > Clint Anderson >>> > Systems Engineer >>> > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no >>> one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per >>> release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >>> >> >>> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally >>> exciting chord change after chord change. >>> >> >>> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they >>> should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested >>> them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the >>> album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >>> >> >>> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC >>> files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i >>> download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC. >>> >>
2019-06-14 13:18Clint Andersoni do want to walk back my hot-take a bit but, this is another one of those where, initiall
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i do want to walk back my hot-take a bit but, this is another one of those where, initially when the album was promoted, the more caustic or abrasive and sort of edgy songs were pushed as the promos and the actual album is not by any stretch BAD, i'd just be going along listening to one of the newer songs and then a song that to be honest sounded like something years old by Plaid would come along in between so really i was just sort of frustrated like, geez, this is classic old plaid not some edgy new territory Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:40 PM Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 82 lines I started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now> I started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now > that I’ve got *hold music* lodged in my mind it’s taken on a new malevolent > quality. > > There’s a frequently used hold music that sounds like Dilla or Flying > Lotus that I’m always juiced to hear. > > Back to Plaid - to me they’ve always seemed held back by the “naive” > quality of their melodies. Not particularly unique to them. > > > > On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous >> albums. The sound design is fantastic though. Never been a huge fan of >> Plaid, but I'm liking this album. >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:56 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley >>> tech firm >>> >>> Clint Anderson >>> Systems Engineer >>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them >>>> cliche >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Jeffrey J Davis >>>> >>>> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> 218.833.2847 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > going to listen a couple more times but >>>> > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and >>>> predictable, which has always been my issue with plaid >>>> > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' >>>> > >>>> > Clint Anderson >>>> > Systems Engineer >>>> > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way >>>> no one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks >>>> per release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >>>> >> >>>> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally >>>> exciting chord change after chord change. >>>> >> >>>> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they >>>> should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested >>>> them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the >>>> album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >>>> >> >>>> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC >>>> files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i >>>> download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC. >>>> >>>
2019-06-14 16:21MemjutsuFeeling the same. The first tracks released got me excited thinking they’d gone darker, wh
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Feeling the same. The first tracks released got me excited thinking they’d gone darker, which is what I wanted. But the album is still same old Plaid. Good, but not goooooood. Mem
quoted 71 lines On 14 Jun 2019, at 14:18, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:> On 14 Jun 2019, at 14:18, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > > i do want to walk back my hot-take a bit > but, this is another one of those where, initially when the album was promoted, the more caustic or abrasive and sort of edgy songs were pushed as the promos > and the actual album is not by any stretch BAD, i'd just be going along listening to one of the newer songs and then a song that to be honest sounded like something years old by Plaid would come along in between > so really i was just sort of frustrated like, geez, this is classic old plaid not some edgy new territory > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings > > > >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:40 PM Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote: >> I started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now that I’ve got *hold music* lodged in my mind it’s taken on a new malevolent quality. >> >> There’s a frequently used hold music that sounds like Dilla or Flying Lotus that I’m always juiced to hear. >> >> Back to Plaid - to me they’ve always seemed held back by the “naive” quality of their melodies. Not particularly unique to them. >> >> >> >>> On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous albums. The sound design is fantastic though. Never been a huge fan of Plaid, but I'm liking this album. >>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:56 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley tech firm >>>> >>>> Clint Anderson >>>> Systems Engineer >>>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote: >>>>> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them cliche >>>>> thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Jeffrey J Davis >>>>> >>>>> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>>>> >>>>> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >>>>> >>>>> 218.833.2847 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > going to listen a couple more times but >>>>> > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, which has always been my issue with plaid >>>>> > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' >>>>> > >>>>> > Clint Anderson >>>>> > Systems Engineer >>>>> > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally exciting chord change after chord change. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC.
2019-06-14 21:56David NewmanIt’s the melodies and counter melodies and counter points that work. Naive and childish wi
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It’s the melodies and counter melodies and counter points that work. Naive and childish with off kilter 3rds and 5ths - the long wait until the end before a final melody comes in . It’s like they are selling kitchen appliances in a manic world of robotic tech and genetically constructed clones. Best wishes David Newman - shorter message sent from a mobile device 📲 www.audiobulb.com www.audiomoves.com
quoted 58 lines On 14 Jun 2019, at 02:40, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:> On 14 Jun 2019, at 02:40, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote: > > I started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now that I’ve got *hold music* lodged in my mind it’s taken on a new malevolent quality. > > There’s a frequently used hold music that sounds like Dilla or Flying Lotus that I’m always juiced to hear. > > Back to Plaid - to me they’ve always seemed held back by the “naive” quality of their melodies. Not particularly unique to them. > > > >> On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> wrote: >> Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous albums. The sound design is fantastic though. Never been a huge fan of Plaid, but I'm liking this album. >> >>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:56 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >>> it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley tech firm >>> >>> Clint Anderson >>> Systems Engineer >>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote: >>>> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them cliche >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Jeffrey J Davis >>>> >>>> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> 218.833.2847 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > going to listen a couple more times but >>>> > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and predictable, which has always been my issue with plaid >>>> > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' >>>> > >>>> > Clint Anderson >>>> > Systems Engineer >>>> > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way no one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks per release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >>>> >> >>>> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally exciting chord change after chord change. >>>> >> >>>> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >>>> >> >>>> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC.
2019-06-20 15:45Clint Andersonmaru sounds like an autechre track in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just de
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maru sounds like an autechre track in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just deleted all the max/msp from their projects Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 4:56 PM David Newman <dwnewman@clara.co.uk> wrote:
quoted 97 lines It’s the melodies and counter melodies and counter points that work. Naive> It’s the melodies and counter melodies and counter points that work. Naive > and childish with off kilter 3rds and 5ths - the long wait until the end > before a final melody comes in . It’s like they are selling kitchen > appliances in a manic world of robotic tech and genetically constructed > clones. > > Best wishes > > David Newman - shorter message sent from a mobile device 📲 > > www.audiobulb.com > www.audiomoves.com > > On 14 Jun 2019, at 02:40, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote: > > I started listening to this this morning and wasn’t too impressed but now > that I’ve got *hold music* lodged in my mind it’s taken on a new malevolent > quality. > > There’s a frequently used hold music that sounds like Dilla or Flying > Lotus that I’m always juiced to hear. > > Back to Plaid - to me they’ve always seemed held back by the “naive” > quality of their melodies. Not particularly unique to them. > > > > On Thursday, June 13, 2019, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Oof, I hear a bit of that in their melodies but less so than previous >> albums. The sound design is fantastic though. Never been a huge fan of >> Plaid, but I'm liking this album. >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:56 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> it's like the hold music for a very 'hot' up and coming silicon valley >>> tech firm >>> >>> Clint Anderson >>> Systems Engineer >>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:29 PM Jeff Davis <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> only if you can beatmatch "Los" , can you earn the right to call them >>>> cliche >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Jeffrey J Davis >>>> >>>> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >>>> >>>> 218.833.2847 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:19 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > going to listen a couple more times but >>>> > i dunno, i find a lot of the tracks painfully cliched and >>>> predictable, which has always been my issue with plaid >>>> > 'generic safe music with pseudo-idm percussion' >>>> > >>>> > Clint Anderson >>>> > Systems Engineer >>>> > "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 4:00 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Those guys really have a way of being evocatively melodic in a way >>>> no one else seems to even try. Aphex Twin does a good job on a few tracks >>>> per release, but can't keep it up for 13 tracks the way Plaid can. >>>> >> >>>> >> Dancers is perhaps the best exemplar -- unexpected, but emotionally >>>> exciting chord change after chord change. >>>> >> >>>> >> I splurged and got the 24-bit WAV files and I think that's how they >>>> should be heard -- punchy and dynamic and spacious. Haven't blind-tested >>>> them against 16-bit wav (or MP3) but if you're going to shell out for the >>>> album, I have to think it's worth the splurge. >>>> >> >>>> >> I wonder why Warp releases 24-bit WAV files but only 16-bit FLAC >>>> files. FLAC encodes 24-bits just fine; in fact the first thing I do when i >>>> download them is convert them to 24-bit FLAC. >>>> >>>
2019-06-21 17:58kent williamsIf you delete the Max/MSP from Autechre, all you have is two skinny white guys standing aw
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If you delete the Max/MSP from Autechre, all you have is two skinny white guys standing awkwardly on an unlit stage. Very Samuel Becket. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 10:45 AM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 4 lines in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just deleted all the> in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just deleted all the > max/msp from their projects > >
2019-06-21 18:03Clint AndersonHow do you feel about shadows sleaford mods speaking of On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 12:59 PM ken
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How do you feel about shadows sleaford mods speaking of On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 12:59 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 9 lines If you delete the Max/MSP from Autechre, all you have is two skinny white> If you delete the Max/MSP from Autechre, all you have is two skinny white > guys standing awkwardly on an unlit stage. Very Samuel Becket. > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 10:45 AM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > >> in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just deleted all the >> max/msp from their projects >> >>
2019-06-21 18:33chris adamPlaid - polymer starts off great, but it seems to go on a bit too long and loses its drive
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Plaid - polymer starts off great, but it seems to go on a bit too long and loses its drive and direction I think? Still the first half is great. On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, 19:03 Clint Anderson, <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 14 lines How do you feel about shadows sleaford mods speaking of> How do you feel about shadows sleaford mods speaking of > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 12:59 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If you delete the Max/MSP from Autechre, all you have is two skinny white >> guys standing awkwardly on an unlit stage. Very Samuel Becket. >> >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 10:45 AM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just deleted all the >>> max/msp from their projects >>> >>>
2019-06-21 21:23Mark EI think it’s pretty good not amazing but a firm 7 out of 10. Tomorrow I’m hoping the AV ma
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I think it’s pretty good not amazing but a firm 7 out of 10. Tomorrow I’m hoping the AV makes sense Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: chris adam <c.p.adam88@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2019 7:33:31 PM To: Clint Anderson Cc: kent williams; David Newman; Chris Taylor; Connor Higgins; Jeff Davis; do id Subject: Re: Plaid Polymer Plaid - polymer starts off great, but it seems to go on a bit too long and loses its drive and direction I think? Still the first half is great. On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, 19:03 Clint Anderson, <clinta@gmail.com<mailto:clinta@gmail.com>> wrote: How do you feel about shadows sleaford mods speaking of On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 12:59 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com<mailto:chaircrusher@gmail.com>> wrote: If you delete the Max/MSP from Autechre, all you have is two skinny white guys standing awkwardly on an unlit stage. Very Samuel Becket. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 10:45 AM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com<mailto:clinta@gmail.com>> wrote: in fact, a lot of plaid sounds like if autechre just deleted all the max/msp from their projects