what track(s) would you reccommend buying(Bleep.com) from this new album
that has the "old school" AE sound? if any?
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From: "Mark Fleschler" <mark@bleego.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] Ae:untitled
quoted 69 lines On the contrary I would completely disagree. Apart from lcc and pro
> On the contrary I would completely disagree. Apart from lcc and pro
> radii, I would disregard this release entirely. I felt Confield was a
> mixed bag with a good number of solid tunes, and thought Draft 7:30 to be
> one of the best records the duo has put to plastic. This time around, I
> feel they have completely missed the mark.
>
> I feel the tunes are completely unfocused and quite boring. Their tones,
> which are usually very inventive, are lacking. The rhythms, a staple to
> the group (and recently have been genius enough to make up for their
> dearth of melody) even less so. I would go so far as to say this is a
> lazy effort, lacking any real focus that all of their previous releases
> had. They've micromanaged these tunes to death. Sublimit seems to turn
> into a different song every 3 minutes, lacking any real direction or
> purpose - yet when its all over, I can't remember a single distinctive
> tone or part that was memorable (except maybe that really cheesy synth
> chord stab near the beginning, but that was horrid). Usually no matter
> how bizarre or abstract their tunes got, Ae always seemed to have a
> structure or composition in mind with their tunes. Every loop variation
> seemed to hint at a purpose, an alterior motive. Apart from the opening
> track and pro radii, the album is incredibly spotty. And fermium is an
> embarrasingly bad tune for Ae.
>
> To be fair, I'd say most of Ae's albums are a mixed bag with their
> respective share of substandard tunes (usually completely overshadowed by
> unrelenting classics of the genre, of course), but this record takes the
> cake for me. These guys are used up.
>
> I would advise anyone who doesn't like any post LP5 Ae to avoid this
> release like the plague. And even those who do like some post LP5 Ae,
> such as myself, to be very wary. Maybe check the tunes out on bleep and
> buy 1 or 2 tracks off the album. If that.
>
> -Mark
>
> chthonic streams wrote:
>
>> anyone else gotten this? wasn't supposed to be out until tomorrow or
>> tuesday, but i bought mine yesterday from etherea records in NYC. they
>> rule.
>>
>> i think it's great. i liked 'draft 7.0' but this is even better. some of
>> it makes better sense of the metallic tones i heard on the self-titled
>> (or "LP7"). towards the end it contains old-skool synths and squelches
>> and a couple of drum machine samples straight outta 1984, but in a way
>> they *never* would have used them back then.
>>
>> also pummeling deep kicks, crazy undanceable rhythms, high-end
>> bitcrunched scraping sounds, a stronger return to melody in spots (think
>> first album), and some repetitive drones that for some reason remind me
>> of neubauten circa 'halber mensch' if done on a laptop. one track even
>> has a repeating noise that sounds like a vocal syllable!
>>
>> if you thought the last one was just "ok" or you didn't "get" confeld,
>> buy this. it may renew your faith in them.
>>
>>
>> d.
>>
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