quoted 9 lines From: Joep Vermaat <pjoe@grafix.xs4all.nl>> From: Joep Vermaat <pjoe@grafix.xs4all.nl>
> To: idm-owner@hyperreal.com
> Subject: Orbital/Locust
>
> Orbital. I should have realised when I went to interview them at Triple X. The
> brothers Hartnoll have sold their souls to Satan. Or the big bucks music biz to
> be more exact. "Snivilisation" is overrated. In every music magazine, barring
> Melody Maker, the record has been lauded as a "Classic". Well, don't believe
> the hype, because it's just a boring fart of a record. Okay, it has a lot of
This is really the sweetest bullshit. That's the kind of opinion
that dribbles from the lips of the species of jackass that you always
hear braying about R. James' "selling out." In every evolving style of
music one finds these cretins who think they can come off as sophisticated
and perceptive by slagging the leaders. I can understand why the album
wouldn't suit some peoples tastes, but to call it a bad record only
exposes your own shallow understanding. The Hartnolls have more
imagination and talent than the next ten IDM acts combined and their
success is richly deserved.
Maybe they do suck live. I haven't cared much for the few live
tracks I've heard or any of their singles, but _Snivilization_ still
kicks my ass after about forty listenings...