quoted 7 lines Also picked up XMIX-3. Finally something I'm totally impressed with from>
> Also picked up XMIX-3. Finally something I'm totally impressed with from
> Richie Hawtin, even if the only thing he did was pick out some of the
> music to play on the video. Some of Hawtin's stuff is pretty cool, but
> much of it is quite dull and lifeless to me. Spastik falls right into
> this category. A definite low point on the tape. I think Mark Gage's
> stuff is much more interesting. Getting back to the video, the visuals
I thought that it had a lot of repetition in it, but overall it may be the most
exciting of the Studio 7 releases. I don't like Richie Hawtin much (his music
obvisiously) but I thought the vid was plenty full of tastey cuts. You could
actually play the whole thing at a club and people would probably get into it!
quoted 2 lines for it on this tape. Yikes! "In the Path of the Whale" is the only real> for it on this tape. Yikes! "In the Path of the Whale" is the only real
> weak video on this tape. I get so sick of seeing fish, dolphins, whales, etc.
Some of our favorite videos to watch while being a bit "mind-altered" are the
National Geographic specials. The "Jewels of the Sea" LD is incredible. So many
colors and so many strange creatures that you'll never ever see.
BTW, ENO has an entire laser disc much like the video you saw on FS. Its
called a "video painting" or something but its all his artwork and all his
music.
quoted 4 lines Also got The Gate to the Mind's Eye. Haven't gotten a chance to see most> Also got The Gate to the Mind's Eye. Haven't gotten a chance to see most
> of it yet, but parts look quite interesting. Much better than the
> previous thrown-together, cheesy robot garbage from the first two Mind's
> Eye releases. Even Thomas Dolby's soundtrack doesn't sound half bad,
The tunes and images of "Planet of Lost Souls" and "Neo" are some of the
coolest I have ever seen and heard on computer animated videos or LD's.
quoted 2 lines It's called "House of Usher-Malice in Renderland." There's a whole> It's called "House of Usher-Malice in Renderland." There's a whole
> pretense of this band's (HOU) sounds and samples being passed down from
There is plenty of House of Usher stuff on the X-Mix series too!
quoted 2 lines what the hell the picture is. Anybody have any clues as to whether these> what the hell the picture is. Anybody have any clues as to whether these
> two videos are worth having, and what they're like. RSVP!
I have one and its a lot harder to see the 3-d images than the books. The only
way I can ever do it is to hook my vcr up to my 13" tv. On a 27" I just can't
get the 3d stuff (but the images are cool eneough on their own I guess).
General comments,
MC
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