On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Alex Reynolds wrote:
quoted 13 lines From: Visions of Bubba <sbabakha@videon.wave.ca>> >>From: Visions of Bubba <sbabakha@videon.wave.ca>
> >>
> >>cylob's "industrial folk songs" is on at sonicgroove for $14.99
> >>shaun
> >
> >I have listened to damn near everything he's put out, and IMHO this is
> >perhaps the worst of his releases. The record consists of four, very
> >hardcore acid tracks -- there's little to no melody, mostly caustic
> >screeches over drum programming.
> >
> >Unless you are a completist, or an IDM historian or something silly like
> >that, I would not recommend buying it.
> >
I'm not a completist. My status as a historian is based simply on my
being older than you young pups. And I try to be silly as possible at
all times.
I love this record. I've even played it out. Maybe you just have to
be from the Midwestern USA (home of WaxTrax and Drop Bass) but there's
always room for crazy noise, and "Industrial Folk Songs" is a prime
example of brilliant crazy noise. I wouldn't listen to it all the time,
or play it for naptime at a preschool, but it's a record that really
can get your blood moving, and if you give it some careful intention, the
beauty encapsulated in the ugly noise comes through.
There's always been a thread of this sort of industrial bangfest in IDM.
"Mr. Angry" by Muziq? The scream track on Analogue Bubblebath IV? The
Jega/Spatula split on Planet Mu.
Good art disturbs rather than reassures.
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