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Brother Alphabet wrote:
quoted 19 lines Greets!>
> Greets!
>
> Has there been any traffic about 'BT' around here?
>
> I was checking this disc out - kind of half heartedly when I realized that
> it was not as much fluff as I thought it was - In thinking it was the next
> 'Robert Miles' I sort of disregarded it as serious digs, but as I began to
> pay attention somewhere in the second disc I began to be amazed - First at
> the fact that Tori Amos redefines 'lyrical techno' far over the heads of
> predecessors such as Sunscreem or OpusIII - and then the guy throws on
> an extended melody/mix, then a 43 minute track, and then 'Divinity'
> finishes the disc off - leaving me going DAMN! Let's just hear that AGAIN!
>
> Where did this guy come from, how has he gotten Tori Amos into the
> project, and what other than this 'Ima' double CD does he have released so
> far?
>
> I hope seriously that I am not standing here in the dark about this guy.
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I listened to the first disc of this twofer in a store which had a
listening station. I am glad you have reviewed the second disk which
intrigued me but I couldn't listen to because they only had the first
disc in the magazine.
BT, or Brian Transeu, does sound a little bit like Robert Miles on the
first disc. I guess that is a compliment or a complaint depending on
whether you like Miles or not. Both he and BT I imagine are proponents
of "popular" ambient/techno. I suspect there are some that would like to
keep this music more esoteric in order for it to be of more value to the
select few. Note the threads about Rolling Stone and Tower's Pulse
magazine on trying to reach wider audiences. This is not a criticism but
an observation since I want to be as exclusionary as anyone else that has
an inside track on something which is enhanced by it's almost secretive
adherents. Oh well, I guess, I am for it now!
This weekend I bought Tangerine Dream's "Collection" which is a
compilation of their earlier work. It is really quite impressive when
one considers that it was recorded 20+ years ago.
I also bought Underworld's "Toughest in the Infants" which I think is
quite exceptional. I bought it based solely on a single track from a 1995
NME "singles of the week" compilation. It is a real toetapper.
The mention of Tori Amos brings me to a very caustic review of her work
in a recent New Musical Express. They absolutely trashed a dance remix EP
of "Professional Widow". The only musical criticism they could muster is
CD cover of her breast feeding a piglet! What a bunch of fucking cretins.
Tori Amos, Bjork and Saint Etienne have been prolific and interesting
front runners in turning their tunes into dance oriented offerings.
There is music I like and music I don't like. The music I don't like is
not necessarily bad or crap!
Alec McKay