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From:
Adam J Weitzman
To:
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Date:
Fri, 04 Apr 1997 11:42:01 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) Daft Punk
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James Newton wrote:
quoted 8 lines Heard the full-length CD yesterday. Dance music. Not intelligent. Well,> > >Heard the full-length CD yesterday. Dance music. Not intelligent. Well, > >intelligence is relative to one's own IQ, so you're entitled to disagree. > > I agree. Their music has a dopey quality, which in its own way is very > appealing, but this is not what I call an intricate sonic canvas. Still > great fun, tho. The way they take a simple motif (i.e. "Musique", > "Daftendirect") and tweak/filter the sample is pretty cool.
This album is fun as hell. I'm going to say nothing about its IDM-ness (because I don't want to start another round of posts on the subject), but that said, anyone on this list with a sense of humor and nostalgia should enjoy it quite a bit, I think. -- Adam J Weitzman Individual, Inc. "Are we here?" weitzman@individual.com - Orbital http://www.individual.com