quoted 2 lines I think the RDJ album transcends its sillyness and becomes something>> I think the RDJ album transcends its sillyness and becomes something
>> utterly different after you've heard it a few times.quoted 2 lines Nah mate, it's still an uneven collection of tracks for the most part,>Nah mate, it's still an uneven collection of tracks for the most part,
>not cohesive or coherent on the whole
you mean YOU cannot make anything coherent of it... to me it all makes
sense!
quoted 2 lines doesn't compare to Analogue>doesn't compare to Analogue
>Bubblebath 3 (66% More Bubbles) as far as that department goes
ab3 is the release with some substandard tracks for me, not rdj. but i love
ab3, and track 4 (on the cd) is one of my 2-3 favourite rdj tracks - the
inclusion of some less-than-perfect tunes doesn't degrade the rest at all.
quoted 1 line For starters, I don't really believe all this crap about music having>> For starters, I don't really believe all this crap about music having
soul.
quoted 1 line HAHAHAHAHA ... let's forward this to the 313 list shall we?>HAHAHAHAHA ... let's forward this to the 313 list shall we?
i'll take a quote from the liner of 'retro techno detroit definitive' in
that case....
'this record (nude photo) was devoid of soul. it was, however, steeped in
spirit.'
quoted 2 lines This may offend some people, but the only things that matter are>> This may offend some people, but the only things that matter are
>> diversity and originality.
i would say even those don't matter myself. it is about knowing what sounds
work, and absolutely nothing more.
quoted 2 lines This is what forms so called emotion or soul>> This is what forms so called emotion or soul
>> in music (for mequoted 4 lines You've lost it mate, like Otto said, it can either be that which causes a>You've lost it mate, like Otto said, it can either be that which causes a
>shiver to go down your spine (personally, I can throw a fair number of
>tracks into this bin, Joy Division's "Dead Souls" and "Atmosphere" for
>starters
well great, i love joy division, but the emotion in their music can be
pinned down, it is self-evident in the lyrics. where do you pin down the
emotional message in an instrumental piece of music?
quoted 2 lines last track on "Bluff Limbo" and Reload's "Event Horizon" as well,>last track on "Bluff Limbo" and Reload's "Event Horizon" as well,
>all of 'em provoke involuntary full-body shivers, that's what it's all
about),
quoted 1 line or something which just drips hot buttered soul (re-read the Subject: line)>or something which just drips hot buttered soul (re-read the Subject: line)
all great pieces of music. but this emotional reaction is unique to
yourself, you take something from the music and make it your own. making
music (of this kind) is not a very spiritual or soulful experience, it's
painstaking and you never achieve what you wanted at the start. all you can
do is blunder through it, making happy mistakes along the way. the real
skill, like i mentioned above, is knowing the right sounds when you hear
them. personally i feel nothing towards the music i make because i spend so
long constructing and deconstructing every part that in the end it means
nothing to me. i just know what sounds work and hopefully in the end it
will turn out alright.
taking in a long breath and producing a subconscious expression of the soul?
it doesn't work like that at all. aphex is not john coltrane.
quoted 1 line And as far as I'm concerned "Start As You Mean To Go On" blows the rest>And as far as I'm concerned "Start As You Mean To Go On" blows the rest
into
quoted 2 lines the weeds, although I'm in the minority I'm sure (I don't belong to the>the weeds, although I'm in the minority I'm sure (I don't belong to the
>"Alberto Balsalm is total godhead" posse).
i don't like alberto balsam at all, i think it's the worst thing afx ever
did. my vote goes to mookid.
cheerio!
np - ab3.8cd - afx