On 19/12/99 11:07, James Roberts said in living color:
quoted 15 lines Is it just me, or have Squarepusher releases just been going down the drain> Is it just me, or have Squarepusher releases just been going down the drain
> lately? Overall:
>
> 'Music Is Rotted...' was great, lots of interesting noises, depth and
> development (and kept it up over 15 tracks);
> 'Budakhan Mindphone' was okay, beautiful first track but didn't really hang
> together;
> 'Maximum Priest' was average, with not enough development and too many
> 'well, I've got this, why not stick it in' moments;
> and 'Selection Sixteen', apart from Square Rave, Schizm Track #1 and Time
> Borb, was awful - effortless jazz bits, aimless drumrolls, painful noises.
> About 13 tracks too long in my opinion.
>
> Is he going down the Quantity Not Quality route, or is just running out of
> inspiration?
I think those two hypothesis's are not mutually exclusive...
I completely agree with you.
Big Loada is probably his best release, closely followed by Music Is
Rotted...
Budakhan Mindphone tried to explore another new path but didn't push the
explorations very far.
Maximum Priest tried to reconcile different styles but did not succeed at
all.
And I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who finds Selection Sixteen
boring, after seeing all those "Squarepusher is back" comments...
g.
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