I thought I'd throw an opinion I've had lately of Mike Paradinas. After
listening to the new Kid Spatula CD the other day (and I've listened to it
many times before), it just seems to me that he's been getting very lazy with
his programming. There's a couple of good tracks on there, but most of it
seems to be fill-in tracks just to complete an album. It sounds like some of
the tracks were written in minutes just so he could get the full piece out
the door and into stores. I also had the same type of feeling after I heard
Royal Astronomy a few times. I enjoy the album very much, but again it seems
like lazy programming. When you listen to an album for the second time and
can already hum along to all of the tunes...something isn't right. It's
definately a good listen, but a disappointment as far as taking it the extra
mile. A combination of the better tracks off of Royal Astronomy and Full
Sunken Breaks might have made for a more solid album. Does anyone feel the
same way as I do? And does anyone enjoy Jake Slazenger's Makesaracket as
much as I do? I think he really hit the spot with a unique style of music on
that one. The rhythm and funk on that one just set it aside from all his
other aliases. It's too bad he hasn't progressed that one a bit more. And
speaking of his aliases, what's the point if they all sound the same? For
the most part, Kid Spatula sounds like µ-ziq with the addition of some harder
tracks, and one of the Tuskein Raider tracks is the same as a µ-ziq
track.....the motorbike track. That type of stuff pisses me off because you
know it's all a scam to get you to buy it all. If you want to be called by 5
different names, at least mix it up a bit more. Or just stick to one name
and let everyone know the creativity that lies within it. Don't get me
wrong, I'm a huge fan of Mike Paradinas.....but I wish someone could explain
the lazyness of late. Don't flame me too hard.
TekDz9er
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org