----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin McDonald <warpfan@hotmail.com>
To: <galaxey@sdccu.net>; <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:57 AM
Subject: re:stupidest thing ever posted
: whoa, got to throw my hat into the ring on this one.
: "they havent changed their formulas at all"? HUH? Did you buy EP7? Did you
: buy lp5? neither are anything alike or anything like amber or Tri, hince
why
: they "alienated" fans.
I have everything they've put out (or close to it:)
If you want to talk about people who havnet changed
: formulas, talk about Plaid or something...
not Autechre/ they are thinking of
: music in ways that alot of people cant grasp yet (sort of like what
: Jenkinson is doing w/his stuff).
the thing (formula) i'm referring to that Ae can never seem to change is the
constant LOOP!
Seem like almost everything they do, even LP5 is creat a killer loop and
then edit that loop
and re-edit and re edit and then record all that as a 5-8minute track.
Plaid, they write music with structures more like pop musicians do begining,
middle, end. (like a rock band may write verse-chorus, verse chorus, verse-
chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus) Plaid will write an intro, nice harmony,
dancey rhythm, break change in mood, return to harmony/melody.
Ae loop loop looop loop looop loop.
I like Ae, but to me they don't push the envolope like the majority of the
list think they do. Their music is distinct, sounds darker than most artists
imho, has it's own rhythmic uniqueness, but doesn't really go anywhere once
that is established (within the first 20seconds of the 6+minute tune) One
Plaid track can cross a number of genres within it's 6minute framework.
Aphex, 'fucker hasn't written anything good since ON... he's done, over,
finito....
g
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