musicfrompassingcars is a major step up for aspen. the album still has that
recognizable aspen sound/quality - you know, clear and airy, sorta. anyway,
it's even more sparse in some ways than "are you..." and at times it's
actually quite jazzy, in a very mellow sort of way. man, that sounds
cheezy - i am just terrible at describing music. basically, if you dig
"are you...", you will dig "music" even more - though maybe not right off
the bat. but trust me, it's better.
aspen also releases under the signer moniker. that's stuff is minmal tech
house and it's ok. i definitely like his more ambient stuff much more.
that "singer mx" on "are you..." (it's the middle track, i think?) is
actually supposed to be signer, i believe. that gives you and idea of the
signer sound - i.e - it's the weakest track on the album.
i still haven't heard aspen's first album. anyone have any thoughts on how
that one is?
----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Knowles <knowles@Colorado.EDU>
To: intelligent dunce music <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] Mellow IDM tracks -> aspen question
quoted 28 lines If you can, get the CD EP Cascade - their best release, album or EP,
> > If you can, get the CD EP Cascade - their best release, album or EP,
> > just superb....from the lifeforms album, but as FSOL do it...it just
> > so different...
> >
> > :) RoNAn
>
> i'm excited someone brought this up - the cascade ep is definitely my
> favorite release by fsol, hands down. lifeforms is good, but cascade
> really swings. swings i tell you!
>
> i'm also going to agree with those who have mentioned aphelion - zugzwang,
> aspen, plod, and tosca as great mellow idm. has anyone mentioned SAWI yet?
> it's almost too obvious. for the record, "4" off rdj album is maybe my
> favorite mellow idm track of all time.
>
> speaking of aspen, i've only recently gotten into "are you that retail
> snob?" and love it. can someone tell me how their other stuff compares,
> especially "music from passing cars"? thanks.
>
> cheers,
> nub
>
>
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