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quoted 2 lines Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:04:27 -0400> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:04:27 -0400
> To: georgewilliamson@btinternet.com, idm@hyperreal.org,
leo.goldsmith@harpercollins.com
quoted 13 lines From: "nat hawks" <natbot@hotmail.com>> From: "nat hawks" <natbot@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [idm] "new"-sounding albums
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> [please excuse a recent convert a moment to gush on a new found love of
> autechre as he sips morning coffee]
>
> confield has changed the way i experience music.
>
> maybe the most challening (yet, eventually accessible) piece of music i've
> ever forced myself through. in the end, track 8 was my gateway.
> the challenge to eventually find and extract the human elements amidst a
> seemingly heartless clutter of texture has been a eye opening adventure.
in
quoted 4 lines terms of people making "objective" music (the soundtrack to the world if> terms of people making "objective" music (the soundtrack to the world if
> there were no humans here to listen to it, music devoid of any ego
> attachment/afirmament) this is frightening.
>
<de-lurk> I'm glad someone's mentioned Confield. I put off buying it for a
long time, just simply because all the reviews made it sound so
impenetrable. I have to say when I finally heard it, I found it nothing of
the sort. In fact I found it to be almost pastoral - it's a lot less harsh
than LP5 or EP7.
For my money it seems to be the album ae were always heading for. Tracks
neither start of stop but drift from one state to another (without ever
reaching a peak or final version), and for all the noise, all the way
through you can hear the melody and the rhythm - it's almost like cubist or
impressionist IDM. My favorite track at the minute is Pen Expers, which
reminds me a lot of Cichli. What I like particularly is the fact that the
drums are so much part of the emotion of the track.
quoted 3 lines music allows us to create tangible representations of thought. autechre> music allows us to create tangible representations of thought. autechre
> have allowed us to experience states of being previously unimagined and i
> thank them.
For me with AE it's always been the fact that they make 'where am I?' music-
most music paints a picture in your mind. With AE it's always very abstract.
NP: Lemon Jelly - Soft Rock
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