On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Andrei wrote:
quoted 10 lines does anyone have any recommendations for other> > > does anyone have any recommendations for other
> > > artists or tracks that might do me right in this
> > > vein?
> >
> > Mood-wise, I hear some similarity in Electric Birds' 'Strata Frames'
> > and maybe even the 'Ele' / 'Entain' by Vladislav Delay. But I don't
> > think anyone really has that housey feel that Jan Jelinek gets in there
> > with the more ambient and conceptual aspects.
>
> I think the Delay comparison/recommendation is very apt.
i've got a little Delay (Multila is quite nice) and i dig it as
well. thanks everyone for your suggestions.
quoted 9 lines My opinion about the Jelinek record differs from what I've heard the> My opinion about the Jelinek record differs from what I've heard the
> majority of people say. I picked it up after all the praise I saw, even
> from people whose tastes I trust, but wasn't impressed. I actually got rid
> of it. I'd much rather listen to Delay's records, who I thought it sounded
> very similar to. I thought it had too much of what I call a "fashion
> boutique house" feel, the kind of stuff they'd play at like an Armani
> store or sumthin. That kind of music where the harmony is just static
> minor seventh chords modulating up and down really annoys me. It's the
> ultimate cliche when dance music people try to sound "jazzy".
one of the things i like about loop finding jazz is that it doesn't have a
particularly housey feel - the "thud thud thud thud" kick drum on
every quarter note is conspicuously absent... farben tends to be housier,
and it's not exactly what i'm looking for. i agree about dance music
people trying to sound "jazzy", but i'd say here it works because jelinek
is only taking the textures from jazz - this music is so minimal as to
shove texture right into the foreground of listening interest... it's not
like there are wailing sax solos or anything. i'd say the minimal harmony
is an aesthetic choice - it forces you to pay attention to the textures,
and injects a sense of static numbness.
...that i've had mini-skirted "fashion boutique" type girls come up to me
when i put this on and say "this music is making me uncomfortable" makes
me feel even better about it. ;)
j
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