i wanted so badly to love this release,
but in the end it just didn't do it for me.
i like it well enough and would even prefer
it to a lot of other things coming out right
now. if i had to guess at what the problem
was i'd say that none of the remixers were
fearless enough in their approach to handling
the song. it's such a pretty and wonderful
song as it is and it seems like people are kind
of tiptoeing around it so as not to fling shit
upon the mona lisa (how's that for hyperbole!?).
i like superpitcher's mix but i find it strange
that such a straight four to the floor remix
can be somehow less dancey than the original staticy
cacophonous resplendence of the track.
also, the one original track on there is nowhere
near up to snuff as far as dntel's usual standard
goes.
i've seen him live several times in the last few
months
and i can safely say that as new songs go, he's
holding
back BIG time. this one sounds like a really good
song by Figurine (one of his other bands), interpret
that as you will. also, i know i've heard that last
lyric in another one of his songs, but i can't figure
out which: 'the alarm has run and your week's begun'
what's that from!?
though 'this is the dream of evan and chan' has gotten
me really excited about the postal service record that
ben and jimmy are going to put out on sub pop... word
is out that it'll be done pretty soon.
gregory
--- Greg Clow <greg@stainedproductions.com> wrote:
quoted 2 lines At 01:33 PM 25/07/02, Record Camp wrote:
> At 01:33 PM 25/07/02, Record Camp wrote:
> >Dntel's (This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan EP
has> >infectious idm records I've heard in a long time
quoted 7 lines (if ever).
> (if ever).
>
> Word. I've been listening to this record a couple of
> times a day since it
> arrived a few days ago, and I have yet to get sick
> of it, which is a rare
> thing to say about a remix EP.
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