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Mark Fleschler
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Date:
Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:03:22 -0700
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Re: [idm] O9-
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I swear, for all the talk about this album, am I the only one who thinks Terminal Orange is the best IDM song of the year? White, Red and Grey don't even come in a close second. I think the predominant effect on the album that no one has mentioned yet, but is probably the defining sound, is the use of delay. It's very effective in Red, and while it's much simpler in Orange, the wonderful choice of rhythm turns a simple random lead with delay into a stunningly yet subtly beautiful sea of melodic bliss. Okay, that's probably a bit much. There are some more experimental and textural tracks which are nice here and there, but I'm finding I really don't care for too much abstraction in electronic music anymore... I think I just really like somewhat heavy and straight forward beats. But all in all, while really solid, it is lacking. I find there are very few electronic albums out there by any artist where there isn't at least one lame, useless, and underproduced track that should have been left on the cutting room floor. Terminal Yellow I feel fits this bill. -Mark Triq wrote:
quoted 28 lines Well there are good tracks, especialy the first one 'terminal red'>>>Well there are good tracks, especialy the first one 'terminal red' >>> >>> >(which I really >>like) but I don't really understand the hype. It's a >good piece of work, but its not >>genius nor very innovative. But I >still say its a good album. > > > >>i'd definitely agree with this and be interested to know from listers what >>specifically makes 'church' so revered... >> >>[nick] >> >> > >IMHO it is the wide spectrum of ideas used in a single album that >makes it sound different. Great album. > >Triq > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > >
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