you know, kracfive might've been first, but i'm willing to wager that an
icelandic woman sings better than any of them put together.
quoted 78 lines You forgot first != best
> You forgot first != best
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> Tim Moore
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> On Sep 5, 2004, at 10:43 AM, Luis-Manuel Garcia wrote:
>
> >
> > new != better
> >
> > novelty != authenticity
> >
> > cheers,
> > Luis
> >
> > On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 09:09 AM, Alan Lucas wrote:
> >
> >> I have yet to hear the new Bjork, but it's too bad that there are a
> >> lot of people out there who think she's done some amazingly new and
> >> original thing.
> >>
> >> Kracfive records was doing the same thing three years ago. Check out
> >> Original Instrument:
> >>
> >> http://www.kracfive.com/content/index.php?release=kfat009cd.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:06:27 -0500, Luis-Manuel Garcia
> >> <lgarcia@uchicago.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Has anybody else picked up the new Bjork album yet? I'm still in the
> >>> middle of my "listen repeatedly" phase, but I'm really warming up to
> >>> it. There's lots of great tracks and, as someone who studied voice
> >>> and
> >>> did a lot of non-western singing styles, I'm fascinated by what she
> >>> did
> >>> with the human voice. Most of the tracks are close to entirely vocal
> >>> samples of various sorts, although some of these make use of digital
> >>> transformations to create granular and oddly-pitched effects. I'm
> >>> guessing that track 6 ("Who is it") will be her most accessible
> >>> ballad-hit, while track 14 ("Triumph of a Heart") will be remixed for
> >>> the dancefloor over and over. The album isn't for everyone, I
> >>> suppose,
> >>> but I'm really loving it.
> >>>
> >>> cheerio,
> >>> Luis
> >>>
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