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2000-06-14 17:51Scott McKeating [idm] The Voice of reason
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2000-06-14 17:51Scott McKeatingPut brilliantly. If only all iDM ers realised this. Scott >From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enter
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Put brilliantly. If only all iDM ers realised this. Scott
quoted 88 lines From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com>>From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com> >To: 5x <sbabakha@videon.wave.ca> >CC: Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>, idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [idm] WE ARENT REASONABLE PEOPLE - WARP RECORDS >Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:47:59 -0500 (CDT) > >it's a classic case of The Emperor's New clothes. yeah, it's just bleeps, >bloops and noise, but if that's what you like ... there you go. > >if you don't bring the context of other experimental predecessors to >something like Autechre's EP7, it is just going to sound like horrible >noise. like i said before about Kid 606, the fact that people object to >seomthing so vehemently means there must be something to it. > >reviews like this just demonstrate the fact that music like all art is >entirely subjective and you can't base your own opinions on either >critical praise or slag. > >bravo Tanya Headon. > >josh > >-- >String Theory : Digital Music for Humans >http://www.enteract.com/~yoshi/index.cgi > > >On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, 5x wrote: > > > this horribly dissapointing. i think we should all collectivel flame her >until > > her wires burn up. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Even worse than that are "techy" Warp bands - the likes of Autechre, > > > > > Squarepusher and Boards of Canada. Give them a soldering iron and they > > > think theyre the Aphex Twin. Yes, it is technically quite impressive >that > > > youve managed to wire a synthesizer to an Oric Atmos, via a Fairlight, >a > > > hoover and a blender. But no, the noise that comes out at the end is >not > > > even remotely musical (or interesting). > > > > > > A plea for Warp in a language they might understand- BLOP BLEEP BLEEP > > > BLEEP, BLOP BLOP BLOP, BLOP BLOP BLEEP, BLOP BLOP BLOP, BLEEP BLOP >BLEEP > > > BLEEP, BLEEP BLOP BLEEP BLEEP. For those of you with a WAPphone, thats > > > "BOG OFF". > > > > > > Tanya Headon | dis/agree? | 6/1/2000 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > >======================================================================= > > > Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org> > > > >======================================================================= > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > -- > > my phone keeps ringing, or maybe that's just my ears > > > > shaun- > > http://www.mp3.com/5x > > it's good > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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