well, since the holidays are near, i felt compelled to add a few
thoughts regarding recent discussions on the list. (although this has
nothing to do with the holidays... but i needed an intro)
someone mentioned how difficult it is to make 'good' noise. or how
specific groups and / or people make well crafted 'noise.'
maybe in the past, but now it's just nonsense.
download pluggo.
install pluggo into your sequencer of choice. (you have to have a
macintosh though...)
sample a drum loop. (or hey, you might even want to go that extra mile
and create your own!)
run it through the granular-to-go, wheat, or degrader plug-in.
take all the little sliders / faders and move them around until
everything sounds like shit.
repeat above instructions with a simple, soul less melody, and you'll
have something that sounds much more elaborate and creative than it
really is
there you go.
i wish it were more difficult, but it's really not.
that's 50% of the stuff currently being released.
you could actually write your own pluggo plug-ins, but that would
require actual work.
and you would have to buy something from cycling '74, which is
pointless.
boards of canada stuff...
the last track is the BEST song on their most recent offering. maybe
because i've heard it before, not too sure. but it's such a lovely
track. yes, it's repetitive. but far better than all the other tracks
on that e.p. i'm not sure why everyone is referring to this as the
'boring' track.
NIN stuff...
yes, maybe he 'whines' too much. maybe it's still considered high
school music (although i still listen to it...), but at least he's doing
what he seems to like. everyone wants him to collaborate with all the
IDM artists on nothing. why? that's the whole point of having IDM
artists on your label. if he wanted to do IDM, he would do it. i think
his approach can at least be regarded as somewhat unique. (unique in the
sense that you know an NIN song when you hear it. even if you hate
it...) and yes, i suppose he 'copied' some musical aspects of skinny
puppy. so what? skinny puppy was a great group. it's better than
copying a shit group.
and speaking of skinny puppy, anyone heard the new download album? what
a letdown. with only cevin and phil left, it's not as diverse as their
early releases. at first i thought the album was okay, but returned it
to the store the next day. i don't think mark spybey ever plans on
returning, so maybe it's time to take another approach. i guess i was
expecting more. (although i still think cevin key is a super - wicked
programmer / synthesist)
so what is mr. stick up his ass for the day listening to? (finals are
over. so i get to relieve my stress for a bit. no more dreams of UML
diagrams...)
current listening favorites:
geez 'n' gosh - my life with jesus
this a great album. if you don't have it, go and get it. atom
heart is quite the funny one. (and quite talented)
kreidler - s/t
i like their 'new' approach. not as sparse. a bit more structure.
nice groove.
pluramon - bit sand riders
yeah, it's digital signal processing everywhere. but digital signal
processing with style.
snd - stdio
nice stuff. reminds me of the profan / kompakt material. but the
album is actually longer than 25 minutes! (imagine that)
okay, i'm going to go be happy. this was just a little outburst. maybe
it's an indirect way of expressing the fact that dumbshit is actually
president of the united states. (and the dumbshit's second in charge
will be moving into the naval observatory... which is only 3 minutes
from my place. he's not a nice man.)
upcoming tracks by me due out next year. (really... really)
have a SuperCollider holiday and a Reaktor new year.
cheers,
christian
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