I stated why "interesting" and Plaid don't mesh. Plaid's cds are almost
indistinguishable from one another, and their Black Dog stuff is very
similar. Their work doesn't progress electronic music in any way other
than to raise the quality and production value of tracks to new heights.
And while that may sound like a huge endorsement of them, its not really.
There are lots of people out there who can put out really nice tracks that
are fun that do not require much effort on the listener's part. Most
notably Mouse on Mars, whom I prefer. Plaid is just high quality fun
music, and not art
like ae can be, at least if you ask me. Plaid is good, not interesting as
far as I am concerned.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, lazlo wrote:
quoted 45 lines Brian, what part of "new Plaid" or "interesting" didn't make sens
> Brian, what part of "new Plaid" or "interesting" didn't make sense to you?
>
> And to Alex, I'm not an Ae hater by any stretch (you're all wrong--Garbage rules!),
> but I already see the press machine for this one coming down the pike and it ain't
> pretty. Warp-USA's general tactics for p.r.ing their three late-spring gems have
> many writer/editors all a-twitter...and some of them are tripping over their
> hyperbolic praise getting on the rah-rah wagon.
>
> It's starting to smell kinda Daft...
>
> laz
>
> "Brian M. Cass" wrote:
>
> > HOLY SMOKES
> > This guy blasts ae then goes on to laud Plaid? Plaid whose two cds are
> > nearly indistinguishable from each other and are very very similar to
> > their black dog stuff?!?!?!?
> > Plaid who don't really have an inventive, avant garde bone in their body?
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 muziq@ionet.net wrote:
> >
> > > > ...are much more
> > > > interesting, and Confield should top them all.
> > >
> > > Because?
> > >
> > > I've been listening to the white labels for a bit, and while COnfield is in
> > > that progression Ae has been on about over the last few years, don't go for the
> > > future-tense hype. Booth and Brown know they've been crawling further up their
> > > own asses with each release, and Confield is just a few folds deeper. Fewer
> > > crunchy pubic hair sounds, lots more colonic bass :)
> > >
> > > Leave all the glowing hype for the more mainstream media, who will be so
> > > confused by Confield that they laud it a masterpiece.
> > >
> > > Want to talk interesting, talk the new Plaid.
> > >
> > > Laz
> > >
> >
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