i think derek is totally on point here.
as i recall reading on this list a few months back, their name says it all.
they take stuff from the front of the line (i.e. - a finished product) and
reassemble it into something "new."
- d
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From: EggyToast <eggy@eggytoast.com>
To: Aaron D Meyers <adm226@nyu.edu>
Cc: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] FLA
quoted 54 lines I can't offer concrete evidence, such as album titles and track listings,
> I can't offer concrete evidence, such as album titles and track listings,
> since I don't listen to FLA (for reasons I just mentioned), but, for
> instance, their "metal" album is composed of directly lifted riffs from
> Metallica and Slayer albums (among others).
>
> And on the IDM tip, within the course of an album, I heard the entirety of
> "Wax the Nip," and nearly all of "Ventolin" (both Aphex Twin songs). A
> later song in the album had sampled some song off of Tri Repetae. And I
> don't mean sample like the gratuitous sampling of that little skittery bit
> in Bass Cadet. I mean like a good 30 or 40 seconds. Not even reprocessed
> or mixed up. Just recorded off the original source with some "grindy
> noise" in front of it.
>
> But that's all that I've heard. After bringing it up to a friend of mine
> who's really into FLA, he said "that's their thing!"
>
> I checked the album covers and liner notes and saw no reference of the
> tracks i just spoke of.
>
> derek
>
> At 06:29 PM 4/18/2002 -0400, Aaron D Meyers wrote:
> >OOOH!!!!!!! SLAAAAAAAAAM!
> >
> >Well if you're gonna make a grandiose statement like that, would you
> >care to tell all us laymen the wonderful bands they're pillaging from
> >so we can stop listening to such utterly derivative trash and get to
> >the really cool source?
> >
> >-Aaron
> >
> > >
> > > I've never really gotten into FLA because I usually own the albums
> > > they're ripping off. I'd rather listen to the originals.
> > >
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