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From:
Armchair Charlie
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Tue, 06 Mar 2001 12:40:13 -0600
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[idm] Richard Devine- Lipbitch
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quoted 7 lines richard devine's album sounds to me like the>richard devine's album sounds to me like the >'soulless machine music' you hear people condemn >in reference to techno. >it might sound heretical, >but i think schematic is really overrated, >aside from lily of the valley i've never been totally >satisfied by anything that i've heard on that label.
eh, it's a toughy. i'll give you that much. one thing i really like about the devine ep is that almost every track has this incredible balance between clankity-clank percussion and beautiful melody. the two are polar opposites. yet they fit together like peas and carrots. and i couldn't say i've ever heard that done like devine did it on that ep. the lily track was somewhat similar, 'cept rather than starting with clankity-clank and ending with melody, he starts with clankity clank and ends with clankity-clank + melody. lipswitch is almost exempt from these melodic elements that i speak of. so you really tend to look at his work through a whole different light. i would say the devine ep was actually very soothing. with lipswitch, devine smacks you as hard as possible with all the machinery in this world and the next. leaving you quivering in cold urine. heh, not really. it's a great release, but it's quite the toughy. -char _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org