what was the devine ep? did that come out a while back? is it still in
print?
g.
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Armchair Charlie wrote:
quoted 32 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
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