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Rob Salit
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:59:02 -0700 (MST)
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Re: [idm] BOC Extreme Contradiction
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I think you've got the wrong idea. When they say imperfections I believe they mean imperfections in sound that they generated themselves. Like distortion or dissonance created to enhance other parts of the track. I don't think you understood them. On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Rob Salit wrote:
quoted 24 lines These guys completely contradicted themselves in the two interviews that> These guys completely contradicted themselves in the two interviews that > were recently talked about. > > In the XLR8R interview, Mike says about the forthcoming album, "We want to > do this one at our own pace and only deliver it when we think we?ve got > something that is absolutely perfect, with no flaws." > > Then in the NME interview he says, "It's okay to be imperfect - in > fact the imperfections are where the magic is. To us, perfect music sounds > sterile and dead. The tunes we write are imperfect, the sounds are > imperfect, even the artwork. I can't listen to perfect music, it bores me. > We actually put a lot of effort into making things rough and difficult and > noisy, even more so on this than on the last album." > > When I read things like this it makes me think that their philosophies have > no credibility. I wish I hadn't read that. > > TekDz9er > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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