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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 22:27:09 +0000
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Re: [idm] BOC Extreme Contradiction
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i guess i would not be wrong if i added a few words here. BoC were aiming to capture sounds that are fucked, decayed, falling apart but in a perfect way. sort of a hi tech lo fi angle ( that i have been aming to capture for ages, but is so darn difficult. im all copmooter musicz you see ) regards, teardropb
quoted 32 lines From: kingmob@nmt.edu>From: kingmob@nmt.edu >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: > > > 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
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