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esa ruoho
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Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:38:46 +0300 (EEST)
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Re: [idm] Bjork's new album (Medulla)
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you know, kracfive might've been first, but i'm willing to wager that an icelandic woman sings better than any of them put together.
quoted 78 lines You forgot first != best> You forgot first != best > -- > Tim Moore > > On Sep 5, 2004, at 10:43 AM, Luis-Manuel Garcia wrote: > > > > > new != better > > > > novelty != authenticity > > > > cheers, > > Luis > > > > On Sunday, September 5, 2004, at 09:09 AM, Alan Lucas wrote: > > > >> I have yet to hear the new Bjork, but it's too bad that there are a > >> lot of people out there who think she's done some amazingly new and > >> original thing. > >> > >> Kracfive records was doing the same thing three years ago. Check out > >> Original Instrument: > >> > >> http://www.kracfive.com/content/index.php?release=kfat009cd.htm > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:06:27 -0500, Luis-Manuel Garcia > >> <lgarcia@uchicago.edu> wrote: > >>> > >>> Has anybody else picked up the new Bjork album yet? I'm still in the > >>> middle of my "listen repeatedly" phase, but I'm really warming up to > >>> it. There's lots of great tracks and, as someone who studied voice > >>> and > >>> did a lot of non-western singing styles, I'm fascinated by what she > >>> did > >>> with the human voice. Most of the tracks are close to entirely vocal > >>> samples of various sorts, although some of these make use of digital > >>> transformations to create granular and oddly-pitched effects. I'm > >>> guessing that track 6 ("Who is it") will be her most accessible > >>> ballad-hit, while track 14 ("Triumph of a Heart") will be remixed for > >>> the dancefloor over and over. The album isn't for everyone, I > >>> suppose, > >>> but I'm really loving it. > >>> > >>> cheerio, > >>> Luis > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> --- > >>> "Politics is parlor tricks." > >>> -W. Jean > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > > "Politics is parlour tricks." > > -W. Jean > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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