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quoted 6 lines I, too, am in awe of their technique--there are specific things that impress

>I, too, am in awe of their technique--there are specific things that impress >me greatly--the tightness and micro-precision of their rhythms, and the sheer >discipline and control in general. Unfortunately, that is also (to my ears) >their downfall--there isn't a whole lot of spontenaity and emotion, which are >two qualities I admire, even (and perhaps especially) in the superficial >rigidity of programmed electronic music.

To some ears (like mine), there is something like emotion seeping out of the mechanical perfection... A friend thought "Garbage" was way too mechanical, not organic enough, but the first mix of Garbage (especially) sounds like a machine trying to achieve emotion and fluidity (?) out of clatter and nuts and bolts and 1s and 0s, an image I get from lots of their tracks. Their first album also seemed more diverse than "Amber" - like how "Lowride" sounds like the perfect soundtrack for rainy grey early-morning cityscapes - not exactly emotionless. "Tri Repetae" sounds more like two people having too much fun with technical expertise, but then again I've only listened to it once. My two cents. What the hey, I'll still be buying everything Messrs Booth and Brown put out. On Now: DJ Food - Fungle Junk James Jung-Hoon Seo // Oracle New Media (415) 506-3829 // jseo@us.oracle.com Excuse me, do you like pineapple? // Chungking Express