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(idm) OMD/China Crisis

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1999-02-23 22:04AndrewJ (idm) OMD/China Crisis
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1999-02-26 20:13AndrewJ Re: (idm) OMD/China Crisis
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1999-02-23 22:04AndrewJMark K writes... >I love their album _Architecture and Morality_ >In a similar direction,
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Mark K writes...
quoted 1 line I love their album _Architecture and Morality_>I love their album _Architecture and Morality_
quoted 4 lines In a similar direction, look into China Crisis. They, too, became slick>In a similar direction, look into China Crisis. They, too, became slick >and irrelevant with time. But their first album _Difficult Shapes and >Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain_ is a wonderful, >mellow, and rather melancholy synth-pop record.
A man after my own taste. Both these albums are excellent. Pop yes, but intelligent also. Takes me back. New Gold Dream anyone? A.     \ /    [mailto:andrewj@mindless.com]      - + -         / \    [http://www.zip.com.au/~andrewj/] 
1999-02-26 20:18solenoid> >In a similar direction, look into China Crisis. They, too, became slick > >and irreleva
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quoted 4 lines In a similar direction, look into China Crisis. They, too, became slick> >In a similar direction, look into China Crisis. They, too, became slick > >and irrelevant with time. But their first album _Difficult Shapes and > >Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain_ is a wonderful, > >mellow, and rather melancholy synth-pop record.
Anyone into IDM should listen carefully to the b-side of "Scream Down..." 12" from '82, a track called "Cucumber..(something)" that is in 5/4 and has a strange melody. Not sure what led them to make this track, but I'd sure like to pick through a midi file of it. "African and White" (esp 12" remix '82) has great percussion and exotic arrangement of synths.
quoted 1 line intelligent also. Takes me back. New Gold Dream anyone?> intelligent also. Takes me back. New Gold Dream anyone?
Eh, the instrumentals maybe, as I can't stand the arena-rock that crept into SMinds after their quirky years. I don't think having Herbie Hancock on that lp really helped. solenoid
1999-02-26 20:13AndrewJAt 12:18 26-02-99 -0800, solenoid wrote: >> intelligent also. Takes me back. New Gold Drea
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At 12:18 26-02-99 -0800, solenoid wrote:
quoted 4 lines intelligent also. Takes me back. New Gold Dream anyone?>> intelligent also. Takes me back. New Gold Dream anyone? >Eh, the instrumentals maybe, as I can't stand the arena-rock that crept >into SMinds after their quirky years. I don't think having Herbie Hancock >on that lp really helped.
While I agree about arena-rock afterwards, I love the feel of New Gold Dream, the way the keyboards blend into the guitar and the ambience. Even the Herbie solo. Steve Lillywhite did the production work, long before his U2 days. But I'll stop there, before we drift off the IDM plane completely. A. OnNow: Future by Design, "The Long Journey Home"     \ /    [mailto:andrewj@mindless.com]      - + -         / \    [http://www.zip.com.au/~andrewj/]