thanks for all the info! VERY INTERESTING! do you have some RI contacts?
what else was released by RI?
thanks!
lexo
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Îò: Mxyzptlk <jpklein@dsl.telocity.com>
Êîìó: ID est, Menudo <idm@hyperreal.org>
Äàòà: 07 èþëÿ 2000 16:18
Òåìà: Re: [idm] Kraftwerk goes Calypso/Latin/Mambo/Cuban...
quoted 55 lines .net wrote:
>.net wrote:
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>> It\'s hard
>> to believe that the record was created in that
>> way!
>>
>
>
>
>Agreed. Some people were expressing their disappointment that the new
>one was "all-acoustic" (as indeed I thought as well). Uwe corrected us,
>saying that it was - in fact - all sampled, oversampled, tweaked and
>reworked. I find it all that much more amazing in light of that. I
>thought the most charming aspect of the first Coconut was the nearly
>seamless transition between acoustic/electronic sounds...when in
>actuality it is, in fact, Uwe's manipulation which gives the aural
>appearance of either facet. I always thought he could give Ae lessons in
>
>programming (e.g., Schnittstelle) for the obvious timing/drum
>programming feats, but this kind of stuff really demonstrates that he
>stands head and shoulders as a programmer/manipulator above a lot of
>what's out there. Not to mention that he has his fingers in MANY pies
>with reference to styles (or that he's been around for a relative coon's
>
>age). He's just released one called "xxx" (on RI) which has a porno
>theme - in tandem with "Geez and Gosh" which is his "house" lp dedicated
>
>to Jesus. There's also a single floating around with different mixes of
>'Tour de France'. I've also caught wind of something in the works which
>is some type of Michael Jackson "homage" (dangerous ground as Jackson
>has a history of not appreciating unsolicited references). In addition,
>
>he mentioned recently that he was working on something with a more
>'classical' motif...he was lamenting that no one really "composes"
>anymore (i.e., creates electronic music with motifs and symphonic
>thematic repetition) like Kraftwerk does and that he was/is/has been
>working on doing something of the ilk.The man is truly prolific.
> jeff
>
> jeff
>
>"10,000 people all screaming the same thing at the same time are wrong,
>even if they're right."
>
>dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..."
>ICQ904008
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>
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