quoted 17 lines At 11:51 AM 8/19/97 -0700, Brett McCormick wrote:>At 11:51 AM 8/19/97 -0700, Brett McCormick wrote:
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>>(this is the video on the boot the system cd, right?)
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>>No, the song is not fantastic, and it even annoys me a little. BUT:
>>to disregard coldcut based on that one track is about the stupidest
>>(no offense) thing you can do, and you'd be missing out on some great
>>tunes.
>>
>>Pick a random aphex song and judge him by it! No, better yet, judge
>>him by his new "come to daddy" song that everyone is so fond of.
>>
>>--brett
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>true.. but no aphex song has ever seemed as empty, boring, and corny as
>natural rythym. it really got on my nerves. maybe someday i'll check out
>some other coldcut - but i'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Before basing the entire 10 year output of Coldcut on this one track, you
should be aware that 'Natural Rhythm' was never ment to stand out on its
own as a track. It was the result of the experiment that they did with the
video images. It doesn't even exists as a track outside the video.
Sure I'm bias as I work for Ninja Tune but the fact is that Jon and Matt
had a very large part in pioneering musical styles that a lot of you listen
to know. The original of 'Beats and Pieces' pre-dated any new 'big beat'
(or whatever the press is calling it these days) records by 8 years. The
new record is definitly the most 'Coldcut' sounding record they have ever
done as it's 100% free of major label bullshit, and also combines all there
musical influences while exploring there growing interest in multimedia. If
you listen to it and still think they suck, well then I guess you think
they suck. But you should a least give it that chance.
It would be like judging the entire works of the Dust Brothers on the fact
that they produced that big Hanson hit ('mmmmbop' or whatever it's called)
Stealthy not Stodgy
Ninjas