On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Alan R. Lockett wrote:
quoted 6 lines An analogy: the Esem track 'ilkae' from a couple of years ago contains a
> An analogy: the Esem track 'ilkae' from a couple of years ago contains a
> preset synth sound which when it appears grates on me terribly. I hate that
> sound. But I still listen to the track and the rest of the EP and do not
> allow this to overspill onto my overall enjoyment. I don't know what others
> think about this. If you order a starter in a restaurant which has a nasty
> taste, is the rest of meal rendered totally unstomachable?
The preset that plays the melody in Autechre's "Autriche" (tk 3 on Incunabula)
makes me wince in pain exactly this way. It's awful! But, I agree with you, it
doesn't mean the _album_ is ruined, it just means I rip the CD and delete that
mp3 out of the directory.
quoted 6 lines [ acre wrote: ]
> [ acre wrote: ]
> > Too much of the album as a whole seems to lack depth, not sonically
> > but conceptually.
>
> I'm not sure what's being said here. What albums would be proposed as
> having this 'conceptual depth' that Proem's lacks?
William Basinski's _Disintigration Loops_, perhaps?
quoted 4 lines It's more real and raw. I could go on but this is pretentious and stupid
> > It's more real and raw. I could go on but this is pretentious and stupid
> > enough.
>
> Er...
Actually this is what I was hoping to instigate with my first reply,
something a bit more in depth than "best Merck EVAR!!!". Thanks.
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