fermium I like, as well as the first track. Differnet
strokes, I guess. And Sublimit is good. I like how the
tracks melt from something into something, I don't
know I didn't like confield or 7:30. For the first
time in forever they have come up with something I
like...
--- Greg Hill <cameron69@comcast.net> wrote:
quoted 106 lines what track(s) would you reccommend buying(Bleep.com)
> what track(s) would you reccommend buying(Bleep.com)
> from this new album
> that has the "old school" AE sound? if any?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Fleschler" <mark@bleego.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [idm] Ae:untitled
>
>
> > On the contrary I would completely disagree.
> Apart from lcc and pro
> > radii, I would disregard this release entirely. I
> felt Confield was a
> > mixed bag with a good number of solid tunes, and
> thought Draft 7:30 to be
> > one of the best records the duo has put to
> plastic. This time around, I
> > feel they have completely missed the mark.
> >
> > I feel the tunes are completely unfocused and
> quite boring. Their tones,
> > which are usually very inventive, are lacking.
> The rhythms, a staple to
> > the group (and recently have been genius enough to
> make up for their
> > dearth of melody) even less so. I would go so far
> as to say this is a
> > lazy effort, lacking any real focus that all of
> their previous releases
> > had. They've micromanaged these tunes to death.
> Sublimit seems to turn
> > into a different song every 3 minutes, lacking any
> real direction or
> > purpose - yet when its all over, I can't remember
> a single distinctive
> > tone or part that was memorable (except maybe that
> really cheesy synth
> > chord stab near the beginning, but that was
> horrid). Usually no matter
> > how bizarre or abstract their tunes got, Ae always
> seemed to have a
> > structure or composition in mind with their tunes.
> Every loop variation
> > seemed to hint at a purpose, an alterior motive.
> Apart from the opening
> > track and pro radii, the album is incredibly
> spotty. And fermium is an
> > embarrasingly bad tune for Ae.
> >
> > To be fair, I'd say most of Ae's albums are a
> mixed bag with their
> > respective share of substandard tunes (usually
> completely overshadowed by
> > unrelenting classics of the genre, of course), but
> this record takes the
> > cake for me. These guys are used up.
> >
> > I would advise anyone who doesn't like any post
> LP5 Ae to avoid this
> > release like the plague. And even those who do
> like some post LP5 Ae,
> > such as myself, to be very wary. Maybe check the
> tunes out on bleep and
> > buy 1 or 2 tracks off the album. If that.
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> > chthonic streams wrote:
> >
> >> anyone else gotten this? wasn't supposed to be
> out until tomorrow or
> >> tuesday, but i bought mine yesterday from etherea
> records in NYC. they
> >> rule.
> >>
> >> i think it's great. i liked 'draft 7.0' but this
> is even better. some of
> >> it makes better sense of the metallic tones i
> heard on the self-titled
> >> (or "LP7"). towards the end it contains
> old-skool synths and squelches
> >> and a couple of drum machine samples straight
> outta 1984, but in a way
> >> they *never* would have used them back then.
> >>
> >> also pummeling deep kicks, crazy undanceable
> rhythms, high-end
> >> bitcrunched scraping sounds, a stronger return to
> melody in spots (think
> >> first album), and some repetitive drones that for
> some reason remind me
> >> of neubauten circa 'halber mensch' if done on a
> laptop. one track even
> >> has a repeating noise that sounds like a vocal
> syllable!
> >>
> >> if you thought the last one was just "ok" or you
> didn't "get" confeld,
> >> buy this. it may renew your faith in them.
> >>
> >>
> >> d.
> >>
> >>
>
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