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From:
David Mcpherson
To:
Greg Hill , Mark Fleschler ,
Date:
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:44:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: [idm] Ae:untitled
Msg-Id:
<20050419164413.51069.qmail@web54509.mail.yahoo.com>
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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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