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At 07:16 PM 6/13/99 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 26 lines I wholeheartedly agree with john, M&T vol 4 is an

>> >> I wholeheartedly agree with john, M&T vol 4 is an >> excellent 3xcd comp of dark electronica/techno/breaks/ >> ambeince/experimental music from the likes of Gas, >> Thomas Koner, Kim Cascone, Low Res, Mouse on >> Mars, Lithops, SND, Thomas Brinkmann, Curd Duca, >> Rehberg & Bauer, Techno Animal, DJ Spooky, Pluramon, >> Ryoji Ikeda, Scanner, Noto, Steel, Andy Mellwig, >> Kerosene, Thomas Heckmann, Philus, and Freiland to >> name a few. I believe many of these tracks are previously >> unreleased too. M&T vol 3 has a similar lineup and sound >> too. Both are well worth checking out if you're into the >> more dark experimental side of things. > >is it just me, or does anyone else think that m&t4 could have been one >*really* good single cd, or possibly a double cd? i think three was a >bit too much and the majority of the tracks on there are really >mediocre...sure there were some touches of brilliance...the terre >thaemlitz, snd, mouse on mars, philus were quite fantastic...however >others there really dissapointing...rehberg&bauer a ryoji ikeda, two of >my favorites were pretty off...and i wonder if anyone else noticed >this...but it seems that although there was a noticable lack of a track >by oval, it seemed as though the other artists were trying to make up >for his absence...? (there seemed to be alot of oval-eque tracks if you >ask me...) >

I agree that this could have easily been condensed into a 2xcd compilation and still been good but i dont mind the extra tracks because it exposes me to some artists i was not previously familiar with. Even if the tracks are sub-par, they still give me a taste of what that artist is trying to do and i can decide from there whether i want to see what else that artist has done. For me that's what compilations are all about - an inexpensive way of hearing new artists/labels without having to buy entire releaes by those artists/labels.

quoted 3 lines the first cd of the set i prefer...the others you kind of have to skip

>the first cd of the set i prefer...the others you kind of have to skip >around... >

Yes, cd1 is my favorite as well with the tracks by Thaemlitz, Christophe Charles, Low Res, Mouse on Mars, Lithops, SND, Brinkmann, Philus, and Brusseler Platz.

quoted 2 lines my neighbors are having sex again...

>my neighbors are having sex again... >

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