i do not smoke weed, i'm 16. and since i live in miami there's an autechre concert soon. which is under 18. argh
my (former) history teacher assures me that i will eventually like aphex. his brother is the head of an idm record label thats been around since 1996, and he's met ae in person he claims.
faraz
On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 10:03 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
note to self: criticizing things is a great catalyst for conversation :)
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote:
Faraz Masroor :
«i havent even heard jmj (...) but like i'm not gonna waste my time listening to "extremely influential tapes from the 70's immersive experiences with then-new avant garde blablaa"»
→ his 70s materials are actually no abstruse «avant-garde» : it's cosmic disco.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Faraz Masroor <faraz_masroor@yahoo.com> wrote:
i havent even heard jmj (i've heard of him, ofc!) but like i'm not gonna waste my time listening to "extremely influential tapes from the 70's immersive experiences with then-new avant garde blablaa" like okay it's pioneering, he's inspired many artists that i listen to but like i'm not gonna spend my time listening to like something completely different from what i like anyway. at least a segway
On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 3:57 PM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, Zoolook and Zoolookologie are not «those albums», as these are tracks from the same Zoolook album actually.
«Music from the mind's eye» is an interesting sentence by the way, as this is probably how John Doe or Joe Public would rate any of your favourite IDM albums.
Let's get straight to the point anyway : «stock wavetable sounds».
I totally agree and am comfor(wave)table about this in fact.
I mean what's not to like in these static and crude sounding «rough cut» waveforms ?!
I find some kind of a naive art appeal to them, and i really mean it, so this is no irony of off-beat humour at all.
These sounds are so inexpressive that they eventually only speak for themselves.
I'm no longer into «slowly rotating gourad shaded cube or something» anymore but yes, Bit Arts' Ba1 or Walkman's We're the devils remain among my all-time favourite tracks for instance.
I do sincerely enjoy every bit art of it :
→
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIhg9RhbCfM
→
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMoABraZQQ
Back to Jarre, these couple of Zoolook tracks admittedly sound a little cheesy but i like it that way.
For some more Squarepusher-friendly take on those frosty Synclavier tones and provided you haven't done yet, you might give a listen to Zappa's Jazz from hell :
→
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQomGo2meR8
Wicked.
But ultimately, of course, Depeche Mode's mid/late-80s stuff are among the finest achievements mankind ever created to my ears.
The Unesco should actually consider adding them to their list if you ask me.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
yeah i dunno to me those albums are just soooooooo boring its literally just like listening to the music from the mind's eyejust sounds like stock wavetable sounds and uncreative straight ahead beats, like i picture you being into yanni or something if you dig this :)
show me a slowly rotating gourad shaded cube or something while you're at it
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote:
Love Zoolook too.
And Zoolookologie as well.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Maximus <max0666@cox.net> wrote:
I like Zoolook.
is it possible not to like oxygene? i mean come on now... ;)
On 1 September 2015 at 17:28, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/17/jean-michel-jarre-announces-first-album-in-eight-years/
someone was talking about things we hate here's one
can anyone point me to a piece of music by JMJ that is at all interesting?
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
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