At 2:37 PM 3/28/96, andy wrote:
quoted 13 lines Hi all,>Hi all,
> This message is for poor chaps like me who
>find it difficult to get to a decent record store...
>I found Autechre on sale for 14.99$ in a Tower
>in New Jersey, I'm not sure how thier sale works
>(ie if all the stores have it on sale...), but
>it seems worht checking out, I think Ear/Rational
>had it for 16.99...eitther way, not a bad price for
>two discs(which would be 3 if you bought the imports...)
>I'm listening to Autechre now, and it's pretty good,
>I'm not as impressed as I thought I would be, this
>is my first time hearing them, and after all the hype
>on this list I'm a little disappointed. Oh well...
I personally think they are quite over-rated. They
are more interesting than good, in my opinion.
I appreciate why they are important to the techno
community, but I would liken their music to a lot of the
cubist paintings by Picasso: I can respect the skill in
making the art and understand its importance but can
derive only slight pleasure from it.
I have most of their stuff, and like listening to it
once or twice, but I've never been able to get into
an entire Autechre CD/LP.
When they played live in Hollywood their music took
a long time to develop. A lot of the stuff they did
was very technically unique, but I thought a lot of the
stuff they played didn't really go anywhere. Their music
is clearly genuine, and this post is not intended
to show any disrespect for them. I just wanted to
offer a dissenting opinion...
Jeff
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Jeff Andrews
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