quoted 19 lines Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:17:50 -0800
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> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:17:50 -0800
> To: "'idm@hyperreal.org'" <idm@hyperreal.org>
> From: Matthew Allen <matthew@lith.com>
> Subject: RE: (idm) William Orbit
> Message-ID: <EFE24F91BCCAD3119A1D00609709781C0CEBA4@mailserver.lith.com>
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> I heard a snippet of one of the versions of Adagio for strings last
> week. And was very very dissapointed. Some of Orbit's Strage Cargo work is
> what i consider the best 'poppy' techno you can find, So when i heard he was
> doing a remake of the Barber tune (of which i own a multitude of different
> recordings, basically i love this song) i was very intrigued. However the
> mix i heard was your basic build-up 4OTF techno track [here's the strings,
> here's the cello, ok now here is the bass, and ok here comes the kick drum].
> Which i figured would be the case, but i was hoping for more. So much of
> this type of techno relies on this monumental buildup type thing, which
> barbers original also does [IMO It's the most classic example of using this
> type of song structure for great emotional effect]. I figured they would be
> a great fit. But the track i heard was very underwhelming.