On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, C. Desmarias wrote:
quoted 7 lines On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Chris.Hilker wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Chris.Hilker wrote:
> >
> > >single cell orch. dead vent 7
> >
> > Mainly spacey ambient with an idiotic radio play about a doomed space
> > station that isn't too distracting.
>
There is some stunning junglish music on that disk, and some of the ambient
passages are pretty interesting, but for my money I'd rather have the
3 or 4 tracks with beats on an EP.
I'm not at all interested in the store on Reload's "A collection of
short stories," either. To the extent that there CAN be some sort
of mixture of music and drama, give me "Showboat" any day. The problem
is not the intention of the musician, it's that they have a friend who
does a little writing and they put things like this together.
In my little town they have a radio show several times a week where author's
read their work at a local bookstore (Town: Iowa City, Program: Live at
Prairie Lights), and the sound of real, serious writers reading their
work can be very compelling on it's own, without someone messing with
the filter cutoff knob. But to date the electronica/fiction fusion thing
is real weak on the writing side.
By the way, if you're in the US, check with your local Public station; I
believe 'Live at Prairie Lights' is syndicated through PRI or NPR, and you
too can be getting this stunningly good radio program. This is not just
lame dweebs flogging their books, but the cream of current writers.
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