I think the first track's vocal effects (vocorder?) are amazing! I have
to say that track with the raps in it ("I miss you") is pretty lame. It
sounds like Michael Jackson employing Heavy D to give him street cred.
But overall, yeah, the disc is pretty amazing. Stuff like that and
Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor show an interesting trend in LP
production.
-Chris Fahey
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>From: William D. VanLoo [SMTP:wdvanloo@mtu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, January 13, 1997 10:03 PM
>To: Chris Fahey
>Cc: idm@hyperreal.com
>Subject: Re: (idm) Violins and other comments
>
>You beat me to it, but here's more info: The track on Bjork's Telegram is
>"Army of Me", completely re-worked, like the Oxbow Lakes piece, with a
>live group playing the parts. In my opinion, it's stuff like this and
>Aphex Twin's "Icct Hedral" that really make me glad I spent all those
>formative years listening to classical at dinner with my parents.
>
>The "Army of Me" remix is really, really, good - in fact the whole
>Telegram...EP? Album? (It's 10 remixes plus one new song) is great, with
>the exeption of the first track. I don't even know what it is; I just
>skip right over it when I put the disc in. The "Army of Me" strings piece
>is track 2, tho...then the Richard Brown/B.Hannant remix (as Outcast) is
>next...a great slice of distorted drums that sets the strings of the
>previous track off really well.
>
>Other highlights on it are the completely beatless 10th track (don't
>remember the name), and a couple others.
>
>Bill VanLoo / dj marathon
>
>> Bjork's Telegram has an interesting stringy track on it. Also on the
>> single for Orb's Oxbow Lakes a band called Instrumental has completely
>> reorchestrated the song as a live chamber music peice. It's really good.
>>
>> -Chris Fahey
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Eric Appelt [SMTP:reagan@telalink.net]
>> >Sent: Monday, January 13, 1997 6:21 PM
>> >To: idm@hyperreal.com
>> >Subject: (idm) Violins and other comments
>> >
>> >First of all...
>> >
>> >Does anyone know of any idm artists/albums that use a signifigant amount
>>of
>> >violin or other stringed instrument samples? A good example of the kind of
>> >thing that I'm looking for would be "Into the fourth dimension" off of The
>> >Orb's Adventures through the Ultraworld. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> >Second of all...
>> >
>> >I am beginning to regret starting that thread about commercialism in
>> >general. Seems that now almost every member of the list feels a moral
>> >obligation to put in their .02 on commercialism in a 27 page message. Some
>> >people have started trying to define art in the posts?!? Sigh...oh well (I
>> >guess I am just as guilty as everyone else)
>> >
>> >Third of all...
>> >
>> >In reference to the argument of the purpose of art, I enclose a fragment
>>of
>> >a conversation with an artist friend of mine...
>> >
>> >Eric: What would you say if someone asked you 'what is the purpose of
>>art'?
>> >
>> >Gene: I would probably hit him.
>> >
>> >I hope that clears up the issue on whether art is communication or to
>> >entertain the artist.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -Reagan
>> >
>> > (Mainstream music is NOT a dairy product)
>> >
>>
>
>
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