On Sun, 2 Jun 1996, C.J. Mc Collum wrote:
quoted 5 lines I myself started to listen to industrial music before I found this
> I myself started to listen to industrial music before I found this
> phenomenon called Aphex Twin. Then that led to Mu-Ziq, Kinesthesia,
> Cylob, and the rest of the Rephlex Moonlighters. Now I hate Industrial music
> and what it has become. It is not what it use to be and it has not
> really made any major advances forward.
Sure, industrial had its peak a while back, but don't completely
trash it. Bands like Leather Strip, Mentallo & The Fixer, Cubanate,
Chemlab and ex-Skinny Puppy freaks Download have taken the electronics
and noise ratio to new proportions. Sure, most of it sucks (look at
labels like Van Richter, who keep releasing the same old
paint-by-numbers electronic beat pop industrial crap) but if you look
hard enough, it's out there waiting for you. I mean, sure most
industrial bands have either gone techno (Front Line Assembly) or metal,
(Ministry) even the new KMFDM has a drum'n bass track...but don't let
that get you down.
And in regards to that Cylob 12" ? Well, I got my hands on it about 7
months ago, and listened to the first track...thought it was pretty
funny, but had believed at the time the rest of the album would actually
be musically listenable. Second track, that mellow drowning industrial
whooshing sound...pretty, but compared to some of the 'drones' ambient
series, it pales in comparison. On the flip side, more crunchy boring
noisy loops... and I do mean loops, because it terms of aural
progression, it goes nowhere. The following track is just as dull...and
the final sequenced lite percussion track is neat, playfull, different,
inspiring...almost like that touring 'STOMP' show...but nothing
particularily special. In all, a musical joke. I feel that the Cylob 12"
is more suited on a wall (the packaging is beautiful) and not on a
record album.
For crazy noisy psycho aurally expanding noise, check out Aphex Twin's
'Ventolin.' That is one of the better noise pieces I've heard as of late.
Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson
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