On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Jason J. Tar wrote:
quoted 16 lines It's about 5 tracks of usual NWW surrealness but with a beat behind them.> It's about 5 tracks of usual NWW surrealness but with a beat behind them.
> Now I would NOT call it an idm beat. It is an electronic beat, but since
> most all of NWW lacks any rhythm at all, it kind of upset people. It's
> good though, still not something you would dance to. BTW--the cd that
> followed that, _Who Can I Turn To Stereo_, is in my opinion much better as
> it has the same style, but instead of 5 unrelated tracks it has 13 that
> work together to form almost one long track.
>
> btw--on the rhythm thing, from Wire magazine, June 1997:
> "I mean, I've no interest in dance music; I don't dance, my hat would fall
> off. Even the stuff that's on _Who Can I Turn To Stereo?_ and _Rock 'N'
> Roll Station_ that are sort of rhythmic, I certainly wouldn't dace to them.
> It's for concentrating on, a movie for your ears, and adventure which will
> hopefully surprise you." He [Stapleton] adds emphatically: "One thing's
> for sure, I'm finished with rhythm now."
>
that's funny. i played ROCK N ROLL STATION at my last set and it went
over bigger than POLYNOMIAL C. go figure.
mj