The new Orbital is toss. If that's the "best of IDM of
late", then it has sure gone down hill in a big way.
The show may of been good, but the lp isn't
--- Jonathan Tedds <jat@ast.leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 28 lines If 'idm' is 'intelligent dance music' then by far
>
> If 'idm' is 'intelligent dance music' then by far
> the best example of this
> so far this year both live and on record for me has
> to be Orbital's
> 'Middle of Nowhere'. Went to the Leeds gig a while
> ago and am still
> buzzing off it now. I have seen them live many times
> now and they just
> keep on improving (apart from the disappointing
> Snivilisation - made me
> laugh when NME decided that was their best album to
> date - bit of
> politics and NME can't get enough of it!). To go one
> better with
> 'Middle of Nowhere' than 'In Sides' is quite an
> achievement. I might even
> try composing a review of it if I get the time. If
> you love experimental
> sounds but want the kind of emotionally involving
> and evolving music that
> you get from great classical music then this aint a
> bad place to start...
>
> Cheers,
> Jonny
>
>
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