*Faraz Masroor :*
«*i havent even heard jmj (...) but like i'm not gonna waste my time
listening to "extremely influential tapes from the 70's immersive
experiences with then-new avant garde blablaa"*»
→ his 70s materials are actually no abstruse «avant-garde» : it's cosmic
disco.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Faraz Masroor <faraz_masroor@yahoo.com>
wrote:
quoted 122 lines i havent even heard jmj (i've heard of him, ofc!) but like i'm not gonna
> i havent even heard jmj (i've heard of him, ofc!) but like i'm not gonna
> waste my time listening to "extremely influential tapes from the 70's
> immersive experiences with then-new avant garde blablaa" like okay it's
> pioneering, he's inspired many artists that i listen to but like i'm not
> gonna spend my time listening to like something completely different from
> what i like anyway. at least a segway
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 3:57 PM, Laurent Knauth <
> laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Well, *Zoolook *and *Zoolookologie *are not «*those albums*», as these
> are tracks from the same *Zoolook *album actually.
>
> «*Music from the mind's eye*» is an interesting sentence by the way, as
> this is probably how John Doe or Joe Public would rate any of your
> favourite IDM albums.
>
> Let's get straight to the point anyway : «*stock wavetable sounds*».
> I totally agree and am comfor(wave)table about this in fact.
> I mean what's not to like in these static and crude sounding «rough cut»
> waveforms ?!
> I find some kind of a naive art appeal to them, and i really mean it, so
> this is no irony of off-beat humour at all.
> These sounds are so inexpressive that they eventually only speak for
> themselves.
>
> I'm no longer into «*slowly rotating gourad shaded cube or something*»
> anymore but yes, *Bit Arts*' *Ba1 *or *Walkman*'s *We're the devils *remain
> among my all-time favourite tracks for instance.
> I do sincerely enjoy every bit art of it :
> → *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIhg9RhbCfM
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIhg9RhbCfM>*
> → *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMoABraZQQ
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMoABraZQQ>*
>
> Back to *Jarre*, these couple of *Zoolook *tracks admittedly sound a
> little cheesy but i like it that way.
> For some more *Squarepusher*-friendly take on those frosty *Synclavier *tones
> and provided you haven't done yet, you might give a listen to *Zappa*'s *Jazz
> from hell* :
> → *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQomGo2meR8
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQomGo2meR8>*
> Wicked.
>
> But ultimately, of course, *Depeche Mode*'s mid/late-80s stuff are among
> the finest achievements mankind ever created to my ears.
> The Unesco should actually consider adding them to their list if you ask
> me.
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yeah i dunno to me those albums are just soooooooo boring its literally
> just like listening to the music from the mind's eye
> just sounds like stock wavetable sounds and uncreative straight ahead
> beats, like i picture you being into yanni or something if you dig this :)
>
> show me a slowly rotating gourad shaded cube or something while you're at
> it
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Love Zoolook too.
> And Zoolookologie as well.
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Maximus <max0666@cox.net> wrote:
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> I like Zoolook.
>
> is it possible not to like oxygene? i mean come on now... ;)
>
> On 1 September 2015 at 17:28, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/17/jean-michel-jarre-announces-first-album-in-eight-years/
>
>
> someone was talking about things we hate
> here's one
>
> can anyone point me to a piece of music by JMJ that is at all interesting?
>
>
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
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