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From:
Clint Anderson
To:
Faraz Masroor
Cc:
Laurent Knauth , Maximus , incidental derogatory mnemonics
Date:
Wed, 2 Sep 2015 15:25:17 -0500
Subject:
Re: jean michael jarre
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so what schematic? (arent they in fl?) come on you cant reference a idm label in florida on the idm list and not tell us which it is :) when he met ae, how many people did he meet? :) Clint Anderson Systems Engineer On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Faraz Masroor <faraz_masroor@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 160 lines i do not smoke weed, i'm 16. and since i live in miami there's an autechre> i do not smoke weed, i'm 16. and since i live in miami there's an autechre > concert soon. which is under 18. argh > > my (former) history teacher assures me that i will eventually like aphex. > his brother is the head of an idm record label thats been around since > 1996, and he's met ae in person he claims. > > faraz > > > > On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 10:03 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > note to self: criticizing things is a great catalyst for conversation :) > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> > wrote: > > *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: > > 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: > > 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: > > > 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 > > > > > -- > _____________________________________________ > Sent from my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K > _____________________________________________ > noise I make: > http://www.soundcloud.com/pushkin > http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin > > noise I like: > http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly > > sites I run: > http://www.ctran.co.uk > http://o-fu-online.net > ------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > >