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From:
Josh Bown
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n:h
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Date:
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:11:56 -0700
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Re: [idm] Re: Dissing Plaid??
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ok, you have all convinced me to go back and take a listen to plaid again.... most electronic stuff has ceased moving me emotionaly lately... some classics I guess would be kraftwerk, tangerine dream, squarepusher, DJ shadow, Aphex twin, autechre (select tracks on amber only), B12, and definitely boards of canada n:h wrote:
quoted 47 lines I haven't posted to IDM in who knows how long but I feel compelled> > I haven't posted to IDM in who knows how long but I feel compelled > to... > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Josh Bown wrote: > > > to me, all plaid sounds the same, and it all sounds like orbital... > > we must not have the same Plaid collection, because how you could say all > Plaid sounds Orbital is beyond me. > > > > > what they do, is they dick around in the studio till they have a catchy > > loop going and they sequence that for 32 measures, then they put in some > > minor variations for another 32 measures and then they go back to the > > beginning and they call that a song... > > Wow you've had the pleasure of seeing Ed and Andy make tracks in the > studio? > > > > > Both are good for the gimmicky value of wacky sci-fi sound design jack > > off noises, but it isn't emotional powerful lyrical song material... it > > is more like demonstration software for the latest new synthesizers and > > wacky sounds they have come up with.... > > > > I guess I'd like you to give an example of what you consider emotional > powerful lyrical song material...and please don't say Autechre. Track 2 > off Restproof is a perfect example of a track that is not only not wacky > sci-fi, but is very emotional, powerful and lyrical IMHO... > > > there isn't a shred of romance in either one... > > > > we obviously have different tastes, which is fine. What is your definition > of romance? > > > They would both make good movie soundtrack music for like action and > > sci-fi movies, though.... > > well Orbital did make a soundtrack for some movie right? And as I recall > it was sub par. But seriously lumping Plaid and Orbital together is just a > little ignorant.... > > nate >
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