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Mark
To:
Brian M. Cass , idm
Date:
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:15:31 -0700
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Re: [idm] Reviews, a few
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Bach sucks. Poppy crap classical. I've heard maybe two pieces he's written that I can listen to. Beethovan vs Bach? NO comparison. Mozart vs Bach? Now that's a joke.... oh shit I just pissed myself! Hell, Wagner had more interesting musical ideas and concepts than Bach, who I think invented the roots of pop song structure. ugh. -mark Brian M. Cass wrote:
quoted 137 lines I would just like to say that as far as my insulsts to Plaid go, this is> I would just like to say that as far as my insulsts to Plaid go, this is > my most important evidince: Plaid has never really evolved, they've > only upped thier production vaulde, in a very limited sense. Compare > them to Autechre, who have not only upped the production value but who > have upped the entire idea of what electronic music can be, with every > single release. Plaid are INDEED A ONE TRICK PONY. > EVOLUTION IS WHERE ITS AT. > We have yet to reach levels of Beethoven/Mozart/and dare I mention the > MASTER's NAME: > > JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH. > > heres hoping > kingmob > > On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Thomas Millar wrote: > >> Fennesz: Endless Summer >> >> Brilliant, like a beautiful, beatless ambient >> >> Electric Company: Slow Food >> >> which, BTW, is also great, laner's best yet in my opinion, not just >> because it's the most accessible but also because it's the most >> consistent of all his work I've been exposed to so far. >> Then there's >> >> Plaid: Double Figure >> >> Which is sad, because while it's not a bad record, it certainly seems to >> show Plaid becoming sort of a one-trick pony band, and I hate when that >> happens. Rest Proof Clockwork is more inspired and enjoyable for my >> money by a long shot... >> >> Kid606: PS you love me >> >> is a good one, album sounds and even looks, colorschemewise, similar to >> Jake Mandell's recent Love Songs for Computers, which was also a good >> score. Smooth, almost Kompakt-brand 4/4 in lots of places. I can dig it. >> I can also dig >> >> V/A: All Access >> >> fantastic fantastic detroit sampler compiled by Carl Craig, fantastic, >> oh boy, takin' this one on the road first chance I get, smooth with bite >> like a fine cocktail, yes indeed, and a Theorem vs. Swayzak track for >> the rare-collab collector fiends... >> >> Bisk: Moonstruck Parade >> >> Had this for a while, and just like most every other Bisk album I have, >> still not the least bit tired of it. Chop chop chop chop, bleep daboop, >> skittery too-fast OK slowdown WTF billie holiday in one ear and waltzing >> R2 D2s in the other, gorgeous, full of surprises, and classical piano + >> guitar samples to make you want to own a house on the beach for some >> reason. The title track is going down in history, and I'm not kidding, >> not in the least, nor am I kidding about >> >> V/A: RKK 13 >> >> Which is more hit-and-miss than any comp I've bought in a while, some >> good tracks, but everything's about 2 min. long tops so you get to >> relish JayRope, Electric Birds, Blitter and Fennesz's contributions >> about the same amount of time that you unexpectedly have to suffer >> through the sound of Thurston Moore chopping through the Ramone's "I >> wanna be sedated" and bad radio reception noise, which sounds a lot more >> interesting than it sounds. Sorry Vat, just not open-minded enough I >> guess, or then again, I am the sort of person who enjoys >> >> Fantastic Plastic Machine: Beautiful >> >> Lounge disco over-the-top silliness and beats to back the best of blue >> movies, FPM hits the spot again with another fantastic sunny day driving >> album, unstoppable and not the least bit self-conscious, even in dense traffic. >> >> Herbert: Bodily Functions >> >> Around The House was a fine enough record, but if you'd rather more >> brain-tickling bebop or just regular smoky old jazz inflected stuff, to >> include the use of more than a few live-sounding musicians etc. Plus >> even more Dani Siciliano, love that voice, and lyrics that make ten >> times as much sense as Underworld, not that anybody on this list cares. >> File under "girl-friendly" but only if she's really smart y'know huh huh. >> >> Ken Ishii: Iceblink >> >> Boom Boom Boom whatever, not bad but not nearly as good as Metal Blue >> America, the Grip + Re-grip material, sounds more like an EP with some >> filler thrown in than an album. A few tight thumping tracks and then >> some overproduced silliness, you know how it goes, these guys make a >> bunch of money and it all goes poo before you can sneeze, kind of like >> >> V/VM: Help Aphex Twin 1.0 & 2.0 >> >> Not V/VM, they can't even afford their own source material, I'm talking >> about Aphex Twin, yeah, the guy that England's favorite meat sculptors >> have rearranged, smashed, inappropriately appropriated and generally >> improved upon in favor of lower S/N ratios and sheer aggressive >> twistedness, which come to think of it nobody might've imagined years >> ago but now is perfectly acceptable. Or not. Lots of Aphex material >> reworked into more cacaphonic and unpredictable arrangements, pitchbent >> all out of wack and cut up so as to make the trainwreckingest DJs >> worldwide look smooth. I likes it, as I do, finally, >> >> Mouse On Mars: Idiology >> >> Which when swinging, rocking, thumping, shouting and bumping like a >> squadron of nymphomaniacal (and/or satyriatic) imps and faeries breaking >> into a high-dollar studio and ruining it during an all-night orgy, is a >> great record and again one that definitely fits the bill for >> incarlistening, at least in my car on the way to see Lex + Devine in LA >> this weekend, ha ha all you people who'll miss it (I've never gotten to >> say that, you realize, or even feel it really)... but when they stop and >> do that thing where dude talks on and on about some post-a-modern >> con-a-ceptssss, mm hmm, it drives me-a nuts, same as it did on the >> Gerhard Potuznik album some years ago. At least the Potuznik voiceover >> bits were a sort of narrative. Anyway. Good record, really like it, >> except for the Annoyinggg MAnnn. >> >> Is that it? I think that's it. >> >> Tom >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > >