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From:
Adam Piontek
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Date:
Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:17:06 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: [idm] Reviews, a few
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Y'all must have missed their recent little interview in XLR8R - they talk about just having fun and making music and playing around with all the people who try to find meaning in stuff. but MOST IMPORTANTLY: (damn, did I just use allcaps?) They say that they are A) not talented and B) Not for Threes, Rest Proof Clockwork, and Double Figure formed as far as they are concerned a trilogy of albums in that they all were playing on the same type of music. It's almost like they're saying, yeah, we know they're each similar in sound, that's what we do. They also say that whatever they do next will be radically different. Whether that's true or not, I don't know or care. --- Ben Kirkley <ben.kirkley@displaypost.co.uk> wrote:
quoted 40 lines Evolution is overrated. I think Plaid have done a> Evolution is overrated. I think Plaid have done a > good job with Double > Figure. If they are a one trick pony, then it's a > damn fine trick they have. > I would prefer to see them stay the same than > degenerate into something > lesser because of the pressure to evolve. After all, > how many times have we > thought that an artist's later work is inferior to > their beginning stuff (I > mean this generally)? I can see why evolution is > ultimately where it's at. > But without the stability of artist's like Plaid > we'd have nothing to chill > out to while we anxiously await the next evolution. > > > > 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. > > > > > > >
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