At 11:40 10/07/01 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 10 lines I was recently given a couple of His Name is Alive's 12" for the song>I was recently given a couple of His Name is Alive's 12" for the song
>"Nothing Special". The B-side has 2 remixes, 1 by Burnt Friedman and the
>other by Herman and Kliene. The song is just plain beautiful. I've never
>heard of this guy before but this single is definitely straight up R&B, its
>so R&B that even the remixes don't really bother with trying to put an idm
>twist on things. Vocals are a damn good thing, its too bad that its not the
>"idmest" thing to do. I thing its easy to cut up vocals over a choppy beat
>(which most people do) but it must be really hard to suppress the idm ego
>and not tamper with the vocals. The new Herbert record has some great
>un-touched vocals on it as well.
i second that.. in my opinion the fourtet remix is the best.. it is VERY
very fourtet sounding (a la the new lp).. lovely production.. a fantastic
couple of 12"s on 4AD.. check 'em out.
tom x
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