That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be
done, And there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it
may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us.
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
----- Original Message -----
From: ma_hovina
To: idm
Sent: 9/23/01 12:15:15 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] "new"-sounding
albums
at 22.09.2001 13:59 Uhr, George Williamson wrote:
Let's not forget Arovane's 'Atol Scrap'. I thought
this one was quite
unique...
Here Here!!
One of my all time favorite 'discoveries' this year.
Its very 'nice' but in no way unique, it sounds very post Ae IDM with
a
snifter of glitch mixed in for good measure.
the same with "Brothomstates: Qtio". most of the titles sound like Ae +
a
"snifter of glitch" + two tracks sound like Plaid + a "snifter of
glitch".
It is good, but I don't listen and suddenly thing "Wow, what
stunning
originality"
i don't think the originality is a MUST. if so most of the artist
wouldn't
show their art anymore because nearly everything is the variation of
well
known only or the combination of two well known. i listened to "the
rip-off
artist: the kids are alright" yesterday, this album is great, i can
highly
recommend it, but i wasn't able to enjoy it because 70% of it sounds
like
ATOM?.
I have recently come to wonder how many of the artists actually have
an idea
of the tune etc for a song before they start and how many just wank
around
with their instruments until they get something coherent.
Technical
stunningness does not necessarily good music make.
i second this, but how about Ae? are they original or are they only
the
first who started "wanking around" with the equipment that many others
used
after them. is the originality to be the first?
i ask this because it's evidently not very difficult to imitate them if
you
use the same equipment as they do.
enjoy, but safely =:
ma_hovina
http://sjever.com
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