--- Tosh Cooey wrote:
quoted 10 lines Ok, they don't suck, I just didn't like what I've
> Ok, they don't suck, I just didn't like what I've
> heard.
>
> Here's the problem, Autechre's Incabula (sp?), BOC's
> Music has the
> Right.., and FSOL's ISDN have both been highly
> discussed on this list as
> great works of music, but I didn't like anything
> from any of them, and I
> sorta found them boring.
One area of music I haven't heard much about on this
list (maybe it would be more of an ambient thing) is
more of the dark side of electronics. I'd like to put
in a recommendation for one of my favorite CDs -
Fetisch Park's Alluvial. It's not at all boring, most
of it is rather dark, disturbing, driving, perhaps
dance-able. What the artist did is sample the songs of
prostitutes in Hong Kong (??) and weave them nicely
with well-crafted, opposite-of-minimal, electronic
music. Not restrained at all, the music almost "trips
over itself" in parts (best way I can describe it!)
I'm not good at subgenres (and I tend to think that
anything that can be easily pigeonholed is not very
interesting) so I can't give you a neat label. This
is not very much like the artists that you mentioned
you liked, but it's not likely to bore you, more
likely to give you a headache. (on Extreme - a fine
label, that doesn't put out enough lately!)
Another rather obscure CD that is not boring is BP
Service - (and I cannot think of the name of the CD.
It is not "The machines print soundmaps" which I do
not have, but it is also on Tone Casualties - another
good label). It's one of those CDs which list alot of
"non-musical" instruments in the credits - stuff like
chains, pots and pans, children's swings, city
ambience. It's not as unstructured as you might
think; it is odd, but they put it together well. I'm
not sure if it's IDM (I'm still not sure what IDM
is...) but I guess you could dance to parts of it, if
you're adventurous.
So those are my random thoughts on a couple of CDs. I
also don't particularly care for Autechre, BOC, or
FSOL, so maybe you'll like some things that I liked.
--Miss Lemon
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