this is my first posting, so please excuse me for getting a couple of these
"not still warm" releases out of my system....
autechre>>the big 5>>the big one baby>>what color is your sleeve>>mine
plays inside out on the third cd player i bought on the fifth wednesday of
my anniversary>>the sleeve is just so dope__ not to mention the
music....oh, yeah - the music...[LOSERS!!!}1.dope 2.psycho
stereo..hard>twinkly new sound>seriously fun stuff-seriously under control
3.sweet! each bar is a blooming flower remaining FUNKY as fuck..beautiful!
4.loss of words..some say not long enough- i say PERFECT 5.formulated at
first- i see a pattern forming in the whole album-----wait- oh shit...6.the
first time i heard fold4.wrap5 it fucked me up. the moving room became
understood...like the way the hour hand always eventually reaches the
top....with midevil crispy melodics .behind,,,, 7.fucking wicked>>is it
washable? 8....just plain and simple ae. spacious and lovely...mature and
funky...man in love with the world around him....9.the name seems to fit it
well 10. haunting...fucking Awesome..my favorite by far....11. the most
original track on the album...organic yet alien...the horns are calling the
king and queen...forgetfull in the drama, hints of effects remind us it's
either the year 1800 or now [no pretending-cryptic clueless ones]...the
delays become SWING. will there be a "BOUNCING BALL" effect pedal in the
works?...the cd has the illusion of morphing from, say, PART 1 to PART 2 at
some point-i'm not sure when....at first listen, i was impressed- but not
blown away---but given time to explore, i'm quite satisfied - even with all
the fucking hype.....
i'm getting tired....so much for multiple first reviews....however, i also
picked up Hildegard Westerkamp's "transformations".(don't know what
label...anyone know about her?)..it's definitely an "art" album...[take
that as you will]... 5 tracks,,,,,one with the artist telling the listener
what she's doing exactly with the effects as you hear them change....for
instance>>> listening to the 'droning' of recorded earthly delights, such
as sea washes and bugs...she creates a certain atmosphere and when it is
going to change to something more'urban'[like the sound of cars and the
general "CITY" she let's us all know... and then descibes how equilizers
are just as important as the earth itself,,,,,her voice isn't as much of a
distraction as you first thought it would be.....damn the hidden track on
ae5 got me again.....JON