On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Jonathon Stevens wrote:
| I really love Microstoria, which is 1/2 oval, 1/2 mouse on mars. I've got
| init ding and recently _snd. Are Oval and Microstoria very similar?
Microstoria's a lot more Oval than MoM, so I think it'd be worth your
while checking them out. The scratched CD thing is, IMO, hugely over
emphasised. I just think of it as skittery, although I guess there are
tracks that sound genuinely like the CD is skipping in a fairly regular
way. Following on what Popp said, Microstoria does have a bit of a crazier
feel.
| I wouldn't really associate it with electroacoustic music becasue there
| is an underlying melodic theme to many of the tracks, but its very
| nicely textured and interesting. Sort of like listening to machines
| dreaming.
If anyone's seen Forbidden Planet, or heard the soundtrack, I reckon
Microstoria is a 90s version of that. Gibbering circuits, sometimes pretty
hard to take IME, and other times really peaceful.
Michael
"You know what? I'll call him Jet Jaguar..."
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