James Gill spews:
quoted 5 lines Hey Ross, I have heard Download, and consider them miles away from the
>Hey Ross, I have heard Download, and consider them miles away from the
>cheesy old Industrial mattadores still crankin' the tunes out their
>ass'. And what not. I still think all the records on Reload, Peacefrog,
>Rephlex, and Detroit style sounds are miles ahead of Download. It's all
>linear, and the front of the line is definitely not Industrial.
What a screwed up view of music. The linear model is just about the worst
one possible. It's not a line. It's not even a tree. It's a big freaky
acyclic graph or something with vectors criss-crossing each other like
stoned spaghetti.
(Reminds me of a cool diagram I once saw in Technology Works on the
relationship between all the industrial bands. There was a legend at the
bottom: "Adrian Sherwood omitted to improve readability.")
Speaking of old farts, the two CDs I just picked up are super freaky
wild... let's have a look:
Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich
This is two CDs just jam packed with exceptional noises. Better than every
so-called "trip hop" release on Ninja Tune and Mo'Wax put together. With
over 140 mins of music included, I don't even know where to begin. Disc 1
is more on the uptempo tip, with fantastic beats and stoney basslines all
over the place. Vocals are nowhere near as prominent here as they are on
previous MBM releases. Disc 2 is just plain fucked up weird shit. Laid
back techno experiments, 13-minute freakout pieces... Yow. Seriously Out
There. After the disappointment of "Satyricon" this one is back on form...
Way back.
Download - The Eyes Of Stanley Pain
Again, I am happy to put the disappointment of Furnace/Microscopic in the
past. This is much more in the techno beat camp, but once again cevin key
'n' pals just go further out than most of the synth twiddlers. Yet again,
words fail me. And that must be a good thing.
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