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From:
Brian Behlendorf
To:
incidental derogatory mnemonics
Date:
Thu, 3 Sep 2015 08:04:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: jean michael jarre
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<alpine.DEB.2.11.1509030804270.2520@laz>
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Neither sleet nor snow nor IPO nor bankruptancy will take us down. Brian On Thu, 3 Sep 2015, Clint Anderson wrote:
quoted 174 lines everytime i mention 'oh i heard about this on the idm list' people say 'the> everytime i mention 'oh i heard about this on the idm list' people say 'the > idm list is still going?' > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:50 AM, Zombiefly <zombiefly@gmail.com> wrote: > > A 16yr old using an email digest? There is hope for the world :) > > > On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 21:25 Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > so what schematic?  (arent they in fl?)come on you cant reference a idm > label in florida on the idm list and not tell us which it is :) > > when he met ae, how many people did he meet? :) > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Faraz Masroor <faraz_masroor@yahoo.com> > wrote: > i do not smoke weed, i'm 16. and since i live in miami there's an > autechre concert soon. which is under 18. argh > > my (former) history teacher assures me that i will eventually like aphex. his > brother is the head of an idm record label thats been around since 1996, and > he's met ae > in person he claims.  > > faraz > > > > On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 10:03 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > note to self: criticizing things is a great catalyst for conversation :) > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> > wrote: > Faraz Masroor : > «i havent even heard jmj (...) but like i'm not gonna waste my time > listening to "extremely influential tapes from the 70's immersive experiences > with > then-new avant garde blablaa"» > → his 70s materials are actually no abstruse «avant-garde» : it's > cosmic disco. > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Faraz Masroor <faraz_masroor@yahoo.com> > wrote: > i havent even heard jmj (i've heard of him, ofc!) but like i'm > not gonna waste my time listening to "extremely influential tapes from the > 70's > immersive experiences with then-new avant garde blablaa" like > okay it's pioneering, he's inspired many artists that i listen to but like > i'm > not gonna spend my time listening to like something completely > different from what i like anyway. at least a segway  > > > > On Tuesday, September 1, 2015 3:57 PM, Laurent Knauth > <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, Zoolook and Zoolookologie are not «those albums», as these are tracks > from the same Zoolook album actually. > > «Music from the mind's eye» is an interesting sentence by the way, as this is > probably how John Doe or Joe Public would rate any of your favourite IDM > albums. > > Let's get straight to the point anyway : «stock wavetable sounds». > I totally agree and am comfor(wave)table about this in fact. > I mean what's not to like in these static and crude sounding «rough cut» > waveforms ?! > I find some kind of a naive art appeal to them, and i really mean it, so this > is no irony of off-beat humour at all. > These sounds are so inexpressive that they eventually only speak for > themselves. > > I'm no longer into «slowly rotating gourad shaded cube or something» anymore > but yes, Bit Arts' Ba1 or Walkman's We're the devils remain among my all-time > favourite tracks for instance. > I do sincerely enjoy every bit art of it : > → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIhg9RhbCfM > → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OMoABraZQQ > > Back to Jarre, these couple of Zoolook tracks admittedly sound a little > cheesy but i like it that way. > For some more Squarepusher-friendly take on those frosty Synclavier tones and > provided you haven't done yet, you might give a listen to Zappa's Jazz from > hell : > → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQomGo2meR8 > Wicked. > > But ultimately, of course, Depeche Mode's mid/late-80s stuff are among the > finest achievements mankind ever created to my ears. > The Unesco should actually consider adding them to their list if you ask me. > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah i dunno to me those albums are just soooooooo boring its literally > just like listening to the music from the mind's eyejust sounds like > stock wavetable sounds and uncreative straight ahead beats, like i > picture you being into yanni or something if you dig this :) > > show me a slowly rotating gourad shaded cube or something while you're at it > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> > wrote: > Love Zoolook too. > And Zoolookologie as well. > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Maximus <max0666@cox.net> wrote: > I like Zoolook. > > is it possible not to like oxygene? i mean come on now... ;) > > On 1 September 2015 at 17:28, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.factmag.com/2015/03/17/jean-michel-jarre-announces-first-album-in-eight-years/ > > someone was talking about things we hate > here's one > > can anyone point me to a piece of music by JMJ that is at all interesting? > > > > > Clint Anderson > Systems Engineer > > > > > -- > _____________________________________________ > Sent from my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K > _____________________________________________ > noise I make: > http://www.soundcloud.com/pushkin > http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin > > noise I like: > http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly > > sites I run: > http://www.ctran.co.uk > http://o-fu-online.net > ------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > >