Josh Davison wrote:
quoted 4 lines the problem arises when everybody thinks that the only way to "succeed" at> the problem arises when everybody thinks that the only way to "succeed" at
> making music is by finding the official autechre max patch. it's
> ridiculous ... the american breakbeat compilation is 2 cd's of completely
> undiscernable garbage.
Well, if that comp sounds like indiscernible garbage to you I don't think it's
because all the artists on it are trying to sound like Autechre or because they're
all using the same gear as Autechre since the comp features such a wide variety of
acts. Plus I know the set-ups a bunch of the people on the comp use and I can tell
you that a very small percentage of them use Max/MSP, Logic and/or Nords.
I mean I kind of agree with you that not much on the set stands out, but I think
there are some good tracks amongst all the uninspired/mediocre material. I'm pretty
fond of the Matmos, Slicker, Lexaunculpt, Blitter and Hrvatski tracks. The Slicker
track in particular I think is very well done and the Blitter track is pretty unique.
I think the Electric Company, Solenoid, Kid 606 and Phthalocyanine tracks are also
nice. To be honest I don't think the set really has much of an Autechre flavor to it
at all. There are a lot of artists on it with very singular approaches.
I think this comp had good intentions, it covers _a lot_ of ground (29 acts), but
what do you expect when you ask people to send you tracks and they're not really
compensated in any way for them ? This is sort of a general problem with a lot of IDM
comps coming out on these micro labels. People aren't gonna send you their better
tracks when they have to spend time creating these tracks and they don't get rewarded
for that work. It's like why not just save your good tracks for your album ? Just
like the Morr comp you mention I think this set would have made very nice single disc
collection, but Klangkrieg is charging the price of a single cd so it's all the same
in the end I guess.
quoted 2 lines the morr music comp has like 3 tracks on it that> the morr music comp has like 3 tracks on it that
> stand out from the rest, and everything else is completely interchangable.
I agree and I'd say the same about the "Neurokinetic" comp on Toytronic.
I also didn't find much of interest on the "Lily Of The Valley" comp on Schematic
(except for Ritchie Devine's track) or the "Frente 57" comp on Beta Bodega. Although
I thought the Schematic comp was generally of higher quality than a lot of other IDM
comps from 2000. The Alt. Frequencies 4 comp on Worm Interface wasn't much to get
excited about either.
Andrei
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