quoted 4 lines Hakan Libdo's "Audio Coture" seems to me like a perfect antidote>> Hakan Libdo's "Audio Coture" seems to me like a perfect antidote
>>to DSP Ennui. He's a subtle and devious sound designer masquarading
>>as a house producer. This album, which collects his Poker Flat EPs
>>sounds great in the club, and at home.quoted 4 lines i actually found "tech couture" rather boring. i can imagine it>i actually found "tech couture" rather boring. i can imagine it
>sounding great in a club, but on my home stereo it's just a bunch of
>not very impressive tech house tracks. but then i was never the
>biggest house fan.quoted 2 lines on the other hand, hakan lidbo's album on the danish label april,>on the other hand, hakan lidbo's album on the danish label april,
>"after the end", is definitely one of this year's greatest albums.
it's funny - i'm a huge hakan fan and a huge house fan, and i initially
wasn't that taken with "tech couture," either on vinyl or cd. but on
subsequent listens, it definitely opens up and reveals a ot of hidden
detail. it's actually quite a bit different from, say, a force tracks 12.
(and it's HELLA fun to mix with.)
but henrik's right, "after the end" -- as well as "before the beginning,"
also on april -- is a fantastic album, probably hakan's furthest out
material. can't even really describe it right now, but it falls somewhere
between house and ambient and other... if you dig herbert or doctor rockit,
i'm guessing you'll dig those records.
cheers
philip