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1998-07-09 09:02Gomez RicardoSAW IS GREAT...and will always be... maybe off topic but for lovers of eerie-death ambient

From:: Gomez Ricardo <Ricardo.Gomez@Electrabel.be>
To:: 'idm@hyperreal.org' <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:02:52 +0200
Subject:: (idm) AW: (amb) SAWII: give it a chance

SAW IS GREAT...and will always be... maybe off topic but for lovers of eerie-death ambient stuff: Coma Virus Pessary Valefor Lustmord Psychophisicists ......

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>---------- >Van: camuscar@globaldialog.com[SMTP:camuscar@globaldialog.com] >Verzonden: donderdag 9 juli 1998 1:42 >Aan: Ambient >Onderwerp: (amb) SAWII: give it a chance > >I wasn't very impressed by SAWII the first time I heard it, or the second >or third time for that matter. > >One day I was listening to it in the car in the middle of a blinding >snowstorm. That's when I started liking it. > >Annaway, it turned out to be one of my favorite and most-played ambient >CDs ever, I've listened to it for hundreds of hours, especially in the >background at work, and during naptime. > >This is an easy release to dislike at first. It's low-fi, there are >hardly any peaks or valleys to speak of, the sounds are brown and bland, >etc. But it contains some *extremely* cool rhythmic structures, and the >chords/melodies have the most beautiful sentiments that are at once >engaging and very distanced. It has moments of a kind of aching >loveliness that I've never heard from RJ before or since. > >This one really takes a while to work its way in. I hope you listen to it >enough so that you might see what I see in it...its a great sprawling >masterpiece from a genuine individualist. > >Mike >

1998-07-09 14:07Brad Berger>One day I was listening to it in the car in the middle of a blinding >snowstorm. That's w

From:: Brad Berger <BABERGER@ttree.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>, Gomez Ricardo <Ricardo.Gomez@Electrabel.be>
Date:: Thu, 09 Jul 98 08:07:35 CST
Subject:: Re: (idm) AW: (amb) SAWII: give it a chance

quoted 2 lines One day I was listening to it in the car in the middle of a blinding

>One day I was listening to it in the car in the middle of a blinding >snowstorm. That's when I started liking it.

this may have been posted to the ambient list, but it sounds very familiar...i had always liked the album, thinking that it sounded nice, but didn't love it...i brought it with me to utah on a ski trip hoping to relax (this was shortly after finals)...i bundled up, grabbed my portable cd player, stuck sawii in it, and headed out to watch the snow fall as the day started to fade...it was that instant that i fell in love with sawii, and to this day, "cliffs" still reminds me of of the calm, quiet mountain and the delicate falling snow... -brad

1998-07-09 14:27greyI have to say my best experience with SAWII was driving up 130 (up Mt. Hamilton in San Jos

From:: grey <greyrose@nervosa.sf.ca.us>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 07:27:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: Re: (idm) AW: (amb) SAWII: give it a chance
Reply to:: Re: (idm) AW: (amb) SAWII: give it a chance

I have to say my best experience with SAWII was driving up 130 (up Mt. Hamilton in San Jose, CA) at night into what turned out to be a huge storm. One of the most eerie, enchanting experiences of my life. And it was the perfect soundtrack. And every time I hear it I remember that. I think a _lot_ of how you think about certain emotional music has to do with how you first experience it. That doesn't mean the music doesn't have anything intrinsicly excellent - it just means that certain experiences may bring it out more. On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Brad Berger wrote:

quoted 6 lines One day I was listening to it in the car in the middle of a blinding

> >One day I was listening to it in the car in the middle of a blinding > >snowstorm. That's when I started liking it. > > this may have been posted to the ambient list, but it sounds very familiar...i > had always liked the album, thinking that it sounded nice, but didn't love > it...i brought it with me to utah on a ski trip hoping to relax (this was

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(idm) AW: (amb) SAWII: give it a chance