i went back and listened to this again and decided it was amazing and
bought it
so you were all right
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
"Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Mehmet Ismail <mehmet.ismail85@gmail.com>
wrote:
quoted 142 lines After a good few listens, most of this album just passed me by. In The> After a good few listens, most of this album just passed me by. In The
> Field With Brian is a nice intro. I thought the album kind of peaked around
> this time last year with Monarchs, and nothing else was really grabbing me
> for a while. I was ready to give up, but I gave it more attention. I really
> like Margin of Error. Waveguiding in particular is doing things for me. So
> far, the first half (apart from Monarchs) just bores me and the second half
> has some really good stuff.
>
> Some filler on here, but a good handful of tracks worthy of dumping into a
> separate and regularly listened to playlist. Who has listened to the bonus
> tracks? Good stuff?
>
> Side note 1: I do like a bit of wankery, but it's nice to have some
> melodic glue or some nice pads to take the edge off, which some of these
> tracks do very nicely.
> Side note 2: West Peaks sounds so much like what Floating Points is doing
> these days, along with a Korg Volca Beats.
> Side note 3: 122112 has a bit from 2:07 to 2:17 that to me sounds exactly
> like something else. It's killing me! If any of you lot can figure it out,
> I'd be grateful!
>
> Mem
>
> On 25 August 2016 at 23:16, c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know a cheap whore
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:35:13 PM
>>
>> *To:* c. jones
>> *Cc:* do id
>> *Subject:* Re: New Datach'i "System"
>>
>> i was hoping for more wankery :(
>>
>>
>> Clint Anderson
>> Systems Engineer
>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 4:00 PM, c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ah good, that's what I wanted: something musical. It seems now that in
>>> the modular world people are finally moving away from wankery and into more
>>> musical territories. As much as I love sound design and appreciate modular
>>> gear for that aspect, I've not seen it applied much in a musical regard.
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 1:57:50 PM
>>> *To:* Clint Anderson
>>> *Cc:* c. jones; do id
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: New Datach'i "System"
>>>
>>> pretty good display of modulars being used *for *nice musical stuff
>>> that's very tightly structured
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> you totally nailed it Kent on the mastering and sonic character. it's
>>>> still super clean and polished, something i liked about his earlier work.
>>>> but yeah more subdued.
>>>>
>>>> pretty good display of modulars being used to nice musical stuff that's
>>>> very tightly structured
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 3:42 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i dunno something happened and now im listening to mission of burma
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clint Anderson
>>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:37 PM, c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My CD was in the mailbox last night with an additional CD included of
>>>>>> enough bonus tracks it might as well be another album. I knew I was getting
>>>>>> some extra tracks, but I totally forgot it would be that many!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll have to drive around later and give it a listen; there was one
>>>>>> particular track up on YouTube that I really liked and I'm thinking of
>>>>>> picking up a few modular pieces, so that was my main incentive for buying
>>>>>> this album (well that and I was entered into some sort of modular giveaway
>>>>>> for ordering a physical copy). Other than that, I tried to avoid listening
>>>>>> to anything from it before it's arrival. Might have to put a coupla' bucks
>>>>>> on mum's credit card and buy a joint to enhance the listening experience. I
>>>>>> really like Datach'i's drill n' bass of yore, though I'm obviously not
>>>>>> expecting anything of the sort. Really just hoping for an old-fashioned IDM
>>>>>> album.
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* Peacejunk <peacejunk1@gmx.net>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2016 4:06:12 AM
>>>>>> *To:* c. jones
>>>>>> *Cc:* do id
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: New Datach'i "System"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday I have received the vinyl.
>>>>>> The bonus track didn’t come with the download for me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 25.08.2016 um 08:02 schrieb c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looks like I need to check my mail...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (not that the bonus tracks are sitting out there in my mailbox lol,
>>>>>> but I did order the CD several months back...I don't remember what all came
>>>>>> with such physical release)
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From:* Seth Branum <djmanos@gmail.com>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:44:58 PM
>>>>>> *To:* kent williams
>>>>>> *Cc:* do id
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: New Datach'i "System"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did anyone on here get the bonus tracks? I pre-ordered the vinyl
>>>>>> which I was led to believe meant I got the bonus tracks as well, but I have
>>>>>> yet to receive them or any notification from the Planet Mu store.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 11:08 AM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.c
>>>>>> om> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's actually out as of today. I like the songs, but I really like
>>>>>>> the sonic texture. It's mastered a bit 'low' meaning there's a lot of
>>>>>>> dynamic range and the percussion is very punchy and edgy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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