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From:
Jonathan Osborne
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Date:
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:39:28 -0700 (PDT)
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[idm] Disjecta: Clean Pit & Lid
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quoted 6 lines Yes, Disjecta's Clean Pit & Lid is fantastic. I> Yes, Disjecta's Clean Pit & Lid is fantastic. I > think it's the album that has better > assimilated SAW2 lessons by Aphex Twin (SAW2 > dates back to 1994 and CP&L came out in 1996). > Similar haunted places, arid feelings, and > sometimes the silence at it's best.
I always find it interesting how opinions can differ so much. Here's a copy of my review of "Clean Pit & Lid" from amazon.com: .................... I was really looking forward to hearing this Seefeel side project, and given the vintage (early 1996 Warp), it should be just great. What I found was almost nothing but despair and depression. All but two tracks on this album (Gammi and Kracht) have some sort of forlorn, dark, distant melody. Tracks like Conviction Hic and Pit sound like the music of blind fish in an underground cave filled with blood. Ack. The percussion is decent and sounds much like Seefeel, but borrows a lot from Autechre and Aphex. (I gave this CD two stars because of the nice crunchy drum tracks.) I have no idea what "Clean Pit and Lid" as a title is supposed to mean. But Mark Clifford of Disjecta has created the perfect soundtrack for how you feel when you've got food poisoning. Maybe even Clifford himself hated this music, which could be why he disappeared after releasing it. There is a plethora of better music on Warp to explore. Avoid this album like the plague, and I'm not even close to kidding. .................... A year after first hearing this album, I still feel this way. IN MY OPINION, it is by far the worst recording in the Warp Records catalog. Good thing I didn't waste my money on it. I haven't heard the single from the album ("Looking for Snags" -- is that what it's called?). Could anyone offer their review of it? I might give it a chance if it sounds nothing like the album. forcasa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org