Hmmm. I have to say when I bought this album I first thought of it as less
than mediocre. But it grew on me like nothing else did before. It is a very
good solid recording of ambient like minimal idm of Warp's AI series era.
Works fine as background as well.
Alien
np. V/A - going thru life (Delsin) Very soothing and relaxing.... nice car
melodies.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Osborne [mailto:forcasa@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 7:39 PM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: [idm] Disjecta: Clean Pit & Lid
>
>
> > 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
>
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