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From:
Jeremy
To:
Dave at EAR/Rational Music
Cc:
kent williams , do id
Date:
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:57:10 -0500
Subject:
Re: Seefeel Box Set upcoming on Warp
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Interesting - the packaging of the slipcase and wallets is very similar to the Autechre EPs 1991-2002 set that came out years ago. I'm glad to see CD releases are still being made. On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 2:29 PM Dave at EAR/Rational Music < ear.rational@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 26 lines I wholeheartedly second this recommendation! It’s rare, I mean RARE that I> I wholeheartedly second this recommendation! It’s rare, I mean RARE that I > get excited about new releases these days, but this recommendation is spot > on. > > Dave > > On Apr 9, 2021, at 1:27 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can look it up on other sites but I prefer bandcamp: > https://seefeel.bandcamp.com/album/rupt-and-flex-1994-96-1 > (link to all the platforms: https://warp.ffm.to/rupt-flex) > > Since this is 2021 and Seefeel's heyday was before some IDM list > subscribers were born, here's why this is important. For me personally, > the AFX remixes on "Pure,Impure" were the gateway drug to what's currently > known as IDM. > > Generally though, Seefeel had a completely fresh take on rock music. They > were nominally part of the Creation Records shoegazer thing, along with My > Bloody Valentine, but they were well out beyond MBV in terms of sound. > It's hard to even describe how fresh this sounded at the time: A weird > mismatch of post-rock, isolationist ambient and dub, they also had really > good songs and a unique approach to structure and repetition. > > >