From GD Sent Thu, Jan 22nd 1998, 04:03
From GD Sent Thu, Jan 22nd 1998, 04:03
lwtcdi wrote: > > "James" <xxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx> said > > > While the BoC 12" on Skam was enjoyable, I thought both the melodies and the > > beats were piss-weak compared to prime Black Dog, a comparison made by > > someone at the time of its release. > > Well, I don't know if I'd go that far, but it's definately retro. I like > this release a great deal, and IMO it stand easily alongside > Incunabula-era Autechre, and the value for money is great (six great > tracks for the price of a 12" - not a dud among them), but sometimes I > just wish they'd go out on a limb a little bit more, y'know, like > innovate. It's not too much to ask really, is it? Or maybe I'm being I'd have to agree with this pretty much. BoC aren't tremendously original, but some of the tracks on the SKAM 12" are gorgeous from a melodic standpoint. One area they could work on is rhythm, although in some cases the slow, monotonous beats work well with the other elements of the track. Yeah, it's all kind of retro, but that's fine with me - I'd be quite satisfied if their full-length for Warp/SKAM sounds like more of the stuff on the 12". As for the Black Dog comparison, I can't really get into their material, so I'd say BoC does more for my melodic sensibilities. GD