From Edward Pond Sent Thu, Jan 29th 1998, 16:06
From Edward Pond Sent Thu, Jan 29th 1998, 16:06
I'd like to add my thoughts to this debate, since it's one of the topics I feel I can constructively contribute to. Urmur (or Urmer?) Bile Trax is not crap. Very little of the music we discuss here is crap. Getting such radical music to affect us emotionally is not simple, and we all agree that Mike's earlier works succeeded in this. UBT= I know is not crap because it has affected me in the way that good music does, and other people have commented how much they like it too. But that said,= I admit I don't listen to it very often. OK some think that the release is too long and the ideas weak, but I thin= k that music is magic and you can never have heard enough of it. UBT deserv= es its place in IDM and anyone who disagrees is being silly. As for the remix of Brace Yourself Jason, I rekon it's like what siliconvortex said below. My favourite thing about it is those echoey cheesy melodies that melt my heart every time. I can see this track not working if you've got the wrong state of mind, and think this can happen with a lot of Mike's work. -Ed Original text: >>Recently a friend of mine sent a demo to Mike P. and then got a call ba= ck >>saying that the tracks are nice, but they aren't ready for release yet,= but >>that music (at least IMHO) is WAY better than that track from Mealtime,= and >>definitely as good as the other stuff that's out there. > > >i bet it isn't > >>Of course the matter of opinion is here, and that is Mike's, but.. It just >>seems so stupid. I mean, is there anyone here who actually thinks that'= s a >>good track (brace yourself remix) ? please speak up :) > >yeah, i do. i don't know why, but i think it's a funny little goofy track, >and i don't see why you would compare it to the reedham tune, it's reall= y >different.. unless of course you're talking about something stupid like= the >computer-game style tones.