(idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)

From mike
Sent Mon, Oct 26th 1998, 18:20

WARD Giles wrote:
> ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..currently enjoying the more ambient
> tracks on Biosphere's Patashnik album.. whats the more recent Biosphere
> like?

Substrata is like the more ambient tracks on Patashnik. There don't seem
to be any drum machines at all, although it's sometimes rhythmic enough
that you can pick out a tempo in several tracks. Definitely not dance
music, intelligent or otherwise. You can tell it's Biosphere -- same
thick, dark yet warm production quality. I like about 50% of it a lot, 30%
of it a little, and 1 or 2 tracks I could do without. I was lukewarm on
the whole thing at first, but it grew on me.

   - Mike

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