From EvilIzzo Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 03:37
From EvilIzzo Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 03:37
.........................Mr. Evil here........................sorry for the long post....... xxx@xx.xxx (Jeff Barszcz) wrote: ..............."I have to say I think I like this one much more than Chiastic Slide. Anyway, anyone know why they put that 8-9 minutes if silence on track 11? Is that how the warp one is?".................... Yes, the warp version has it too. No idea why. I decided to respond to this because I'm going to see Ae in NYC next sat. night. Try as I might, I can't get into this new album of thiers. And to tell the truth, I only like a few tunes on "Chiastic Slide" Though the good ones are Really Good. My first Ae experience was with "Amber", and I will admit that when I first heard it, I did'nt like it. I think that it was because it was so completely different from anything I'd ever heard before, I couldn't associate with it (despite the fact that I'd always been a big fan of ambient house, early Orb, Orbital, Banco de Gaia, and classic new age electronica.) But Amber was different. It was totally unique. Needless to say that with a few subsequent listens and an open mind, I grew to love it. In time I went on to buy all of thier other CD's. And learning to understand thier music opened me up to other possibilities. I went on to buy stuff from Sun Electric, LFO, Plaid, Carl Craig etc.... Even the new Plaid CD-- on first listen it's not all that friendly. Hear it a few times, and you can't stop playing it! I try to play this stuff for my friends when they come over to my apartment, and they look at me like I'm insane. I tell people that understanding IDM (especially Autechre) is like looking at one of those "Hidden Picture" paintings. Once the hidden picture is revealed, you'll never look at that painting in a different way again. Once you adjust to the way IDM sounds, it becomes clear to you --- and someone else who has never heard it before hears something entirely different! Case in point: I was playing one of my favorite songs of the decade, "Flutter" off the Anti EP. My landlord (and good friend) comes in and thinks the disk is skipping. And unfortunately, I regret to say that for a lot of people, that song will never become clear to them, no matter how many times they hear it. Well, the "Picture" buried in Lp5 has not yet revealed itself to me, after several listens with a very open and informed mind. Am I missing something? Do any of you agree with me? As much as I may respect Sean & Rob for trying to stay fresh, I'm not going to pretend to like it. I think they've lost something. Perhaps thier show on Saturday will change my opinion; I've never seen them live. Sure hope they play some of thier older stuff. Thanks for reading this long post, send your opinions, ........................................................Izzo..