From Christopher Fahey Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 00:58
From Christopher Fahey Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 00:58
> From: Kelsey Damas <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxx.xxx> > Laika/almost sleeping (too pure) > ... > Track two: slower, laid back feel. Sweeping bass line, clumsy drums... "clumsy drums"???? Laika??? Perhaps you may have thought so because the song, like many songs off of the current Laika album, is in 7/8 time. (unless of course the remixer changed the beat enough to make it clumsy) Listen again. I think that this track (at least the album version) is fucking excellent *IDM* because in order to be able to dance to it you have to be intelligent enough to recognize a 7/8 beat and dance to a 7/8 beat (when dancing think "make squares & triangles", not just "bob up-n-down and back-n-forth"). > Lyrics reminded me of NIN a little bit: "if i could > pull the nerves from my skin I would." Laika shits on NIN from a great, great height. Although on the printed page/screen, these lyrics seem like reznoresque goth posturing, they are actually part of a more sophisticated and more subtly realized creative voice that Margaret Feilder (sp?) has created. I'll admit that her voice is not the strongest part of the band, but don't let this NIN comparison fool you - she and her lyrics are nothing like NIN. > (new as in I had never heard Laika and don't > have any trip-hop). I guess "trip-hop" applies to Laika, but it is unfortunately limiting term - they are a much more jazz oriented act than most regular trip hop bands. They don't sample, their tracks are more musically and rhythmically sophisticated then any other trip-hop act. I haven't heard this ep, but I'm willing to bet that most of the remixes are inferior to their original tracks. For more Laika info, check out the *excellent* urbansounds web site: http://www.urbansounds.com/us_instudio_laika.html -Chris Fahey