Re: (idm) german 'blech'

From Aaron S Michelson
Sent Thu, Oct 30th 1997, 16:30

Excerpts from mail: 29-Oct-97 Re: (idm) german 'blech' by
"Chris.Hilker"@hyperreal 
> To me, a good layout must be functional. The Blech CD cover art has a
> virtually unreadable tracklist, which means it loses lots of points
> with me (as do 'Chiastic Slide' and Kenny Larkin's 'Metaphor,' two
> other nice-looking DR covers that sacrifice content on the altar of
> form).

Your response leads me to ask one simple question: What's the point of a
tracklisting anyway, other than to refer the track by name to someone
else? Tracknames are so trivial these days. Especially for a band like
Autechre, does it make such a huge difference?


Aaron
np: kumo (airbag)