From Kent Williams Sent Tue, Jul 28th 1998, 20:26
From Kent Williams Sent Tue, Jul 28th 1998, 20:26
On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, zimbo wrote:
>
> > Which is a pretentious way of saying that it's another autechre record,
> > they've spent some more time advancing their sound design, and I like
> > it better than Chiastic Slide, which had a couple of tracks that I thought
> > were really bad -- the slow, ambientish ones.
>
> im curious if you thought the tracks were bad because they were slow and
> ambientish.. and if not, what did you find displeasing about them?
>
I'm all for slow and ambient, but I kind of demand some kind of motion
to a track, or at least a loop so killer that it can sustain interest
for 5 minutes.
My chiastic slide synopsis:
Track 1 -- I like this one for the broken-machinery percussion, and the
introspective lead loop. 21st century funk.
Track 2 -- basically a new-age synth lead over what sounds like putting
a phonograph needle on a felt slip mat. Never develops into
into anything.
Track 3 -- This is marvelous as well. insectlike skittering percussion
inhabiting an inchoate auditory space.
Track 4 -- Pretty nice stuff as well.
Track 5 -- This one sucks big time -- no steady beat, a tedious loop
layered with more tedious loops.
Track 6 -- nice crunchy beats
Track 7 -- ditto. Probably goes on about 5 minutes too long though.
I think track 2 and track 5 blow. Your mileage may vary. I listened
to all of track 5 before responding to your question, and I've not been
so eager for something to end since they set my broken leg.