From martin wood Sent Tue, Mar 16th 1999, 15:08
From martin wood Sent Tue, Mar 16th 1999, 15:08
"Daniel S. Pregman" wrote: > As someone who *hated* the BoC album for the first six months I owned it > (citing pretty much the same reasons you dislike Bola), I can see where > you're coming from, but strongly disagree. > > Bola is good stuff. It took me about ten listens to really get hooked on > it, but once I did, it didn't come out of my walkman for weeks. It's > simple, repetitive, and relatively unchallenging. It's also warm, groovy, > and catchy as all get-out. It's not the kind of thing I'd put on if I > wanted to hear interesting sounds or cutting-edge sonic innovation; it's > just a great chill-out disc. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with > that; had this album come out four years ago, it'd be on everyone's list > of venerated hall-of-fame must-haves. And, indeed, I have no doubt that > much of the material is rather old, seeing as how "Forcasa 3" originally > came out in 95...still, that doesn't make it any less valid. It's evident > to me that a lot of care, thought, and attention to detail went into every > second of the thing. > > I used to despise BoC because it sounded to me like somebody farting > around with their equipment for the first time after having heard some > Autechre beats and watching Sesame Street; it took literally months of > listening for me to realize there was a lot more than that going on > (though hearing "Hi Scores" really helped change my opinion of them; I'd > love to get that whole EP on CDR someday). Actually, right now, I'm > facing a similar situation with Jega. Picked up _Spectrum_ last week and > I'm waiting for it to grow on me. But I'm not holding my breath. > you'll be waiting a long time...