From Brett McCormick Sent Fri, Sep 4th 1998, 13:05
From Brett McCormick Sent Fri, Sep 4th 1998, 13:05
Hey, nice ascii art! you deserve a prize! I've thought about this too, and it seems pretty damn impossible unless there's magic involved. Which really wouldn't surprise me. okay, now for the prize: I'm actually going to post something relevant -- I've wanted to post many reviews before, but I can never seem to translate music to words. So I'm going to babble on at length about some music I like: download: whoever said they weren't IDM was wrong. I'm beginning to like download a lot, even though they can be a little cheesy, their music is almost always "good." I definitely like "Eyes of stanley pain" and "Charlie's family" better than "III", although they're all good. charlie's is probably the best, mostly because it's one of the most fucked up and weird things I've ever heard, and I like things like that. eyes is good as well for "industrial noise" content, and also has some truly messed up sounds. III just seems like they decided to eliminate the industrial noise and just stick to techno with good beats. I like the others better mainly because I don't have a lot of similar stuff, while III is more standard. oh yeah - is skinny puppy worth investigating? meat beat: I managed to score a promo of the new album, and after repeated listening, it's pretty damn great. there's even a great, funky jazz number on there that I just love. jack has managed to combine everything great about "original fire" yet retain some of the "subliminal sandwich" style that we know and love. I can't say that there's much about it reminds of his early works, ala the classic "Storm the Studio" and "99%" (more 99% than STS for sure) but that's okay, because it still kicks ass. if you're masochistic, there are some mp3 samples up at the brainwashed site (http://www.brainwashed.com/mbm/) (warning: may require repeated listenings to enjoy) some other things rotating these days: "audio cynicism" by steel on mille plateaux. I must say, from electric ladyland i-iv to this (and not much else I will admit) i've never heard anything from mille plateaux I didn't grow to like. This one isn't very experimental, and the songs may not be super original, but I'll be damned if it doesn't have good beats. worth mentioning, but not essential. test dept: another great industrial band that has ventured into the vast arena of IDM. their latest "tactics for evolution" may be a predictable drum and bass rip off, but at least they did it will. only for completists methinks. however the album which first saw them departing industrial was "totality" and it remains the best. Lots of great breakbeats, some nice wailing and totally original -- it made me an avid fan, and I highly recommend it. it is, in fact, worthy of an actual review, so i'll listen to it again and send an update. totality remixes seem to be some good/lame (I can't decide) punding house and techno numbers. nocturnal emissions: i'm not sure if they're IDM or not, but I really love them. Your mileage may vary. When I first heard them, I wasn't sure whether to hate them or them, and wondered how bad music could ever be so good. You know a band is on to something when they make you love what you would normally hate -- I'm not really sure I can recommend a starting point since they're all so different and there's no way that I could say one is any better than another. except for "binary tribe," which would be a pretty bad introduction. I would say viral shedding, or Autonomia -- probably not love and revolution either. Stoneface is good if you are into ambient. enough for now! On Fri, 4 September 1998, at 02:05:57, Christopher Fahey wrote: > c) /^^^^^^^^^\ > / /^^^^\ \ > / / /^^^^\^\ \ > | | | /\ | | | > \ | \_|_/ | | | > \ \ \__/ / / > \__\______/ / > \______/ > > > --------------------- > BTW, I'm not even > stoned. > --------------------- > > ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - > > c h r i s t ø p h e r f ª h e y > > . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ > xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx > 2 1 2 - 6 3 4 - 6 9 5 0 x 2 5 8 > http://www.raremedium.com > - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . >