Re[2]: (idm) some things that are swell and some things that are not

From martin wood
Sent Thu, Sep 2nd 1999, 15:07

d> On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Arthur Purvis wrote:

>> Some of these are old but whatever.  I acquired them all recently.
d> <snip> 
>> 
>> that awful carl craig innerzone orchestra record which is, well, awful.
>> Really, really offensively awful.


d> You know I thought the same thing when I first got it.  I was like, what
d> the hell is this?  I had the innerzone orchestra remixes of bug in the
d> bass bin (which were fantastic) but the album did not sound like those.
d> Programmed is a difficult album to listen to.  There isn't any messed up
d> dsp effects or odd programming; it is just difficult.  So the other day I
d> finally sat down with it and played it out on my home stereo (instead of
d> in my car).  And I found myself liking it.  In the end, the album is an
d> enigma.  It is jazz, it is techno, it is something else.  But now it works
d> for me.  A difficult album with normal sounds.

d> Lastly, the album had a lot of hype.  I don't think it lives up to that
d> but it is a nice attempt to fuse different genres.

d> in short it is a grower...

d> your mileage may (and will) vary...

yeah...i thought it was boring...nothing to groove to...
the only time people in the room took notice was when the chords from
at les kicked in, or bug in the bassbin...
everything else went unnoticed...