Re: (idm) Reviews: David Kristian, Orbital, Chembros

From jovian f.
Sent Thu, Jun 17th 1999, 22:27

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>>DK's a man after my own heart- in his liner notes, he plainly states "NO
>>SAMPLING ALLOWED." So he's already in good with yours truly. Standard

hmm, that sounds like a challenge ;)  as much as i like fellow canadian,
david k., anyone who makes electronic music and forbids sampling of it is a
hypocrite..  and yes i know he makes all his own sounds, builds all his own
synths, wires his own electricity, designs all his own musical scales &
time signatures, etc..  but sampling somebody and doing something creative
with it is the biggest compliment you can pay an artist..

as for the new orbital album, i'll have to agree with the posted review..
my initial response was that they loaded up all the unfinished stuff lying
around their computer and tried to make tracks out of it..  but after a bit
further listening, i decided that they were actually doing something much
more clever..  self-parody..  it does sound like a mock orbital album..
and given the success they've had, what with 'halcyon + on + on' being in
just about every movie released in the past few years (inching just ahead
of 'papau new guinea'), there's probably a large mainstream music consuming
populace that'll just love it after being confused by the brown album and
snivilization and mildly confused by in-sides..  

- jove
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