Re: (idm) Atari Teenage Riot

From wells
Sent Fri, Nov 7th 1997, 16:40

At 06:35 AM 11/7/97 -0500, GD wrote:
>Ami Mukerjee wrote:
>> 
>> >yeah... but they are kinda fun.  must be great to see live...
>> >complexity isn't always desirable.  its cool that they are kind of
>> >consciously self-mockingly exploitating  the genre....
>> >makes you more aware of the common devices/standards etc.
>> >andy
>> 
>> Why must every group that is so creatively horrible be credited as being
>> consciously self-mocking? Maybe they just SUCK.
>
>Yeah, I don't think ATR are taking the piss, they just think they're
"hardcore".  If
>you want fast and distorted, try Squarepusher's "Big Loada".  It's much
better.
>
>GD

ha ha. i really hope you're not trying to compare big loada (or any of tom
j's work) to ATR. they're worlds, perhaps galaxies, apart.

np. aphex 'flim'

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