From GD Sent Thu, Dec 18th 1997, 04:26
From GD Sent Thu, Dec 18th 1997, 04:26
Chris.Hilker wrote: > > I find the list reponse to the Arcon 2 album interesting - people > criticized Photek's album for having three previously released tracks, but > nobody's mentioned that Leon has at least five or six single tracks on his > album. As for the music itself, I like a lot of it, but I liked a lot of it > better the first time, when it was called 'The Self Evident Truth of an > Intuitive Mind' - like the less jazzy parts of Amon Tobin's 'Bricolage,' > Leon Mar gets a lot of mileage out of sounds that T Power left behind two > years ago. I disagree with the T-Power comparison - the Arcon 2 full-length is different in that the beats are tougher and more focused. T-Power material sounds like a lot of noodling around IMO. Besides the Arcon 2 tracks have much more of a techstep elan, as opposed to the "flowery" ambient stuff on TSETOAIM. Personally I think the Arcon 2 LP is mediocre because a lot of it sounds the same (breaks, general track progression) - I like the sound of it but more variety is needed. I'd have to agree with track duplication though. There are probably a fair number of people that haven't picked up the original Arcon 2 singles (in comparison with Photek 12s), so fewer people are bitching because this is the first time they've heard them. I'm really starting to think that d&b should stick within the 12" format - and just maybe 4-6 track EPs. They're fresher and more focused this way. GD