From Echophoria Sent Mon, Apr 12th 1999, 06:58
From Echophoria Sent Mon, Apr 12th 1999, 06:58
In a message dated 4/12/99 1:03:54 AM EST, xxx@xxxxxx.xx writes: > Hey daniel(or anybody else with an opinion...)What is this like?Saw it the > other day and passed... to which he who was first called responds: > In a word good. A lot like their first album but not as laid back or > ambient (that is not to say it doesn't have ambient like parts; the > classical passages are still in place). For those that do not know, this > is not IDM. Experimental post rockish violin themed compositions. and i, having an opinion, add: first track is a snoozer. Rick Wakeman plays Mogwai. or sum'pin. stiff as hell and portentous up the wazoo. no great shakes. their one trick sure wore thin quickly. second track isn't {as} bad. arching dramatics and Titanic-sized emotional sweeps. but you could say the same thing about Danzig's "Black Aria." not especially experimental either. unless it would be 'experimental' to reinvent white bread. mr. e. np: Musica Elettronica Viva: The Original MEV (IRML) (as potent a slab of mind-searing electr\improv now as it must have been in 1968.)