From paul roquet Sent Mon, May 17th 1999, 04:44
From paul roquet Sent Mon, May 17th 1999, 04:44
>Only one I've got is 96's SubRosa release "Time" which didn't blow
>me away in quite the way you describe above. How many releases
>has he got? Which are recommended? What was the general
>consensus on "Time"?
Yeah, "Time" is pretty good but also pretty standard, with hints of what is to
come in the next two albums ("Strange or Funny-Haha?" (97) and "Ticklish
Matters" (98)). The overall feeling of "Time" (kind of dark and unsettled)
carries over to "Strange..," but the second album is much more abstract in
terms of song construction, sample edits, and bizarre rhythms. It sounds like
a mess at first but soon becomes quite beautiful. The latest album, "Ticklish
Matters," has an equally disheveled quality, but has a brighter sound to it
thanks to more distinguishable instrumentation (piano, guitar, keyboard...).
The general consensus (I think): "Strange.." and "Ticklish Matters" are both
far better albums than "Time," and both highly recommended, "Strange or
Funny-Haha?" being the more essential of the two. "Ticklish" is actually quite
an apt description of both of them.
paul roquet
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