From martin wood Sent Thu, Jul 22nd 1999, 16:18
From martin wood Sent Thu, Jul 22nd 1999, 16:18
any mp3's of his stuff that can be dl'ed? im kurious (like george)...but i dont walk ducks... martin lttaylatth> konnichiwa. >>Lexaunculpt: Ok, so I may be biased, but I really think that the stuff that >>alex is working on now schools any other artist making IDM today. That's >>right, I think his new stuff (not the stuff on 'double density' or 'oh >>heres some noises', but from the impending MAS release on) schools >>autechre, aphex twin, =B5-ziq or any other laptop rocker out there. lttaylatth> oh, shut up. >>His stuff has all the tweaky sounds, psychotic proggramming and complex >>rhythm structure of all these guys, but combines it with a sophistication >>and human element lacking in most contemporary IDM stuff. lttaylatth> if "sophistication and human element..." is just IDMspeak for "near-complete lttaylatth> lack of originality and obvious desire to duplicate exactly every move lttaylatth> autechre ever made," you just might be right. lttaylatth> don't get me wrong, the guy's got skills; i just wonder if he has an lttaylatth> imagination. i have this feeling that ten years from now all of the socal lttaylatth> crew will be saying something along the lines of, "oh, man - the _new_ stuff lttaylatth> alex is working on (i mean the stuff that will be on the 6th album, on warp, lttaylatth> not the other 5 albums or 9 12"s) is just amazing - totally original, _this_ lttaylatth> is the shit." lttaylatth> possibly unrelated: i'm _really_ starting to appreciate fx randomiz. lttaylatth> [gr] lttaylatth> -- lttaylatth> radio: [ http://listen.to/treblequake ] lttaylatth> reviews: [ http://www.homestead.com/spleens/ ] lttaylatth> (in a thick brogue) "don't forget the chaos." lttaylatth> _______________________________________________________________ lttaylatth> Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com %