Re: (idm) 2nu4u

From martin burbridge
Sent Wed, Apr 1st 1998, 18:37

spacecake wrote:
> 
> At 04:39 PM 4/1/98, you wrote:
> >Max Tundra - Children at Play (Warp)
> >One of the most listenable tracks from Warp and the world of IDM for some
> >time, two tracks of roughly twelve minutes each, gorgeous and moving while
> >retaining some drill and bass elements. Fast and sharp but lovingly
> >crafted, wonder if his next stuff will be as good. Thought this was a new
> >lease of life for Paradinas but its Ben Jacobs and you must get it NOW!
> 
> eh, i would advise people to approach this release with caution...
> a standard squarepusher ripoff, imo- (the tracks sound like
> out-takes from hard normal daddy) plus they're way too long and
> meandering which makes me quickly loose my intrest... maybe if the
> guy was a little more  original and didn't try so hard to  sound like
> mr.jenkinson i would pay more attention... the ep is ok though...
> i would recommended for people who are new to the fucked up
> squarepusheresque vein of dnb... nothing new for veterans though...
> 
well i'd agree on the caution side, not everyone is going to be bowled
over by 12+ mins of enya vs squarepusher. sounds horrible doesn't it,
but i couldn't stop playing the thing like a bastard for about 3 weeks.
i don't think it sounds anything like "hard normal daddy". why is it
that when anyone exploits the freedom of multiple time changes in beats
it is immediately labelled as sounding the same as this or that
squarepusher record. you might as well state that all techno sounds the
same as its based on the same beat.

so although squarepusher has certainly made me wince w/ the use of
prog/fusion elements that "children at play" wallows in, this has an
altogether more epic and smooth sound than tom j's stuff. the production
is more animals on wheels if anything. the other track "clive's folly"
has me very much in mind of aow, if he attempted a 12 min trance
stormer, that is. so quite a lot to offend everyone, but its the very
bloody mindedness and sheer energy of the whole exercise that had me
playing it so much. more over the top than sound of any new ground being
broken.

-martin