Re: (idm) meat beat - Acid Again

From Andrew Hime
Sent Sat, Oct 31st 1998, 02:59

> >Just got the Acid Again single today. Nice <thick> Jack Danger beats.
> >Its really good to hear JD doing the big beat sound again. Subliminal
> >Sandwich didnt do much for me but this new track sounds like it picks up
> >where Satyricon left off. How does the rest of Actual Sounds + Voices sound?
> 
> very similar to the Acid Again track.. the largeness of 99% in beats but with
> the lush production of subliminal sandwhich.
> a return to his true form, in my opinion.
> well worth picking up.

I must be the voice of dissent - I've heard the two singles so far and was
basically put to sleep by them. They're tedious and deriviative. "Ooh,
we'd better throw another wacky sample in here." Not to mention that the
beats are mixed too high, it feels like they're hardly there.

> :: 'try to smile as they devour our youth'

Now there's a great album, one of the best this year. Too bad SubPop
probably won't sell enough copies and may go under (see Rolling Stone).