From lint Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 22:38
From lint Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 22:38
>Jeremy J Graham wrote: >> So how's that new comp from Schematic? What's good, and bad, about it? >> Overall, is it worth a purchase? > >just a few thoughts from a couple initial listens... > >the most obvious, first-degree comparison i could make is that it looks >& sounds like chiastic slide. same design style (it's a wonder if tdr >is taking itself seriously or just revelling in self-pastiche), same low >melodic content, same obtuse drums & other scraping noises, which, >although very pretty, get a bit tedious to listen to, because everybody >is essentially doing the same thing throughout the disc. sure, they do >it fairly well, but at the expense of a healthy dose of variety. > >someone had pointed the artificial intelligence compilations as a >reference point. well, taking ai2 as an example, i would say that both >compilations indeed have the same problem: _they have the same freaking >style throughout_. you could fool someone into thinking both are >single artist releases, except not as cohesive. > >that said, this mostly negative review might overshadow the fact that >most of the tracks on ischemic folks are so skillfully crafted that it >would be unjust to simply dismiss it as a mere compendium of >ae-by-numbers audio doodles. give it a listen, see if you like. but >don't expect a revolutionary disc -- which was the slightly misleading >impression i was getting from early reviews on this list. as an ae influenced record, how would it compare to funkstorung's new remix album? -- chrisjacobwilks