From GamePrg. Sent Thu, Aug 13th 1998, 14:15
From GamePrg. Sent Thu, Aug 13th 1998, 14:15
>Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 04:47:40 -0400 >From: "Chris.Hilker" <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >Subject: (idm) AI2 (was Re: idm-digest V2 #274) >>WHAT!!??!? AI2 among the very few "if you don't have this, you are not >>living yet." IDM records/cd's. >This is a very good track but I already had it on Volume 8 so I never give >Warp much credit for putting it on AI2. Which I guess isn't completely >fair* so you can take this as recommended. Still, hardly a track that'll >change your life or cure you of being a zombie or whatever "if you don't >have this, you are not living yet" means. And it's also on Time Tourist. hm.. I think Time Tourist is rather mediocre and perhaps even crappy :) I wanted a track from the Blech cassette on vinyl, made a big goofoff and got the wrong record, and was insanely dissapointed. (anyone who wants it, my copy is yours :) for a suitable price) but, that aside. We definitely are on opposite sides of the map when it comes to this, as I think the Speedy J. track is one of the best IDM tracks of all time, and well. You think it's utter shit. >If you're the sort of person who thinks that tracks that aren't in 4/4 are >really super innovative and complicated and avant garde then I guess you'll >shit your shorts over this but there's not much to it at all. A quiet >crunchy rhythm and a mescaline calliope and it's a bit more thoughtful than >RDJ's usual wankery but it sure as hell ain't zombie serum. At least it >gets to the point and doesn't go on and on. This track is in 4/4 what are you talking about? It has a definite thing going on in each of 4 beats per 4 beat measure. >I >would really love to hear which 6 or 7 tracks you think this is worth getting >for. 01 Mark Franklin: Release to the System (Beaumont Hannant Remix) 02 The Higher Intelligence Agency: Selenite 03 Link: Arcadian (Global Communication Remix) 04 B12: Scriptures 06 Speedy J: Symmetry 07 Beaumont Hannant: Utuba 09 Balil: Parasight 10 Seefeel: Spangle 11 Darrel Fitton: Blipsalt 12 Polygon Window: My Teapot __ __\ \ / /_\ \ 1cQ<->uIN \_____/ 1.3777993 "..in whatever you do, if you can't break new ground, what's the point?" - James Cameron