From Oblique Hostility Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 17:07
From Oblique Hostility Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 17:07
Random "Come To Daddy" thoughts. "Come To Daddy" Pappy Mix -- I take this as a kind of hilarious piss take. I live in Iowa, where a substantial number of the kids think gabber and midwest hardcore is cool, and Atari Teenage Riot has sold a lot of CD's. The satanic lyrics and distorto faux guitar fits right in. It seems both a parody of that style, and an attempt to do it one better. Not my prime listening choice, but fun for a few listens. "Flim" -- This one is lovely. People dis RDJ for random sounding breaks, but the way the drumming fits into this track is awesome. In fact the subtlety of the rhythm programming throughout this disk is amazing. "Come To Daddy" Little Lord Fauntelroy Mix -- the star here is the digital monkeying he does with the voice. Check the breakdown that starts about 2:44, ending about 3:00 -- worth a track by itself... "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball" -- another monument to rdj's fascination with digital signal processing. Every sound here has been processed within an inch of it's life. And those bouncing accelerandos are cool because they fit into the track rhythmically. And the disorienting edits that drop in little gaps of digital black keep you off balance. "To Cure a Weakling Child" Contour Mix -- kind of weak beer compared to the original. Just a collection of sonic tricks. "Funny Little Man" video game music with pitch shifted vocals. Good fun, kind of an electro feel, kind of like drexciya on laughing gas. "Come To Daddy" Mummy mix. This has apparently been played out during his recent tour. It is extremely abstract music, with samples of RDJ's mother. This piece is lovely in it's obtuseness, a weird buzzing, asymmetric mess. "IZ-US" another of his melodic melancholy pieces, basically sampled drums with a fender rhodes-sounding synth carrying the tune, and lots of strange strange processing and stereo field tricks. Lovely. Conclusion? The man refuses to play safe, and follows his own twisted muse. If you're willing to go along for the ride, it can be big fun.