From Mark Stevens Sent Mon, Nov 2nd 1998, 22:52
From Mark Stevens Sent Mon, Nov 2nd 1998, 22:52
On Sun, 01 Nov 1998 15:11:05 -0600, you wrote: >I have to disagree with both of the other two reviews. Well, life would be exceedingly boring if we all agreed! >I think "Not For Threes" is the best release yet for what was >"The Black Dog". My "top dogs" list looks something like: 1. Spanners 2. Undoneson EP 3. Music for Adverts (and short films) 4. Bytes 5. Not For Threes 6. Android EP 7. Temple of Transparent Balls 8. Parallel Spanners is my definite all-time favourite. There's not much to separate the next six, but Parallel is a bit ropey. (And GPR released it against BD's wishes anyway.) >I don't feel any "inhumanity" whatsoever. It seems the warmest of their >releases (especially the second half). I've heard people describe Autechre >as inhuman and cold, which I can see although I disagree. Agreed. If you followed Autechre right through from Warp's 'AI' compilation, all the way up to 'lp5' -- and listened to each album in context with everything else that was coming out at the respective time -- it was a consistent evolution in style that never lost its emotional context. For me, 'Amber' is one of the warmest techno albums I've ever heard. The emotional content was somewhat subdued in 'Tri Repetae' (and beyond), but it's still there. >All this said, I haven't heard anything following this album, so I guess >that stuff could be even better... Check out the new Kushti album. Oh, and grab hold of Leila's 'Feeling'. The track was remixed in Plaid's studio -- so much so that it sounds suspiciously like an uncredited Plaid remix. It just doesn't sound rough enough to be entirely Leila's own work. I trust you've got Nicolette's album too, full of tasty Plaid morsels. /\/)ark http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/