From Bill VanLoo Sent Thu, Aug 5th 1999, 17:34
From Bill VanLoo Sent Thu, Aug 5th 1999, 17:34
> I do CD mastering and some of these guys are making tracks entirely
> out of the sounds that I go to great lengths to keep out of music!
Beautiful, isn't it?
I'm sure all of you, even those (lance :) who buy tons of music every month,
get especially attached to certain albums. For me lately, it's been these 3:
Beth Orton - Central Reservation
Soul Coughing - El Oso
Oval - Systemisch
Systemisch is just killing me. I've listened to it so much lately, and every
time it keeps rewarding me. It was superb listening on a train ride from
Detroit to Montreal, it's great going-to-bed music, and equally good for
at-work music.
I find it to be so warm and organic that it's odd to see people not "get it".
This is not to say that those of you who dislike Oval are less-educated
listeners or any crap like that, just that it's stricken me so dramatically
from the moment I got it. Maybe my ears and mind were just primed to go into
that direction (disclaimer: I love Pole, too).
Tracks 1 and 6 are especially gorgeous; 1's clicks and deep bass really do it
for me, and the rising, optimistic melody of track 6 is lovely (plus the Aphex
SawII-ish pads work great, too).
Just my opinion, take it for what it's worth to you.
Cheers,
Bill
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