Re: (idm) Autechre MiniDisc

From Adam Huffman
Sent Wed, Oct 21st 1998, 18:12

On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 09:55:19AM -0700, Elizabeth Olson wrote:
> 
>  I already had a MD player, so I didn't have to justify the purchase of
>  one to get this. :-)
> 
>  I can't say that I listen to it often - it's not the kind of thing
>  I put on while doing the dishes, for instance. But I think it's
>  an interesting piece of work, particularly on random in a dark room.
>  I've heard others say they don't like being jolted out of one snippet
>  and into another - but I find that to be part of the fun. If I didn't
>  already have a MD player, I probably wouldn't go out and buy one for 
>  this release. But it's definitely somethign I'm glad I have in my 
>  collection.
> 

Listening to it on random play as intended makes a big difference, I
think.  You begin to recognise elements of the same song split throughout
the sequence, and the really harsh bits don't last too long...

I've also heard a CD-R of it and that was much less enjoyable.


adam