Re: (idm) ae vs saint et.

From thaamaas
Sent Thu, Jan 7th 1999, 20:05

> > any opinions on ae's mix of saint etienne "like a motorway" ?
> > (genuisawe/average/terrible?)
>
> hmm - not too objective here; it's my favorite pop band remixed by my
> favorite IDM act...
>
> ...but it's *amazing.* Melancholy and slow yet intricately rhythmic,
> completely different from the original version yet entirely retaining
> the sense and feel of it, booth and brown deploying beats in their best
> surgical fashion over tweaked pad washes...

I also enjoyed it, but it wasn't like an "OH MY GOD"-feeling. It's pretty
good, nothing more. I don't have it, and will not try to get it. Well, if
someone was standing out on the streets and gave hundreds of that remix
away, I would probably try to get my hands on it...

/ Thomas L

--- Sorry for my bad english. I'm just a stupid Swede.