(idm) The Fall

From Chris Fahey
Sent Wed, Nov 11th 1998, 22:31

>> and b)if "powderkex" is an abberation or if there fall
>> releases in a similar style?

>bit thornier this one. over 20+ yrs the fall style or sound, has changed
>both beyond recognition and not at all at the same time. they have covered
>punk, rockabilly, industrial, northern soul, top40 pop, dance, glam rock,
>techno, disco, drum'n'bass and even ballet among others, while still
>managing to release exactly the same record, at least 200 times. this is
the
>highest compliment i can think of.

Brilliantly put! We've repetition in the music and we're never gonna lose
it!

>if i had to pick quality releases more in the "powderkex" vein (i.e. using
>similar technology and instruments), i'd go for "levitate" (artful), their
>latest release (which initially included an ep containing "powderkex") or
>the earlier "code selfish" (phonogram). although "extricate" (phonogram?)
>might also get an idm nudge due to the presence of both adrian sherwood and
>coldcut on a couple of tracks.

    Hmmm... The Fall's recent output (i.e., the past eight years) has been
very disappointing to me, and the fact that MES spent a night in the NYC
clink a few months ago for assaulting his band onstage kinda made me think
that The Falls glory days were truly gone. The most recent album I bought,
"code selfish" was so disapointing I only listened to once. And that was 5
years ago. Extricate had some gems, driven as it was by a sad hated for his
ex-wife.

    This powderkex track shocked me, though - old-skool Fall flavor with a
new IDMish twist. I find it hard to believe that they even made this track,
and even harder to beleive that they are producing anything else comparable.
Do you not think that powderkex is radically different from anything on code
selfish. Maybe I'll listen to that thing again sometime.

    - Cf




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