(idm) Re: Squarepusher (was: Windowlicker/TJ)

From Eddie Symons
Sent Tue, Mar 30th 1999, 15:15

It's pretty much the same story. There's about 2 or 3 great tracks, a bundle of pretty ok 
tracks, and then a considerable amount of wanky rubbish. It's hard for me to say whether you 
should buy it or not. I feel a bit cheated that there's quite a bit of noisey nonsense on there, 
but at the same time the standout tracks, like the first few, or My Sound, are so good it's hard 
to dismiss it.

While I'm here I'd also like a track ID please. A couple of months ago (a couple of weeks before 
the Budakhan Mindphone release) I heard a great Squarepusher track that I haven't heard anywhere 
else. I only have the DJs word that it was Squarepusher, but it definitely had his unmistakeable 
new style. It was more drum'n'bass-ish, with a couple of rewinds in the middle of the track. The 
most noticeable thing though was the quickfire mc-ing on it. What is this track, and why the 
hell wasn't it included on any of his recent releases? If anyone requests, I'll make a realaudio 
copy available (it'll be shit quality though).

Eddie

> That's pretty much exactly how I feel about Jenkinson's latest, Budakhan
> Mindphone.  'Iambic 5 Poetry' is a wonderfully blissed-out joyride,
> while the other 5 (or 6) are so-so at best. I haven't gotten round to
> listening to his latest album, and quite frankly I'm kinda afraid
> to...heard too many warnings about it being a wanky nu-jazz clangfest.
> 
> I realize this list probably went through some discussion about 'Music
> Is Rotted One Note' when it first came out, but would someone mind
> giving a few opinions on it?  No reviews or anything, just a few
> comments would be great.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gauti.
> 
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