From william ratke Sent Thu, Oct 15th 1998, 21:36
From william ratke Sent Thu, Oct 15th 1998, 21:36
Aronne J Merrelli wrote: > > please check the To: field before sending out the E-mail, this came > directly to me instead of the list and it looks like this > was supposed to be a list post. > > Excerpts from mail: 15-Oct-98 Re: (idm) Re: interpreting .. by william > xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 00:45:22 -0700 > > From: william ratke <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > > To: Aronne J Merrelli <merrelli+@andrew.cmu.edu> > > Subject: Re: (idm) Re: interpreting Ae's music > > > > Aronne J Merrelli wrote: > > > > > > Excerpts from mail: 10-Oct-98 idm-digest V2 #355 by > xxx-xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > > > > > > Case in point: I was playing one of my favorite songs of the decade, > > > > "Flutter" off the Anti EP. My landlord (and good friend) comes in and > > > > thinks the disk is skipping. And unfortunately, I regret to say that > > > > for a lot of people, that song will never become clear to them, no > > > > matter how many times they hear it. > > > > > > Yeah, this is very true... "flutter" is a beautiful song, but > > > I can't imagine many other people actually liking it. I typically > > > only listen to my music on headphones because I know it annoys my > > > friends & roomates! > > > > > > > Well, the "Picture" buried in Lp5 has not yet revealed > > > > itself to me, after several listens with a very open and informed > > > > mind. Am I missingsomething? Do any of you agree with me? > > > > As much as I may respect Sean & Rob for trying to stay fresh, > > > > I'm not going to pretend to like it. I think they've lost > > > > something. Perhaps thier show on Saturday will change my opinion; > > > > I've never seen them live. Sure hope they play some of thier older > > > > stuff. > > > > > > This is a very good analogy, IMHO. And I also agree for the most > > > part about LP5; but I would say give it a few more listens. Initially > > > I thought it was very bad, because it was too much complex almost > > > random Cichilisuite-style Autechre which I didn't care for.... my > > > favorite Autechre stuff is on Anti, tri repetae++ and Envane. And > > > they seemed to have veered away from that. > > > BUT, after listening to LP5 more, it is warming up to me... so maybe > > > I am starting to see the "Picture". I think there new music is just > > > so much more complicated that its harder to understand or get a > > > handle on... which is bad in some ways because maybe some people > > > that understood their previous music won't understand this album, > > > when they could deeply understand their previous work. > > > > > > So, I guess the bottom line is to have some more patience... > > > > > > Regards, > > > -Aronne > > > > i dont know about everyone else on the list but i was very impressed with lp5, ive yet to get into all their previous work as much.... chiastic slide was comendable but still left me a bit blurry as i hardly throw it on, lp5 though is abounding with all those lovely filtered sounds that appear to be done at a whim that turns everyone else off so completely, im of the opinion that lp5 is this vast new scope of idm when a majority of the material seems to be less innovative and maybe even a bit stagnant, _william