From spacecake Sent Fri, Apr 3rd 1998, 00:03
At 01:17 PM 4/2/98 EST, you wrote: > Anyway, the point of my >letter - perhaps there are no bad albums, just albums that haven't been >listened to enough to discover their secret pleasures (or have been >listened to way too much). hmmmm. i can kinda see where you're going with this... you're saying that if i listen to the SpiceGirls enough times i will eventually go deaf and might percieve the muted tones and muffled beats as 'wicked off-kilter experimental techno'... ...either that or get severe braindamage... :-) (actually i like the spicegirls, parts of 'wannabe' remind me of autechre's 'dael'... the beats and synth bass squiggle that is) anyway, i would disagree. bad is still bad and no amount of listening can make it good. hmm, i'm trying to think of a electronic record which i own and think it sucks.... hmmm.... the cosmic twins CD on disturbance only comes to mind... tottally forgetablle stuff. >Latest signs Apocalypse is near: <snip> its not the apocalypse its just the end of the world as we know it...;-) PS: the other poster mentioned Air Liquide... which reminded me of that wicked compilation on the new electronica label (called new electronica vol.1) featuring nico, cusp (aka vapourspace), CJ bolland, Air Liquide and some others... its really worth checking out (if you can still find it!) if you were disappointed by the Air Liquide CDs but liked that style of hard melodic techno... :spacecake: