From BigKumquat Sent Mon, Sep 6th 1999, 17:48
From BigKumquat Sent Mon, Sep 6th 1999, 17:48
<< To continue in this general audio vicinity, Squarepusher's previous two
releases (_Music is Rotted ..._ and _Budakhan Mindphone_) strike me as
better and better and more and more developed each time I listen to them.
The early criticism of these strikes me as hasty (of course, I listen to
these two mostly as background music, so maybe that's why I like them). >>
Speaking generally...it's very easy to rush to judgment on any new release,
particularly if expectations are high. And it's tempting to be the first kid
on the block to review something new, even if you haven't listened to it
enough (and when many cd's have 17 tracks, it can be hard to get through them
all).
If you've listened well to something five times and it still sucks, then slag
it. But, in reference to the Grower concept recently discussed, some music
sounds better each successive time you hear it...especially once you can get
over your initial expectations about what the music *should* sound like and
start listening to what it *does* sound like.
Not always easy, but it can be rewarding. The alternative: go out and blow a
stack o' cash on more new music, instead of re-listening to any of last
month's stuff more than two or three times.
- Fred
http://www.thelocus.com/kumquat
np: funky derrick, boogie dawn