From flesh-coloured anti-aircraft alarm Sent Thu, Jul 22nd 1999, 16:12
From flesh-coloured anti-aircraft alarm Sent Thu, Jul 22nd 1999, 16:12
konnichiwa.
>Lexaunculpt: Ok, so I may be biased, but I really think that the stuff that
>alex is working on now schools any other artist making IDM today. That's
>right, I think his new stuff (not the stuff on 'double density' or 'oh
>heres some noises', but from the impending MAS release on) schools
>autechre, aphex twin, =B5-ziq or any other laptop rocker out there.
oh, shut up.
>His stuff has all the tweaky sounds, psychotic proggramming and complex
>rhythm structure of all these guys, but combines it with a sophistication
>and human element lacking in most contemporary IDM stuff.
if "sophistication and human element..." is just IDMspeak for "near-complete
lack of originality and obvious desire to duplicate exactly every move
autechre ever made," you just might be right.
don't get me wrong, the guy's got skills; i just wonder if he has an
imagination. i have this feeling that ten years from now all of the socal
crew will be saying something along the lines of, "oh, man - the _new_ stuff
alex is working on (i mean the stuff that will be on the 6th album, on warp,
not the other 5 albums or 9 12"s) is just amazing - totally original, _this_
is the shit."
possibly unrelated: i'm _really_ starting to appreciate fx randomiz.
[gr]
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