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Hello, I'm checking yer homepage, and I want to read the reviews ye have there, but it's all written in some weird language. ^_^ Do ye have the reviews in two versions? One english, and one in the "weird" language. Heck, I know, it's french. :) |
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yeah, i know - it's one of the few pages i haven't translated... i'm too lazy... sorry *' _ '* i plan on changing it and making more numberous and shorter reviews - if i have enough motivation i'll do it! - in english! for now... if you want i can translate here :) |
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(track by track reviews seemed a good idea to me at first but for some albums it just isn't adapted...) |
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Hehe, well, I'm interested in long reviews, and I like that you have reviewed each track. ^_^ Yer avatar is freaky. It blinks at me in a mysterious way. ^_^ |
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You avatar creeps me out, uzim... O-o |
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Aphex Twin - ...I Care Because You Do a quite difficult album to get into, to listen calmly (the melodies take their time before appearing sometimes!); depending on your mood and how much you're used to this kind of music, it can be awesome or boring. take your time to enjoy it; if you're hesitating whether buying it or not, try to borrow it from a friend or to download a few mp3s instead of listening to short sound samples, which won't give you a real picture of what it's like for some tracks. at first, it was my least favorite album from aphex twin, now it's my favorite along with SAWII... by the way, if the track titles sound weird to you, that's because they're anagrams: "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" > "Richard David James" (aphex twin's real name) "The Waxen Pith", "Wet Tip Hen Ax" ou "Next Heap With" > "The Aphex Twin" "Wax The Nip" > "Aphex Twin" "Cow Cud Is A Twin" > "Caustic Window" (another aphex twin pseudonym...) ~ Acrid Avid Jam Shred ~ first track, well representative of the rest of the album: the melodies are coming swirling around the rhytmic part of it, unlike the straight-forwardness in some other aphex twin works (RDJ album)... this one is one of the best, a bit of a spacey feeling to it :) ~ The Waxen Pith ~ another track of the same kind, more classical-oriented with violins... nice! ~ Wax The Nip ~ third one in the same vein... nothing more to add, it's as nice as the others but no big changes! (when i listen casually, sometimes i don't notice the separations between the tracks) ~ Icct Hedral ~ a superb track (my favorite of the album), which could be an excellent track for a movie with an impression of suspense... picture a blue night, lit by the moon, dead bald/naked trees, etc... ~ Ventolin (video version) ~ a quite weird track, with a high-pitched tone all over the track which will not please all listeners (even some fans hate it)! you must get used to it, but once you are, it's a very good track ideed - i like especially th |
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~ Ventolin (video version) ~ a quite weird track, with a high-pitched tone all over the track which will not please all listeners (even some fans hate it)! you must get used to it, but once you are, it's a very good track ideed - i like especially the melody, which seems to come from a deep metallic abyss... (have you seen lars von trier's 'the kingdom', when the old lady get caught in a lift which drives her down and down and down, until the lift distorts, probably sending her to hell even though we can't be sure?) richard d. james has asthma -hence the title-, and he wanted to express claustrophobia in this track. notice that there is a ventolin EP (in two versions), in which the track is more in its "element", all the mixes are very different but share a same feeling... ~ Come On You Slags! ~ ...or how to make an innocent dialogue (taken from a porn flick, but no, i didn't checked it! ;) ) sound almost scary... apart from that it's the weakest track of the album imo, sounds a bit out of place. ~ Start As You Mean To Go On ~ starts very well at the beginning, there can be some weak passages in it depending on your mood after that... but if you're in the right mood (and even if you're not completely..) it's very good. ~ Wet Tip Hex Ax ~ a bit reminiscent of the first three tracks, with a little IcctHedralic flavor too... this track is the one which needed the most time for me to appreciate it :) ~ Mookid ~ i don't like the title of this track, reminds me of an annoying shitty movie for children with a talking monkey... it's a sympathetic track, with a soft core and some wiiiii...... aooowww.... over it, to make it "move" a little more... i like making plush monkey dance on this track. ~ Alberto Balsalm ~ for some fans it's the best ICYBD track... i prefer Icct Hedral but i appreciate Alberto Balsalm very much too! its name comes from a shampoo, called "Alberto Balsam", and indeed, i like thinking of this track when i'm washing my hair! it makes me think of a hot |
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~ Alberto Balsalm ~ for some fans it's the best ICYBD track... i prefer Icct Hedral but i appreciate Alberto Balsalm very much too! its name comes from a shampoo, called "Alberto Balsam", and indeed, i like thinking of this track when i'm washing my hair! it makes me think of a hot, relaxing bath, and the "bubbly bubbly bubbly" at the begging of the tracks make me think aphex twin may have thought of that, too! aphex twin is good for your hear, and its foam doesn't make your eyes hurt! (what a stupid comment indeed...) ~ Cow Cud Is A Twin ~ a track beginning with a big mess at the studio probably, then focusing... almost danceable, a bit weird and original too. if you care enough, you'll hear a robotic voice saying "a - phex - twin" and "i - care - be - cause - you - do"... probably some apple voice... ~ Next Heap With ~ perfect ending, on a classical side! reminds me a bit of the music in Jet Force Gemini for n64, but better. :) |
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(3 messages... i didn't realize it was that long ^^) there are some differences with the original french version - only a few - it's when my mind changed or when i had something more to add. :) |
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