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           REFLEX
             from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-05-08 16:34 [#00690220]
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 I mean its a good  cd, and I still like it, but to me its  nothing really special, which I guess is what I wanted to  hear, something special. 
 
  
         
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           tolstoyed
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something special from autechre? get serious :)
 
  
         
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           Joyrex
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That seems to be the general concensus over Draft 7.30...  not bad, but not amazing either. 
 
  
         
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           REFLEX
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naw man they have some older great shit........... great,  but this isnt suprising or anything.. hmm... special. 
 
  
         
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           REFLEX
             from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-05-08 16:37 [#00690226]
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           tolstoyed
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check the current poll many seem to find it excellent!?
 
  
         
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           REFLEX
             from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2003-05-08 16:38 [#00690228]
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 16:45 [#00690237]
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I think its excellent.
 
  
         
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           tolstoyed
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           Morgoth
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Can't it be that Ae has real high standars and because of  their older great releases we start expecting too much and  because of these high expectations less appreciate the  goodness of the CD? 
 
  
         
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           tolstoyed
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           tolstoyed
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           pantalaimon
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same here, one of their best releases imho.
 
  
         
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           pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2003-05-08 16:53 [#00690246]
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Ae are clueless as to how most fans feel about their music.  i think their ambition is all about progression, not making  a statement on how complex they can make their music. 
 
  
         
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           eXXailon
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It's not ae's greatest IMO, but certainly not boring...I'd  give it a 7 to 7.5/10 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 16:55 [#00690249]
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  they make music for themselves.
 
  
         
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           Morgoth
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Indeed they do, and that's one of the things I really  respect about them (and other artist who do that also).
 
 
 
  
         
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           w M w
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I don't like how they are starting to think ... uh,  poetic... trying to interpret the sound as abstract metaphor  or something... they mentioned reading philosophy and it  seems influenced by that... it started with confield... like  bringing in some weird abstract gurgle sound. I prefer the  older lp5/ep7 which were about organized chaos and weird  controlled randomness or something, more than what they're  doing currently. I might grow to like the new stuff more,  but I loooooove the old stuff. (andthe track bike is one of  the few I like of the old OLD stuff) 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 17:54 [#00690308]
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           jand
             from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-08 18:18 [#00690325]
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hehe.....fucking kids...quit all this ....
  MUSIC IS NOT FASHION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Look...JUST go back to listening to the stuff you do like  rather then this old so very old "oH AE ain't what they used  to be..." malarky...
 
  And this comes from the people who moan about how samey Pop  & chart music sounds...."knock knock irony, are you in?"...
 
  FUCK FINDING FAULT ALL THE TIME...GET CREATIVE YOUSELF IF  IT'S SO VERY EASY...
 
  I find little of worth in anyones critical judgement  here...
 
  I use my ears and mind...use yours, yeah?...
 
 
  
         
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           nacmat
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I love draft 7.30
  and many others think like me
 
  
         
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           pachi
             from yo momma (United States) on 2003-05-08 19:14 [#00690377]
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 19:26 [#00690390]
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oh but its a misconception that people who listen to "idm"  (or whatever) really want to hear anything thats really  new.. most still want pop-songs really. 
 
  
         
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           jand
             from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2003-05-08 19:48 [#00690413]
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indeed...but a diet of Coke & Chocolate all the time leads  where exactly?...
 
  Take time to savour things rather than dismiss so easily,  that's my basic message...people take a lifetime discovering  the joys of fine wines, art, building etc...why not do the  same with our culture?....
 
  Palates need training....your senses are ALWAYS A WORK IN  PROGRESS....if not, you might as well be dead...(likewise  with this constant nostalgia...fuck that...we live for the  future, not the past...)... 
 
  
         
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           jand
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qrter...you can have both...
  that's the secret....
  Steak on a Monday.. MaccyDs on Tuesday...
  etc etc etc... The joy's in the contrast...
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 19:50 [#00690416]
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oh I agree.
  it always irritates the hell out of me to hear someone say:  "oh, well, its nice, but nothing like tri repetae".. again  and again and AGAIN AND AGAIN 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 19:51 [#00690417]
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I KNOW!! :)
  I don't look/listen like that, I think.
 
  
         
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           jand
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Hope I didn't sound harsh towards you, q; not meant that  way....
 
  it's just comments like "not bad, but not amazing either."  that are so hopelessly banal and without merit...
 
 
 
  
         
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           jand
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hehe... and no doubt in 6 months, it'll be a  masterpiece....
 
 
 
  
         
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           w M w
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I'm not sure if it'll become a masterpiece in 6 months. I'm  biased in favor of ep7 and lp5 because they were the first  albums I ever heard of such a detailed amazing computed  nature.. but I would almost definately like them more even  if they were released at the same time as draft. They're  painstakingly realized aural masterpieces, being very picky  in what can be classified as masterpiece too. It's weird  that they suddenly released two long amazing albums close  together in time.. I wonder if it took a huge amount of time  to create them, and then they released them all at once...  if it really takes so long to create such detailed wizardry,  like if such creation is the culmination of a half a life's  work, then it's not likely that they'll be able to top it in  a few years of work. I'm not sure how the creation process  works though. 
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-08 20:18 [#00690432]
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"it's just comments like "not bad, but not amazing  either." 
  that are so hopelessly banal and without merit..."
  perfect signs of the consumers paradise society has fallen  to - it has to be immediately AMAZING or its disappointing.
 
  what would be deemed "amazing" can then only be defined  AFTER something is found to be amazing.
 
 
 
  
         
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I do get annoyed with all this criticism about artists  repeating certain things... so what... I try to enjoy albums  for what is on them, not how what is on it compares to the  artists other work... if I listen to a piece of music, and  enjoy it, that's enough for me... I don't really care if so  and so progressed a certain amount since their last album...  and it is true about first impressions... with music, they  aren't always right... at first I love Draft 7.30... then I  found it boring... then last night I listened, and enjoyed  it... same with lots of other albums I've bought... I try to  give albums time before forming opinions about them... I've  had albums which I've hated for months, and even years in  some cases, after buying, and then all of a sudden I've  started to love them... I guess it just depends on the mood  you listen to music... I think I can enjoy any type of  music, if I listen to it in the right mood... the really  good music however can appeal to me in most moods...
 
 
 
  
         
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           earthleakage
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opinions are 10 a penny. and no-one gives a shit. try to be  more constructive in your expressions otherwise shut the  fuck up because there really is no point. none at all.  engage the brain before the fingers.
 
 
 
  
         
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           soze
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jand,
  very true, most of these kids out here just want to eat  candy all the time.  To me Ae is like spicy food, maybe a  little ouch at the time but then afterwards you start  noticing other things taste a bit bland... 
 
  
         
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           Phobiazero
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Not many records are amazing - they are only a few.
  For me Draft 7.30 is more than the music itself, it's the  whole concept. I imagine some kind if digital organism  moving around in outer space, exploring new worlds. Each  track represents a new world. The wonderful abstract cover  just adds to that feeling. Knowing this is Sean and Rob  newest addition to electronic music is very exciting.
 
  You have to put some efforts into certain records, you just  cant download mp3s and play in winamp using your crappy  computer speakers and think "what the hell is this"? It's  completely out of the context.
 
  It's a HUGE different to play MASK 100 mp3s without knowing  it's history and the rumous around it - from actually having  a visual contact with the 12" spinning on your turntable - a  record from the mysterious SKAM label.
 
  Well, thats just my point of view. Maybe I'm too much INTO  electronic music and it's actual surroundings.
 
  Taking a look at the poll, the "general concensuson" over  Draft 7.30 is next to "Excellent". 
 
  
         
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i agree. i said the same thing to my friend tonight...
  in order to truly appreciate and understand some abstract  forms of art means possessing some form of genius yourself. 
 
  
         
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           jand
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           Bob Mcbob
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           nacmat
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I agree with jand (and I think I sometimes have pointed this  out) that it is still to sson to know... we have really to  listen to draft a load more times in diferent moods and  situations, as background and in headphones.... lots and  lots of times during some months till we can really be sure  that we have let it tresspas our skin 
 
  
         
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           tibbar
             from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-05-09 03:22 [#00690744]
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           tolstoyed
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i'll buy draft only if there wont be any other decent album  to pick up when i go to the store next time...
  im a fan aint i!?
 
  
         
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           qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-05-09 09:47 [#00691297]
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           REFLEX
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holy fuck man all I said was that it didnt impress me, what  the fuck is wrong with someone voicing their opinion? must  they only be positive? Jesus christ... 
 
  
         
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           nene
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reflex: for one, your tantrum is disappointing... learn to  take criticism.
 
  for another, the only reason you would post such a thought  is to either have people validate or negate your opinion...  in which case, the boring redundancy of what i guess you  would call a "conversation" has taken place. in plain  english: if you didn't want this kind of reaction (from both  angles) then why would you post the initial thought? 
 
  
         
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           nacmat
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           teapot
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it was amazing when i first heard it... and it remained that  way until i was listening to it the other night and i dont  know what, but something clicked... like it activated  something in my brain and now it has no equal. 
 
  
         
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           REFLEX
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tibbar: take criticism!?!? what the fuck? take it for saying  I didnt like the goddamn CD? Its not very fucking good. I  dont like it very much and I never will, It wont grow on me,  it wont just one day suprise me and Ill say wow that was  great, I DONT LIKE IT. Fuck critcism, its my opinion. Anyone  can like whatever they want, or not like it. I enjoy how I  cant say I dont like a CD, and all of a sudden you get like  half the population here trying to tell the other half that  doesnt like it that we should try harder, or take criticism  better, or we are being negative, or dont bring it up at  all, what bullshit. 
 
  
         
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           jand
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Ref....
  It's not criticism of you or your taste, my friend....we're  all just talking about our opinion of it...
 
  (Great Thread BTW....nice to see some actual thoughts &  feelings rather than the 2-3 word reply I dislike about this  place...)... 
 
  
         
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           Monoid
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I likey likey 
 
  
         
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