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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 00:28 [#01305022] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | well there was one for UV vs Drukqs, why not autechres most current release aswell. or has this been done before.
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         |  r40f
             from qrters tea party on 2004-08-15 00:48 [#01305024] Points: 14210 Status: Regular
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 | this is a close call for me...  i'd say drukqs by a narrow margin, but if it had been confield vs drukqs, i'd have said
 confield.
 
 
 
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         |  t i b b a r
             from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-08-15 00:53 [#01305025] Points: 112 Status: Addict
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 | draft... im not a fan of drukqs as a whole. if it were a well-pruned down 2 cd album, it might be a harder call for
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         |  t i b b a r
             from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-08-15 00:54 [#01305026] Points: 112 Status: Addict
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 | 1 cd album, i meant 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 00:57 [#01305027] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | i would say drukqs as a whole album, and draft as single tracks
 
 
 
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         |  mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 01:03 [#01305028] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker
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 | Draft draft
 draft
 
 
 
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         |  elusive
             from detroit (United States) on 2004-08-15 01:13 [#01305029] Points: 18369 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | You can do UV vs DrukQs, 
 but I cannot confide in ANY comparision between these two
 albums.
 
 Simply....perpostrous!
 
 
 
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         |  elusive
             from detroit (United States) on 2004-08-15 01:14 [#01305030] Points: 18369 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | the only thing you can compair an autechre album to;   is another autechre album
 
 EOF!
 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 01:44 [#01305033] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to elusive: #01305029
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 | so you dont accept the challenge? 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 01:48 [#01305034] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | This is really, fucking stupid 
 How are you going to compare and versus these two incredible
 albums. This is stupid and you need to find something else
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 01:49 [#01305035] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | imo, squarepusher is generic, and drukqs needed a way better contester than UV
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:02 [#01305042] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | When you start comparing these talented artists you stop learning from them okay
 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 02:09 [#01305043] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to cygnus: #01305042
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 | do you want the truth? 
 i really dont care about it, i love both albums, and even i
 cant decide on this, i just decided to make this thread
 because each album started with D (isnt that so cool?!)
 
 and maybe some members will really scratch their noggin on
 this one, we'll see.
 
 thanks for your output
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:43 [#01305046] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | your welcome 
 they will start scratching their heads indeed
 
 this is what popular modern journalism is based upon,
 dividing what people think good artists are from bad artists
 which removes the art from the artistry and gets rid of the
 point of the music in the first place. it turns music into a
 malnutritioned, competitive activity
 
 i see this in the 'freestyle laptop scene' here
 
 it is so fucking pathetic and disgusting
 
 people, tons of talented artists, get their music together
 and just waste it all in these stupid competitions -- their
 attitude, stage show, is weak, there is no expression and
 its all about "hey look what i can do with this dsp and
 twist a knob and make this intense looking face as i bob my
 head to these weak ass beats i also created"
 
 fuck em all. give me some tunes, i dont want to hear
 competition. good music is not competitive.
 
 
 
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         |  elusive
             from detroit (United States) on 2004-08-15 02:45 [#01305048] Points: 18369 Status: Lurker | Show recordbag
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 | a lot of rap songs are better than draft songs. 
 ....it just depends what f'uckin mood im in, duh.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:45 [#01305049] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | i see so many fucking emo kids walk up on the stage with a powerbook they JUST bought.
 
 emphasis is on "JUST"
 
 they have no talent or musical experience they just heard
 somewhere that having a powerbook these days is as good as
 having a guitar. fuck em. i dont want to hear their
 bullshit
 
 however i will not entire displace the whole laptop scene.
 there is some good shit i have heard out of it. it is jus
 tthe unnatural, underground-pop seeking motherfuckers
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:48 [#01305052] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to elusive: #01305048
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 | things become diluted and essentially dead when they become based upon survival and competition. so fuck it.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:52 [#01305053] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | sort of like women eh? 
 get to know a chick, end up fucking her, after that there's
 sometimes not much to talk about now is there? youve reached
 the omega. you won.  now what?
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:54 [#01305054] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | my point is 
 ACCUMULATION
 
 versus
 
 CALCULATION
 
 the accumulation process tends to advance forward and gather
 data and expand mind-databases. the calculation process
 tends to block incoming data and re-inforce old information.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:58 [#01305055] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | you can sort of end up seeming "out of the loop" when you are blocking out so much new data and strengthening and
 augmented all of those old, worn out values. it is very very
 very important to avoid competition and popularity and focus
 instead on attaining certain human vertexes by means of
 constant input analysis.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 02:59 [#01305056] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | God I can't fucking wait to get home from this fucking hell hole, the computers here are awful. Are there currently any
 people online who live in the Dallas, TX area? I need a
 place to sleep and read for 9 hours.
 
 
 
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         |  nacmat
             on 2004-08-15 03:08 [#01305057] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker
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 | no contest. drukqs 
 
 
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         |  nacmat
             on 2004-08-15 03:13 [#01305061] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker
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 | there is no need to take this so seriously really 
 is a thread in am MB... why not doing a versus or
 competition between artists, albums or tracks? its funny and
 it causes music discussion
 
 but of course we all like both albums most of the times, and
 this thread doesnt make us hate one of them... its just a
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 03:15 [#01305062] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | im sorry, this is a horrible thread what was i thinking. 
 you CANT compare these releases elusive was right!
 it gives me a headache
 
 
 
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 | Drukqs wins. Yep, I just compared them, I did it. I do it all the time.
 
 Harry Nilsson= Autechre + Aphex Twin X 3 - Yanni.
 
 
 
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             on 2004-08-15 03:27 [#01305068] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker | Followup to Ophecks: #01305065
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 | noooooo!!! 
 you cant do it, but you did it
 
 wait to see the world debacle in a few minutes
 
 
 
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         |  JLefrere
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 04:12 [#01305076] Points: 253 Status: Regular
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 | HOW can you compare these?? draft 7.30 is just shit compared to drukqs!! I hate autechre's recent stuff, I preferred the
 simpler early ambient tracks much more. And of course, I
 love druqks :D piano songs are amazing, I learnt three of
 them. And St. Michael's Mount, my fav drill'n'bass tune, no
 question.
 
 
 
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 04:13 [#01305077] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker | Followup to JLefrere: #01305076
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 | No, you're wrong, you're a scatter-brained fool. 
 
 
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 04:15 [#01305079] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker
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 | But it still is a stupid comparison.  It's like asking "Which do you like better? Chairs or mirrors?"
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 04:20 [#01305080] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker
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 | HEY GUYS 
 WHAT'S BETTER
 
 GETTING HIT BY A CAR
 OR
 GETTING HIT BY A CAR
 
 
 
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             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 04:21 [#01305081] Points: 253 Status: Regular | Followup to mappatazee: #01305077
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 | Oh I see, my opinion is the wrong one! Of course, your argument is rock solid, and I am 'a scatter brained fool',
 naturally. I hate it because for me it crosses that fine
 line between music and noise. And it's not a nice noise, not
 a pleasant noise. So I don't want to hear it, and therefore,
 it can fuck off.
 
 
 
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             on 2004-08-15 04:24 [#01305082] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker | Followup to mappatazee: #01305079
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 | chairs 
 
 
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             on 2004-08-15 04:24 [#01305083] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker | Followup to cygnus: #01305080
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 | GETTING HIT BY A CAR 
 
 
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 04:24 [#01305084] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker | Followup to JLefrere: #01305081
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 | If you think it is noise then you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.  We can't both be right.  So
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             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 04:31 [#01305085] Points: 253 Status: Regular | Followup to mappatazee: #01305084
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 | Ok then, so wheres the music? I'm just listening to it now, and it's mostly just near-random rhythms backed by ambient
 sounds. Occassionally I might hear the emergence of ACTUAL
 NOTES and chords but it just isn't music. It's sound-
 pointless, synthesised, almost random, abstract noise!
 Explain to me why you think it qualifies as music.
 
 
 
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             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 04:34 [#01305086] Points: 253 Status: Regular
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 | And now I listen to Kalpol Intro, excellent track. Why can't they go back to this style, it's brilliant!
 
 
 
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 04:39 [#01305087] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker | Followup to JLefrere: #01305085
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 | It's sound- pointless, synthesised, almost random, abstract noise!
 Creating space, ambience, structure; that's not pointless.
 Synthesised? [sic] Okay, like anything Aphex Twin has done
 isn't.
 Random?  No.  Chaotic at times?  Yes.
 Abstract?  Yes.  Noise?  Try listening to a pneumatic drill
 for 30 minutes or something.
 
 More original, more cohesive, more technically impressive
 than Druqks.
 
 
 
 
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             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 04:40 [#01305088] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker | Followup to JLefrere: #01305086
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 | I don't know, maybe because it's been done a million fucking times since 1993.
 
 
 
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         |  cygnus
             from nowhere and everyplace on 2004-08-15 04:41 [#01305089] Points: 11923 Status: Lurker | Followup to nacmat: #01305083
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 | YEAH BUT CONSIDER THIS; 
 YOU CAN GET HIT BY A CAR,
 
 OR
 
 YOU CAN GET HIT BY A CAR. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RATHER HAPPEN?
 
 
 
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         |  t i b b a r
             from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-08-15 04:53 [#01305092] Points: 112 Status: Addict
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 | its like saying picasso's work went to crap when he started doing cubism.
 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 04:55 [#01305093] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | mappatazee is 100% right JLefrere, that makes you wrong, not even 1% right.
 think about this for awhile.
 
 
 
 
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         |  JLefrere
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 04:55 [#01305094] Points: 253 Status: Regular
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 | Well when I said synthesised, I guess I was just reiterating the pointlessness of it. What I mean is that it can be
 created by using endless effects and such through the
 computer, etc etc...Sorry, I'm always divided on electronic
 music with the arguments of software vs real instruments. It
 kind of degrades electronic music for me, especially ambient
 style music, when I can create similar things with a
 software synth.
 Anyway, to me it's mainly pointless because, with Aphex, or
 any other good elec. artist, when I listen to their music, I
 find that I visualise and drift off etc. But the total
 abstractness of something like draft makes this impossible.
 With no real reference to any feelings, colours, places,
 speed, in the real world, I just can't relate the music to
 anything in my imagination, and it's just meaningless. Sorry
 this all looks like gibberish now, it's quite hard to
 explain.
 'Try listening to a pneumatic drill for 30 minutes or
 something.' Oh right, I thought I just did? Oh, sorry that
 was two guys with a laptop trying to be different.
 Original, yeah ok, but is this a good thing?
 Cohesive? No, the interludes don't just hold together
 drukqs, theyre the best part for me.
 Technically impressive, we can't tell, we don't know how
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 | Understand something fundamental about opinions: they aren't right or wrong.
 
 
 
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 | "when I listen to their music, I find that I visualise and drift off etc. But the total
 abstractness of something like draft makes this
 impossible."
 
 your brain is at leeeaaassst...... a few hundred years
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             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 04:59 [#01305097] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker | Followup to JLefrere: #01305095
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 | if their not right or wrong, then they have to be smart or stupid.
 
 
 
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             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 04:59 [#01305098] Points: 253 Status: Regular | Followup to t i b b a r: #01305092
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 | If you didn't like cubism, then that statement would be fine. Even if someone is good at something, what they create
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         |  mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-08-15 05:01 [#01305100] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker | Followup to Gwely Mernans: #01305096
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 | Heh, I was about to comment on his less evolved brain. 
 But really Draft 7.30 is wayy more visual than Drukqs.
 Every sound is reacting to every other sound.  Listen to the
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             from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-08-15 05:03 [#01305101] Points: 253 Status: Regular | Followup to Gwely Mernans: #01305096
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 | Oh of course. Well to me, what I see in shit like autechre can be reflected in motion graphics work backed by similar
 music. Basically, abstract! It's like what I see when almost
 asleep when I let my mind throw up a constantly morphing
 image that has no relevance to anything.  Why would this
 make me less intelligent than you? I don't see any value in
 listening to this music. So what?
 
 
 
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         |  t i b b a r
             from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-08-15 05:03 [#01305102] Points: 112 Status: Addict
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 | personal aesthetic is coming to mean less and less to me in art. im finding i can appreciate quite a wide array of
 thigns if i can focus on the good in it.
 
 plus, i let the art do the driving, mostly.
 if you dont let ae drive, you wont like it.
 seriously... i dispised confield and gantz until i let them
 just do thier thign in my mind and stopped needing them to
 do somethign they had already done. i wanted lp5.
 
 i now find draft to be my preferential album of theirs.
 
 
 
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         |  Gwely Mernans
             from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-08-15 05:03 [#01305103] Points: 9875 Status: Lurker
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 | my personal taste grows and grows, searching for and studying more and more complex music, at a time, i was
 really into incunabula, but my taste grows, it doesnt stop
 along the way content with itself, thats just.. retarded
 
 
 
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