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offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2005-10-27 04:15 [#01762297]
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Lackluster - lacklustre
Luke Vibert - lukewarm
Christ - christ, this is mediocre
Ilkae - OK
CiM- dim
70% of Mu - 70% poo



 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2005-10-27 04:18 [#01762299]
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tch lol


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2005-10-27 04:25 [#01762300]
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it's true :(


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2005-10-27 04:30 [#01762301]
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Tch, Vibert and lackluster is great in my mind.


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2005-10-27 04:33 [#01762306]
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ae


 

offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2005-10-27 04:52 [#01762313]
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Autechre - Fucking awesome...ter


 

offline CS2x from London (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-27 05:13 [#01762318]
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I'm glad someone dislikes Vibert too, he seems to get a lot
of love around here. I actually like YosePH, though-some
nice old-school acid stuff there.

And he's great fun live.


 

offline kelp7 from kelphq (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-27 05:16 [#01762320]
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CiM's stuff is well good..... proper early-idm styled
stuff... along with all the great stuff on Defocus


 

offline Sclah from Freudian Slipmat on 2005-10-27 05:19 [#01762321]
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Arovane (except some of the tracks on Lilies)
Brothomstates (except his super smash hit 12" Rktic)
Lackluster
O9
Proem


 

offline nacmat on 2005-10-27 05:20 [#01762322]
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I dont this thread... are we bashing or praising?


 

offline nacmat on 2005-10-27 05:25 [#01762323]
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I dont get*


 

offline oyvinto on 2005-10-27 06:01 [#01762353]
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what? i love brothomstates. i feel insulted.


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-27 06:07 [#01762357]
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What are you trying to do, look creative with the way you
wrote this?

Draft 7.30 - Daft 7.30 for me.

CiM rules, have you heard much of his stuff? Or is he only
here cos you rhymed it with dim.


 

offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2005-10-27 06:07 [#01762358]
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Arovane Atol Scrap is underrated but yes Lilies and Tides
overrated.


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2005-10-27 06:08 [#01762359]
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what is lukewarm?


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2005-10-27 06:08 [#01762360]
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oh, i get it. i think.


 

offline Combo from Sex on 2005-10-27 06:10 [#01762362]
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I don't like Mike Paradinas nor Keith Fullerton Whitman.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 06:19 [#01762368]
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i havent liked a single thing luke vibert has ever done

keith fullerton whitman, greg (what's his last name) both
seem to be doing something that only art snobs like...i dont
care for their stuff at all...its boring...

hrvatski, as an alias and alternate style, is cool though!!!


 

offline navidson from United Kingdom on 2005-10-27 06:23 [#01762372]
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Completely disagree on the Lackluster front, his music is
superb. But I generally don't listen to the hype (or the
internets for that matter) and let my ears dictate what I
like and dislike.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2005-10-27 06:25 [#01762374]
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Proem doesnt belong on this list, Sclah. He is neither
hyped-up or mediocre, he's fantastic and slept upon far too
often. "Socially Inpet" is a near perfect album, and beats
almost all IDM released this year.

IDM Letdowns:
Ultravisitor
Campfire Headphase
Cautella
Analords (all but 10)
and pretty much everything Venetian Snares.

That's not to say I don't like all those albums (and
Snares), I do, it's just that they did not live up to the
general hype nor my expectations.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 06:27 [#01762377]
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i agree with wolfslice, except for the vsnares stuff, some
of his shit is great...you cant listen to too much for
extended periods of time, but in doses he is
sick...!...rossz cadagajklsdg salkjgalksdjg is a great
album...simply beautiful...!

analord gets my vote for worst release, of any genre from
this year (minus cilonen and fenixfunk) two good songs out
of 11 records...yikes


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2005-10-27 06:28 [#01762379]
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Richard Devine should be here


 

offline penexpers from Toronto (Canada) on 2005-10-27 06:28 [#01762380]
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a little harsh


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 06:31 [#01762383]
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it seems there is a group of people who are friends and seem
to be their only fans...keith fullerton, greg, otto von, etc
etc etc

they only seem to think they're good

richard devine should be respected for his work with native
instruments !!! and his lipswitch ep was great


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2005-10-27 06:32 [#01762384]
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I do like Vsnares actually... it's just every time he's
about to release an album the topics flare up and the Snares
is great/Snares sucks stuff builds this hype machine.... and
the album is usually trash except for 2 or 3 songs.

"Fire Beats," "Find Candice," and "Chinaski" are great
tunes.


 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2005-10-27 06:35 [#01762388]
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arovane is lovely. tides, lillies, icol diston, atol scrap -
all solid releases. nothing groundbreaking, just good to
listen to.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 06:37 [#01762389]
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just like b. fleischmann...nothing too outstanding...just
solid good music - and i bet you $1,000 when im 40+ i wont
give shit one about breakcore / vsnares / type things but
will still like arovave, ulrich schnauss, b fleisch, etc
etc

word dilly !


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-27 06:57 [#01762411]
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I wouldn't say that many of these releases are that
mediocre.

It is just the hype that makes them seem like this.

That is the way of the modern music industry, also the
internet has spoilt the way music is released theses days.
Instead of waiting for the album to come out and going down
the record shop first thing monday morning to pick it up,
you can download it (or fakes) for free from some shitty
file sharing network.

For me, this takes away so much of the enjoyment of being a
music lover.

When Geogaddi came out, I caught the bus into town the day
it was released and bought a copy before I had to start
work, took it home and had a listen, not knowing what to
expect. I wasn't dissapointed, maybe thats because there was
less hype behind releases back then.

A better example would be when I bought a copy of Spanners
by The Black Dog. Never heard of them, didn't know what it
would sound like and had no expectations. Completely blown
away.

Perhaps we expect too much these days from an album? Lets
face it, we know what to expect now.


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-27 06:58 [#01762413]
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The Spanners tale goes back to 1994, btw.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-10-27 07:02 [#01762418]
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I agree FULLY with what Bob says there.

Hardly any of the records mentioned in here are "medicore",
CiM... come on, that's just your personal taste. And being,
what 17 and you got into Ae with Confield, what thinks you
can dismiss great swathes of music just 'cause you don't get
it.

And a lot of the people that dismiss The Campfire Headphase,
how many of them actually bought it and listened to it? And
how many downloaded dubious mps and skipped through them
going "Oh no, no, no beats... no... This album is rubbish"
in ten minutes.


 

offline staz on 2005-10-27 07:04 [#01762420]
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I dig Arovane in small portions. Vibert is almost always
brilliant. TCH was sweet as hell.

I think I'll say Richard Devine. Actually, he's gone below
mediocre for me.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:08 [#01762421]
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well first things first: we are able to get our hands on SO
much music SO much faster than before

i remember when i used to have to save my allowance to buy a
disc and even if it was shit i listened to it non-stop cause
i couldnt afford another right then

times have changed...drastically...

BUT this in turn does two things...gives us higher standards
(which i think is good), and allows us to be more discerning
with our money - soulseek has allowed me to save hundreds of
dollars on shitty music i wouldve had to buy before

that doesnt, however, mean that shitty music is good - there
are artists and albums that just suck...like the new
BOC...its bad...i wouldnt like it if i were 7, or 90, or 24
(as i currently am) - its taste, opinion, whatever...its
still bullshit as far as im concerned


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:09 [#01762422]
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also if youre like me you dont want to waste more than 10
minutes on something that is shit cause there are SO many
releases out there you will love immediately...why waste my
time?

i used to do that when i didnt have piles of records
around...now i do...fuck giving people their time...prove
something in your 10 mins or enjoy the "used" bin


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2005-10-27 07:16 [#01762427]
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I think that the way music is marketed and distributed these
days has a lot to answer for.

Also messageboards like this place, where people build a new
release up into some life-changing album. Then when people
hear it after downloading it on slsk, they come back and
slate a release, resulting in people who haven't heard it
feeling that it is going to be shit.

I bet the next big release; whatever that may be, will
follow the same boring pattern:

Hype-hype-hype/leaks/fake leaks/slated album.



 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2005-10-27 07:17 [#01762430]
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What you're saying is quite true, and also look at the
economics of it: record companies have said in the past that
their successes subsidize their failures - the few big hits
help offset the many more releaswes that don't do so well.

However in the case of small labels, they don't have as much
of a "float" and can't afford to release stuff that they're
not certain will sell at all, even if it's a labor of love.

So now instead of people buying CDs they cherish, they make
snap judgements based on downloading, whereas in the past if
they invested money in a release they'd give it time to
grow... maybe it's one of those growers... and eventually
maybe they come to love it and recommend it to others.

So the result is that independent labels are going to either
make less money (which they can't really afford, so they'll
just close) or release only music that people get on first
listen. That means less diversity and less depth in music.


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2005-10-27 07:18 [#01762431]
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I don't understand how on earth you would consider TCH shit.
Everyone with a feeling for good music likes it, my father,
my brother, my friends and I bet even my mother if I'd shown
it to her.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:19 [#01762432]
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well...i use slsk as a preview resource BECAUSE i didnt know
anything about an artists new release and assumed it would
be good, bought, and was pissed

take, shit, mr oizo's new one - i LOVED analog worms, bought
it for $25 on vinyl, no complaints - had i done that with
his new one i would have shit my pants - i cant afford to
piss away money on shit releases from artists - and i dont
care about the release date cause nothing is worth waiting
for anymore - and the things that ARE, AREN'T leaked - it
seems that experimental / electronic music is hit so hard by
this causa the computer suave kids, and the fact they give
their "friends" advanced copies...their fault...not
mine...make better music worth buying


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-10-27 07:20 [#01762435]
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i used to do that when i didnt have piles of records
around...now i do...fuck giving people their time...prove
something in your 10 mins or enjoy the "used" bin


That is INSANE, sorry.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:20 [#01762436]
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the new BOC has nothing for me...sorry


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:21 [#01762437]
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and its not insane...wasting your time on earth with
releases that arent good is useless...one listen that's all
you get...if im in a weird mood, or just not "getting it",
sorry...who cares...other things to listen to


 

offline staz on 2005-10-27 07:21 [#01762438]
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Fucking ridiculous!


 

offline impakt from where we do not speak of! on 2005-10-27 07:22 [#01762439]
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Here's a gun, find your corner.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:23 [#01762441]
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fucking ridiculous if i had time to waste which i dont


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:23 [#01762443]
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yeah im gonna kill myself over BOC...keep dreaming


 

offline nacmat on 2005-10-27 07:26 [#01762450]
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milf hunter?


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-10-27 07:28 [#01762452]
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Music isn't about the Quest to find The Ceritfiably Best
Music, with the internet, music sems to have become some
vast Multiplayer Immersive Adventure, everyone racing to
gather as much as they can.

Music should be a relationship, a flawed one, one with dips,
high points... music's personal, you grow with an album,
with songs, the more you put in the more you get out. This
kind of spastic grabbing at everything and insta-filtering
just looking for the "hit", that sounds like some crack
addict approach. Appreciate music.


 

offline staz on 2005-10-27 07:28 [#01762453]
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So you're in complete panic all the time because your life
will end some day? You have a schedule saying how to
efficiently distribute your time in order to get "the most"
out of it? You should give this whole living thing a break.
Chill out, put on some music and let it sink in for
more than ten minutes. Absorb. Impressions can deceive you.

But whatever.


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2005-10-27 07:31 [#01762458]
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haha yeah i have a 'schedule' and a day planner

haha

no, actually, i dont, and yes i do let things sink in

however after listening to the new BOC three times i
realized it wasnt worth anything to me...sorry if that
bothers you...

id rather listen to jazz records and drink beers...that is
my kinda soaking in...not some new crappy electronic release
after i get high and sit at my computer in my mom's
house...

not my thing...sorry everyone


 

offline nacmat on 2005-10-27 07:36 [#01762464]
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word


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2005-10-27 07:37 [#01762466]
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euphonicfilter isn't wrong just because he's arrogant and
obnoxious.

i might agree with him if i hadn't discovered that my
immediate reactions to complex works of art did not always
reflect accurately my long term perspective.

whatever works for you.

i agree that the overwhelming quantity of music and media
available inevitably results in having frequently to wade
knee deep in chaff. blessed and cursed by overabundance.


 


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