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offline Charles D Ward from ASS, okay? (United States) on 2003-04-09 23:33 [#00641948]
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(excerpt from a watmm post):

Accept it.

gantz graf = crap.

no argue.

draft 7.30 = crap.

no argue.

fuck Ae!

covering emptiness with programming skills. foo.

no way.

i'm tired of all this idiocy about "oh it's all subjective",
"it takes some time" and "you just don't like it anymore".

GG is boring.

Draft is a lot of groovy tracks randomly fucked up to become
boring.


 

offline od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-04-09 23:35 [#00641950]
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Hey man, ONE guy said that, we're all snickering at him.


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-04-09 23:40 [#00641953]
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Someone is in need of a beatdown


 

offline Charles D Ward from ASS, okay? (United States) on 2003-04-09 23:41 [#00641954]
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sure. just wanted to make sure noone disagrees with me.

of course, Surripere is great and some other pieces too, but
they really screwed the album.


 

offline od_step_cloak from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-04-09 23:42 [#00641956]
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I'm not a huge ae fan, but man, they're far from dead imho



 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2003-04-09 23:46 [#00641960]
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agreed

*draws lightsaber*


 

offline Mr_Flappypants from Louisville (United States) on 2003-04-09 23:46 [#00641961]
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hes just......jealous


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2003-04-09 23:47 [#00641962]
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and i don't mean you need a beatdown, of course


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-04-10 00:02 [#00641966]
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GG = crap ?

haha, you know i listen to Cap.IV every day on my MD
when i'm on my bike to work .. can't get enough of it, GG
itself is great too

draft7.30 = crap ?

LMFAO, i got it only yesterday and had a few hours less
sleep than normal cause i listened to it over and over
again

what æ track do you like then? 'bike' ? that for instance
was a great great track when i heard it for the first time,
but i never play it anymore, it's too boring, way too
predictable


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-04-10 00:04 [#00641967]
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no personal offense ey dude?


 

offline Charles D Ward from ASS, okay? (United States) on 2003-04-10 00:20 [#00641970]
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1. 1st part of GG is excellent, the ruffy part with beats,
other is boring noise
2. cap.iv is good, but it's a remix, so i'm not talking
about it
3. draft is quite good, but they maliciously screw every
good track there. maybe except for surripere, it's the same
all the way.

bike? well, it's quite good, not very interesting now, but
good.

personally I can't get enough of Nuane


 

offline Charles D Ward from ASS, okay? (United States) on 2003-04-10 00:23 [#00641971]
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no prob


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2003-04-10 00:43 [#00641990]
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GG is pretty much shit without the video. I don't care much
for Draft 7.30 eithor. But give me Incunabula or Tri
Repetae and I'm happy. AE are far from dead, but I would
like some more melodic tracks from them.


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-04-10 00:46 [#00641995]
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i used to hate the gantz graf ep... now i love it. smae
thing the first time i heard draft... i didnt like it, then
it just opened up for me... i liked them so much i went and
bought confield, which i also used to hate... now i love
that, too...


 

offline tibbar from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2003-04-10 00:48 [#00642001]
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also, i dont get how they're hipocrites... this sounds like
the rantings of a 14 year old who just heard metallica's
"load" for the first time...


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-04-10 00:49 [#00642004]
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fix this kid in your avatar a lightsaber man,
it would look good on him :)


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 03:20 [#00642181]
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i need to hear it cd-wise before i judge, people are quick
to judge that's all i say...
:D


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 03:57 [#00642220]
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i've got to say, i've always struggled with confield, gantz
graf and now draft 7.30 too. i think the problem with them
is that i have only really listened to them using big
speakers on vinyl. so it is a case of put them on minidisc i
think. but i am NEVER going to buy another autechre album on
vinyl again. whats the point?


 

offline Morgoth from Stella-town (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 03:59 [#00642224]
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It's a matter of opinion.

For me Ae's not dead, for others it might be. I'm just happy
with another release that I like.
If you don't like it, skip it, don't bother buying it.


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-04-10 04:03 [#00642229]
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indeed, you can't really mix most of the tracks really
it's better to listen to them with headphones, or just with
big speakers imo


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 04:04 [#00642232]
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something bothers in fact...
if i had heard incunabula back in 93, maybe i would have
needed a bit of an adaptation period before falling in love
with it, you see i never listened directly to new AE
releases but with the most recent one ep7>draft7.30
because recently i'm tired of music you have to listen for
months before liking it, i just don't have the time to do
that... but thas do not means it's bad music


 

offline Morton from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-04-10 04:11 [#00642247]
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i'm not getting tired of that, instead i like it
most music just gets boring after you heard it for the
(let's say) 50th time, but that new æ stuff just get's more
an more interesting after that many listens imo
unbelievable! :)


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 04:39 [#00642267]
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you probably have the time to let it grow on you and all, i
prefer listening to something completly new to me and let
that grow, AE i gave enough of cash and time, so if the new
album's nothing special for me i might even not buy it,
there's just so much to hear in the
electro-dsp-futuristic-extreme music domain...


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 04:46 [#00642277]
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to be honest, difficult music pisses me off. why do i want
to listen to an album for 6 months before it stops being a
garbled racket? i wishthey would stop trying to be clever,
cos it is alienating people like me who have been listening
to them since they started out. lp5 is my favourite work of
theirs, ep7 is ok, but from then on, i don't see what they
are trying to achieve. push boundaries? yeah,
great...........go for it.


 

offline neetta from Finland on 2003-04-10 04:47 [#00642278]
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i can't relate to new ae unless i am stoned


 

offline Lust Incarnate from the edge of the deep green sea (United States) on 2003-04-10 04:49 [#00642281]
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I like a lot of Amber and some other random tracks from
them, but I despise Gantz Graf and much of the newest one.

But still, how does 2 "bad" albums in a row = hypocrisy?


 

offline Erronous from Netherlands, The on 2003-04-10 04:52 [#00642284]
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I guess the first aim is Autechre does like their own music,
and they had the most time to let this genre grow on them.
So they evolve their music, maybe you don't evolve with
them... Personally i like it. Every time it's better. It
doesn't get boring. I have a fulltime job so it's no way a
I-don't-have-the-time thing. It's just what you like doing.


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 04:55 [#00642287]
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last night i decided that i would listen to all of my ae
records in the order that they came out, in the hope that it
would help me "get" the newer ones. first two albums are
done, today i will try to get through ALL of the rest of
their stuff. we'll see what happens. i hope this
works...........


 

offline Morgoth from Stella-town (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 04:58 [#00642291]
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It's maybe a coïncidence, but I did the same thing last
week, and hearing them evolve is an interesting proces.
It might not result in liking the recent stuff (I liked it
before), but it's definately interesting to listen in order.

In fact, I'm going to do this more often in the future (or
at least try to do this).


 

offline kokoon from Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 2003-04-10 05:25 [#00642317]
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i did that too. though i think it would be better to listen
one album a day (several times that is)

and oh, i really like draft. very much.


 

offline kokoon from Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 2003-04-10 05:26 [#00642318]
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and yes, fulltime job here too.


 

offline Glitch from New Zealand on 2003-04-10 05:40 [#00642331]
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man stop buying their bloody cds if you dont like them.. .
thats all youve got to do.. . their new stuff is far more
interesting than anything they done before it.. . Im not
even considering adding Incunabula to my ae collection.. .
why ? because its effing old and boring. ..


 

offline Morgoth from Stella-town (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 05:53 [#00642350]
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Hmmmm, Incunabula is one of my all time fave albums, it's
old, but I don't consider it to be boring.
But that's juste opinion and taste!

You're right when you say that those who don't like it
shouldn't buy it.


 

offline bob from Nottingham (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 06:03 [#00642362]
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you really should get incanabula. just cos its, old thats no
reason not to get it. its better than a lot of stuff you get
today.

its fair enough saying don't buy it if you dont like it, but
for me that raises two issues:

1. i never listen to mp3's or download before a new release
comes out.

2. the reason i buy it is because i like the challenge of
trying to get my head round their music. it's not easy, and
haven't really got anywhere with their latest stuff (gg,
draft) yet. but confield and ep7 are slowly revealing
themselves.



 

offline Glitch from New Zealand on 2003-04-10 06:54 [#00642441]
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yeah Ill agree on some of that.. . Ill never get mp3s of new
albums.. . but only if I know the band and know Ill like it
one way or another.. . ae is one of those bands so I dont
bother with mp3s. ..

ok.. . I was over the top on the Incunabula issue.. . I
would in fact buy it.. . but only if I saw it cheap or
secondhand.. . because as far as Im concerned I allready
have too many AE releases and theres too many other cds to
get (;


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-10 07:31 [#00642490]
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wow, i hadn't read too much here about reactions to
draft7.30 until now. i'm surprised.

i'm a little confused about all this "difficult music" and
other complaints. after a single listen i enjoy the entire
album and some of the moments were the greatest ae listening
moments i've experienced. i can't wait for second listen
this afternoon with the full bass stereo in effect.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-10 07:32 [#00642492]
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last night about half way into draft 7.30 "music for
full-dimensional breakdancing" came to mind. not sure if
that's appropriate, but it seemed so in the moment.


 

offline loaderror from kansas city (United States) on 2003-04-10 11:27 [#00642856]
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if anyone, aphex twin is dead


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 12:51 [#00643009]
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for someone who you say is dead, he still seems to be
releasing great records :) 26 mixes only came out a few
weeks ago.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-04-10 13:02 [#00643033]
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Well, 26 Mixes for Cash could be a posthumous record,
who knows...


 

offline Charles D Ward from ASS, okay? (United States) on 2003-04-10 13:51 [#00643197]
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"hippokrites" = all people who deny the fact that Ae's music
flow is getting thinner with every release

Gantz Graf: WHO LIKES THE SECOND PART OF THE SONG? are there
any? WHY?

26 mixes: it's not a new release! it's a compilation of old
tracks, so it doesn't count :(

I really changed my opinion on Draft after writing this.
It's mostly good, but they SCREW the tracks up all the time!
:(

that's when experiments damage music


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-04-10 13:53 [#00643202]
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Anyway, autechre are pretty lame really.


 

offline Morgoth from Stella-town (Belgium) on 2003-04-10 13:56 [#00643214]
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I haven't had the time to really listen to Draft yet, but I
think GG is an awesome ep. Cap IV is one of my fave tracks
of Ae. The way that track is built up, is amazing. And the
other 2 tracks on there are really good too.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-10 13:57 [#00643216]
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gantz graf is among my fav ae tracks, all the way through.
i'm not sure what you mean by the second part, cause as far
as i know it builds better and better. i think it's more a
personal thing than ae's music getting thinner.

draft isn't my fav overall release, but a couple tracks are
among my fav ae tracks. it doesn't really sound like their
experimenting, as if they are out on a limb. it sounds to
me like they have become quite comfortable makeing these
nonlinear rhythms and strange landscapes.

then again, i've only listend to draft twice, and iy sounded
much different to me the second time. i'll drop another
opinion after a few days. or weeks.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 14:00 [#00643229]
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I just got it today, listening to the surrippere track at
the mo. I honestly think this is one of the best ae
releases. I dont think the experimentation damages the
music, confield was difficult to listen to at first for me
but became the most rewarding ae i own after a few listens.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 14:04 [#00643240]
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but really i dont think its exprimentation anyway... its
simply the way they structure the songs, just because its
difficult or challenging to listen to doesnt make it
experimental.

anyway i agreee with all jupitah says


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-10 14:05 [#00643241]
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ALL?! you know, it would best for both of us if you sent me
a check for at least 100 GBP.


 

offline Charles D Ward from ASS, okay? (United States) on 2003-04-10 14:06 [#00643245]
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MUSLIMGAUZE MADE THE SAME THING

and so his music sucked and ruled at the same time

he made a loop, and fucked around with it

it was kinda boring..

that's what happened to Draft..

not counting Surripere.

and look at Gantz Graf. at 0.56 the song DIES. it becomes an
experiment on noise. which is very good but boring and
colorless :(


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-04-10 14:09 [#00643250]
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i mean, yeah. and it's not even difficult or challenging if
you just let go when you listen... have to leave behind all
desires, because those are for your own creative projects.
just have to let it be, appreciate it for what it is. if
it's not your thing it will simply not be your thing and it
doesn't matter. personally, i'm so glad autechre are doing
what they're doing, creating musical patterns i didn't even
know i wanted to hear.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2003-04-10 14:10 [#00643258]
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lol...

well i agree with the part about them being comfortable
creating the rythms.... actally i didnt even read your post
properly :)

I could do with £100, i have no money till i get my student
loan :(


 


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