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I just bought a plaid cd the other day, double figure, and I sort of have mixed feelings about it so far.... Most of the tracks are very good. It seems to me that they have almost a "classical" ear in the way that they make the tracks and the harmonies and stuff... But I think "Assault on Precinct Zero" gets a little off sounding halfway through and I hate the way the tracks progresses. The next part of the album is excellent, but after New Family comes Zala, and it just seems so chaotic and eerie, which doesn't really suit the album at all, and it frustrates me. "Twin Home" does nothing for me either. and I don't really find "Manyme" the greatest closer track like some ppl think it is... Am I whinging, or do I just not like Plaid? help!! |
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BEst album is spokes |
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I like Spokes better then Double Figure personally |
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well, yeah i'll get to spokes eventually... but does plaid grow on you? or is it instant like or dislike? |
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i used to like them...now listen to them rarely. |
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Autechre |
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but you're an industro-maniac aren't you tolstoyed? i thought that caustic window was your fav afx, then classics, then ab3? how could you like plaid?? when they're so...airy? |
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Plaid are okay in a polite sort of way, as Blackdog they were pretty inspirational. |
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yes, i like blackdog much more. my favourite afx by far is drukqs actually, then comes caustic window and ab3.close :) |
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oh, whoops! sorry tolstoyed! :) yeah, black dog stuf sounds interesting. I think the local store carries Bytes, I might pick that up. |
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I really gotta be in the mood for plaid... otherwise they just float over my head, and not in a good way. They actually grow off me, i used to like them more than i do now. Still love the odd track tho (tophapy, spudink, scoobs in columbia). |
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Caustic window is really primal, less of the cerebral, or maybe more? I get more from music when it actually moves me in some way than a programming technique that I know, or I know I'll know, y' know. |
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well, thanks for that everyone. i've got to go and have some brunch... catch ya's later... toe |
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I think Spokes is just fantastic, and is beautifully produced... alot more to it in my opinion then Double Figure... |
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Bytes is a really brilliant album, I don't say that much. |
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i guess i know what you mean:) .but caustic window is quite diverse, isn't it? |
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i've got plaid all over me, and i can't seem to get it off. maybe i should use shears. |
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Completely but it sounds from the heart than from the PC soundcard. |
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Is Dial P available at the moment or was it just available as a pre-order item with Spokes? |
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Spokes did grow a bit on me, i liked it more at 2nd listen than at 1st - it's a good idm album, just not very "Plaid-y"! =) i liked Double Figure on first listen. Not For Threes still is my favourite... well in general it depends on the tracks, some need to grow on you, some are instant... i thought Double Figure was pretty instant though. but maybe it depends! after all i also liked Confield on first listen ' _ ' whereas i needed time for I Care Because You Do... (well ok i was already used to Autechre when i listened to Confield, and not that much used to idm in general when i heard ICBYD) |
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i loved double figure...still do. gotta be in the mood though. spokes bores me. p-brain is exicillent. only wish there was more to it. |
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Eyen is my favourite Plaid song. And the video is very cool |
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Atli > i think it isn't available anymore now... you could still get it shortly after the release of Spokes, but not for that long. it was a limited edition. i don't think you're missing that much though : ) (contrary to what other people say... Dial P is a nice bonus, but not essential - i prefer hearing the tracks in the albums or alone than in the big mix, it made them lose of their impact...) |
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oops, i forgot - contrary to what other people say, i think that Dial P is not essential etc... it is just my own opinion. |
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Yeah, DialP is pretty crap. Anything else Plaid is awesome. And yes, I did find Double Figure to be a grower as an album. |
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my favourite plaid album is rest proof clockwork, so far. double figure is brilliant, too (my first plaid album :-)) spokes disappointed me a little at the beginning, now i like it more, but it is still one of the weakest they have ever released, imo |
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man i absolutely love precinct zero... I guess plaid does grow on a person, but I have always loved them, so now I just love them more. |
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it doesn't grow on me. I keep trying to listen to it but it just ends up irritating me. I can't put my finger on ot, there's just something about their sound I don't like.. |
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i dont like double figure very much, nor spokes. i think that black dog/plaid peaked with bytes and totb, with each following album getting progressively worse and annoying. but thats my feeling on their stuff. |
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nice to see some people backing up spokes for a change. lately all ive been hearing is bashing. from fans, media, anyone. to me its one of their strongest works in terms of melodic progression (ie interesting chord progressions and lots of dissonance that hasnt been on other plaid albums) and technically find it a bit more deep than other plaid, though i do like other plaid a lot. honestly i didnt think much of double figure. clunky, fuzzy, some very cheesey and not well done melodic progressions (least to me), and after "sincetta" it takes a huge fucking nose dive. i still do love certain tracks on the album, but back in 2001 when i first heard it i was very disappointed. but, thats just me of course. only problem i found with spokes is its consistancy with sound. before plaid used to be slightly all over the place in terms of mood/style, but still kept it in the realms of their own sound. spokes departed from this, all the tracks are quite samey to me in general with a more straightfoward and possibly simplier structure approach, though they are quite different in structure, just not as blatant as the past. in any case, i dont think you can pin down whether plaid grows on you or not. back in 1999 when i first heard not for threes i was immediately hooked into it. and since then ive been a big plaid fan. but there are a lot of people who dont like it, or as this thread is proof of, think after ken split from the group plaid went downhill. heard it all. just all depends of course. stuff and things |
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plaid is great. (in my top 4) spokes is growing on me, but at first I just liked two tracks (3,8) |
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