Re: [microsound] confield

[rj valeo <rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> better late than never: I just got the latest offering by Autechre and was
> wondering what others on this list thought of it (sorry if I missed the
> confield thread)...

it sort of make sense that they would release something like this if 
you listen to ep 7.x. while it's not the most soothing of autechre 
records, IMHO it IS quite good. it just takes a little getting used 
to. at first i thought that it was quite bad and that if it wasn't 
autechre it wouldn't have gotten released, but i put my opinion on 
hold and gave it a few listens. after the second listen i started to 
understand where they were coming from.

(side note: the track on the phonecia 'odd jobs' 12" is a precursor 
to this album - which is hard to follow while listening to in 
speakers, but make total sense in headphones.)

perhaps it's a commentary on the present state of beat based 
electronic music. perhaps they are laughing hysterically as we type 
that we are looking so deeply into this record and trying to discern 
their mental state while they twiddled their 'kyma'.

> I find most of it to be little more than a peek into their Kyma sound
> library with some electron microscope graphics and 8.3 DOS sounding titles
> slapped on the cover...this aesthetic posture is getting kinda tired, no?

give me a break. it's their style. what i think you are tired of is 
all of the people that have ripped them off and made the stuff so 
common place.

of all the people on this list that are into theory, the creation of 
product and the intellectual aspect of
composing music using machines and electronic, the last person i 
expected to totally slam autechre is you kim.

with all of your experimenting with sounds, creating software and 
writing coding, are you saying that everything that you try to 
achieve is totally on point and that you totally nail it every time? 
i don't think anybody does. what would you have said if they released 
another ep7? that they fell back on their laurels and just cranked 
out the same old stuff again? we probably would have thought it 
because we have all come to expect so much from them.

> I still like the Choc Ind roster better for fuct up digitalia...

i know i'd rather listen to confield then a lot of other cd's sitting 
in my cd rack.

perhaps in 5 years we will all be looking back on confield and saying 
NOW i understand. Sheeeet! it only took me 5 years! then again, 
perhaps not.


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