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Posted: June 01 2009 at 15:45
^ Nice, Stoney, nice.
^^ Moshkito, you extrapolate a great deal from a few short statements I've made. I won't argue against what you've said in a point-by-point fashion - there's more than enough of that here - but I will point out that if you read my JEAN MICHEL JARRE reviews you'll see I do hold much of his music in extremely high regard. In particular I'm entranced by his musique concrete album 'Zoolook' and the subsequent album 'Rendez-vous'. And TANGERINE DREAM were magnificent until the onset of Soundtrack Disease in the 1980s. Check out my reviews. I hold a special place in my heart for the maligned 'Cyclone'.
I do not resile from my belief that IDM shows more creativity and progressiveness than either, however.
"444" (from Incunabula) - perhaps my "all time" fave! "Simmm" (from Quaristice) "Notwo" (from Quaristice) "Vletrmx21" (from Garbage) - this track really creeps me out "Drane" (from Peel Sessions vol.1) "Rettic AC" (from Chiastic Slide) "Parhelic Triangle" (from Confield) - very twisted "Leterel" (from Tri Repetae) "Goz Quarter" (from Envane) - ooh, funky! "Yeesland" (from Cichli Suite) "Corc" (from LP5) - love the drum sound on this one "Sublimit" (from Untilted) - the ambient second half is amazing "Second Bad Vibel" (from Anvil Vapre) - how I discovered the band, a sentimental fave "VL AI 5" (from Draft 7.30) "Gantz Graf" (from Gantz Graf) - their most chaotic song?
...actually there's really many more! There's not too much Ae stuff I don't like!
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Posted: June 17 2009 at 05:41
russellk wrote:
^ Reload? Haven't heard it ... so I will track it down later this week. Thanks!
Plaid are a little jazzier than TBD, IMO. If you enjoy 'Not For Threes' you'll love their subsequent albums. Also, if you can find it, Balil's 'Parasight' is an excellent 4-track EP. Balil was one of the three Black Doggers.
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Posted: August 17 2009 at 20:44
A while ago I was checkin' out the server on the network I'm on ( it's my neighbors) and I saw Aphex Twin in the music folder. Having read the name multiple times in this thread, and knowing that I somewhat trust his musical taste, I gave him a listen on last.fm. I've become somewhat of an addict to it since then. Too bad he's not on PA, I saw Aphex Twin listed as a shared band on Last.fm more than once in the Last.fm thread.
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Posted: September 29 2009 at 07:10
Haven't visited this old friend in a while .
I recently got Trans Canada Highway by Boards Of Canada. I have to say that the opening two tracks are about as good as anything new that I've heard recently - fabulous stuff.
I really must check out Untitled by Autechre which is recommended by almost everybody.
Finally, I've lost touch with Aphex Twin a little in the last few years. What would anybody recommend as his best recent albums?
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 01:24
^There hasn't been a new Aphex Twin album since 2001. But check that one out, drukqs, if you haven't already.
Untilted is worth a listen. Not sure if I like it better than Confield, and I definitely don't like it as much as Incunabula or Tri Repetae, but it is an interesting album for sure. Like nothing I've heard before.
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Posted: September 30 2009 at 07:59
Moatilliatta wrote:
^There hasn't been a new Aphex Twin album since 2001. But check that one out, drukqs, if you haven't already.
Untilted is worth a listen. Not sure if I like it better than Confield, and I definitely don't like it as much as Incunabula or Tri Repetae, but it is an interesting album for sure. Like nothing I've heard before.
Thanks for that Chris.
The last Aphex Twin I got was certainly before that one, Classics is the last one I got .
Incunabula is the only Autechre album I have, and that's certainly a good one.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 07:38
My first visit to this thread in a while.
I've now completed the collection of Boards Of Canada's work, and I'd like to express my big thanks to Russell, Chris, Moe and everybody else who recommended them to me . I am absolutely bowled over by just how good BoC are. All the albums and eps are absolutely fantastic. I find them hypnotic, nostalgic, addictive, invigorating, totally calming and truly progressive. The fact these guys are not on PA is the biggest mystery since the Marie Celeste.
BoC are my best musical discovery of 2009 by an absolute country mile, and if anybody reading this is into the likes of Black Dog, Plaid, Aphex Twin etc., you simply have to give them a go.
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Posted: December 22 2009 at 12:24
^ Thanks for digging up this thread, didn't know there was a dance thread on PA!
I've always been fascinated by dance and techno, but know next to nothing about it so I will have some reading to do here. I never got further then Orbital, Underworld, Prodigy, Leftfield, Trentemöller, Squarepusher, Plaid, Photek The kind of stuff that dipped its toes in the 'mainstream' so to speak.
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. I am absolutely bowled over by just how good BoC are. All the albums and eps are absolutely fantastic. I find them hypnotic, nostalgic, addictive, invigorating, totally calming and truly progressive. The fact these guys are not on PA is the biggest mystery since the Marie Celeste. 
