Mogwai/Slint/Tortoise et al...

[majutsu]

dude -- this guy's cool

such a love of music

flah, real nice to hook a brother up

 

[from zero]

Yeah really. I like this red bull dude. Bout time we got another music lover in here.

 

[from zero]

flah, remember Ellen? Throw "in the Spring" or "movinginmysteriousways" in there. I bet red bull would dig them.

 

[Flah]

You know, I totally forgot about Ellen and a few other things. That'll be in the next round of stuff.

http://www.myspace.com/ellen

Ellen has a new song up.

 

[Red Bull]

Hey guys.

Flah, what's up mate? Majutsu, Zero - thanks for the warm welcome and the additional input. It is indeed good to be hooked up with this stuff. Actually good is an understatement as I shall explain.

Got your second drop Flah and I got a lot to say - not because I like the sound of my own words but because in all honestly, I need you guys to know what is doing it for me, where I am at so you can drop some more stuff!

Before I go on, can I just ask is this stuff - instrumental/post rock/chicago scene/loud-quiet call it whatever you want - but is this stuff 'primarily' what you guys are into. You know what I mean...

 

[from zero]

red bull, I'm mainly into metal. I also can appreciate a lot of other things though. Progressive rock, classic rock, various sub-genres of metal, etc ...

If it rocks, I'll give it a listen.

 

[majutsu]

Before I go on, can I just ask is this stuff - instrumental/post rock/chicago scene/loud-quiet call it whatever you want - but is this stuff 'primarily' what you guys are into?

Not one bit.

I like metal (slayer or mayhem would be prototype bands for my sound) first and foremost. I also love and play jazz, particularly bebop, bop and post-bop (miles davis, art blakey's jazz messengers and wes montgomery would be prototype bands for my preferred sound in that genre). Those are my two favorite genres.

I personally play saxophone, piano, drums and guitar. But guitar has been the mainstay for the past 23 years.

I did very much enjoy the "rave" movement of the early 90's, not so much on a music level as on a hedonistic level. My eldest son was born to Future Sounds of London, for example. My favorites were union jack, orb, orbital, aphex twin, autechre, omicron . . . . I also did a lot of sequencer stuff with rolands, moogs, drum machines etc, and of course, two technics turntables. That's when I would hear tortoise, etc, was in the ambient circles at the mid to end of that decade. I wouldn't call it math rock so much as progressive ambient from my point of view, just look how many times flah used words like "ambient" or "spacey" in his descriptions.

So, no, we don't like your music. We like that you talk about music like a true music lover, in terms of the chills going up and down your spine. In terms of saying your "heart feels like it's going to explode." That's some moving shit; I'm feelin' ya man. No one who dances on sound and thought in this way can be evil; your heart must be dense and radiant. And that's cool. And we like cool, because we like the charade of pretending we're cool, and guys like you really improve the credibility of our act.

As for Flah, he cannot be said to like or dislike anything. He sits like a recessed spider god at the center of a musical pantheon of his own construction. He knows all and sees all, and dispenses hidden drops of musical booty to further the apocalyptic state of the future wherein all the musical chosen are locked in suspended catoplexy of headphone cacoons. But don't worry about that yet, just enjoy the tunes.

Nice to meet ya bro.

 

[Red Bull]

Not one bit.

I like metal (slayer or mayhem would be prototype bands for my sound) first and foremost. I also love and play jazz, particularly bebop, bop and post-bop (miles davis, art blakey's jazz messengers and wes montgomery would be prototype bands for my preferred sound in that genre). Those are my two favorite genres.

I personally play saxophone, piano, drums and guitar. But guitar has been the mainstay for the past 23 years.

I did very much enjoy the "rave" movement of the early 90's, not so much on a music level as on a hedonistic level. My eldest son was born to Future Sounds of London, for example. My favorites were union jack, orb, orbital, aphex twin, autechre, omicron . . . . I also did a lot of sequencer stuff with rolands, moogs, drum machines etc, and of course, two technics turntables. That's when I would hear tortoise, etc, was in the ambient circles at the mid to end of that decade. I wouldn't call it math rock so much as progressive ambient from my point of view, just look how many times flah used words like "ambient" or "spacey" in his descriptions.

So, no, we don't like your music. We like that you talk about music like a true music lover, in terms of the chills going up and down your spine. In terms of saying your "heart feels like it's going to explode." That's some moving shit; I'm feelin' ya man. No one who dances on sound and thought in this way can be evil; your heart must be dense and radiant. And that's cool. And we like cool, because we like the charade of pretending we're cool, and guys like you really improve the credibility of our act.

As for Flah, he cannot be said to like or dislike anything. He sits like a recessed spider god at the center of a musical pantheon of his own construction. He knows all and sees all, and dispenses hidden drops of musical booty to further the apocalyptic state of the future wherein all the musical chosen are locked in suspended catoplexy of headphone cacoons. But don't worry about that yet, just enjoy the tunes.

Nice to meet ya bro.

heh, no way i can add anything to that...

...nice to meet you too, mate!

 

[Red Bull]

Good to know you guys got love for metal. I used to be into metal and while i am not anymore - it would be a lie to say otherwise - it definitely 100% got me to where i am now. In the sense of appreciating plain, old fashioned noise.

But yeah, one day i just suddenly realised that actually, i hated words...and the rest is history. I would say that the only words i like are those that come out of Steve Albini's mouth. Which should probablly be a cause for worry...

 

[Red Bull]

It's 5:00 am here in Dubai so I think I should call it quits but before I do, Flah, here is the word on that second drop:

In essence, my favorites are:

Do Make Say Think - OMG, The bass, the effects, the whole feel. Could be Tortoise's early 'Onions wrapped in Rubber'. Which is a good thing. A very good thing!

Grails - Beautiful, especially the (yeah yeah) but discordant stuff towards the end

Fly Pan Am - loved it! I know this is gonna sound lame cuz half the genre is influenced by them but yeah, very CAN-ish...

Ghosts & Vodka - lovely! (i'm running out of words) No really, little bit UI-ish but more so TRANS-AM, just makes you smile...

Like i said, the favs out of the bunch. The rest was great but perhaps a little too 'nice' or melodic in places/or just felt that the old Tortoise soundscapes were better.

I say a little too melodic because I prefer the Slinty/Mogwai stuff. But I am still listening to The Last Signal and how more melodic can you get? That's my last point - I've realised that I have the two extremes. Yes, the spooky stuff but at the other end, when it just so plain PRETTY (your word) it doesn't matter how 'clean' it sounds.

Will download 'Ellen' soon...

Cheers.



p.s. Zero said i could not possibly be evil. he is right, i am a hater of evil...