this came through from the wire mag list about two recent tresor releases. chris
---------- >From: "alexei monroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [thewire] TV Victor, anyone? >Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 9:17 AM > > >>Has anyone heard the "new" TV Victor CD on Tresor? Worth getting? I >>understand it's ambient, some of it is about seven years old, and there's >>some involvement from Moritz Von Oswald. > > It depends what you're after and how much you love early 90s ambience. The > "timeless deceleration" of a phrase over 70 mins. (Disc 1) is a fascinating > concept. Unfortunately the phrase in question is pretty complacent and > almost twee one and since that I think could only be rescued from torpor by > some heavy textural interventions that never arrive. There's also no obvious > quality contributed by Moritz and I think the Wire review definitely > overstated the merits of the album, which is perhaps the weakest Tresor I've > heard. > > On the other hand its good to see the quality of Mills' new Tresor release > (Metropolis) recognised in the new issue. If you had reservations about > Mills becoming too tasteful or complacent on recent albums this may at least > partially restore your faith. There are still a few fairly twee ambient > tracks but several outstanding tracks that for me represent his most > impressive work since X-103. > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> > eLerts > It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! > http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/13/_/473762/_/973142837/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > UNSUBSCRIBE = mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > TheWire List Info Page: http://www.msu.edu/user/forddavi/wirelist.html >
