I totally agree with that - I have one of the metropolis 12's at home which I quite like, but never really played loads - I dug it out and slapped it on this morning and appreciated it a load more ! :)
Think Im gonna have to invest in the full album - though a DVD release would be great ! >-----Original Message----- >From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:23 AM >To: rob webb; Toby Frith; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org >Subject: RE: [313] Metropolis @ Royal Festival Hall > > >My tuppeny worth: As I suggested to Toby Frith earlier, >Metropolis is a film >which worked intriguingly on many levels and I agree 200% that >"In order to >appreciate >>>the CD, I think you have to watch the film with the music." >.... You know, >I don't think I appreciated *just* how true that was until it started >rolling ... I rank my music by order of merit at home (anorak >& proud!) and >Metropolis has to go to the front of 2000 after last night ... > >Something else which I found striking is that you've got to >see the thing >re-dubbed with the Jeff Mills's Metropolis 'score' to appreciate what >happens when you dub a primarily digitally-produced track to analogue >format. The sound quality changes somewhat - but I don't mean >interms of >'worse/better': I eman that the usual analogue effect of >'warming' sounds >up, applies. It gives the whole thing a much more cinematic >feel, moods and >textures are enhanced and the sharp sort of 'cd' quality edge >is distilled. > >Overall, to me, Jeff Mills is a hero for reviving a film which >is so classic >it's almost archetypal -especially the underlying theme - it's always >shocking to remember that millions of Americans (in a >different America, >true) espoused the ideas which that film encapsulates, less >than a century >ago. That Jeff Mills did it with such panache ... it's >commendable I think. >Maybe one day, it will be commended. >>-----Original Message----- >>From: rob webb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:17 AM >>To: 313@hyperreal.org >>Subject: Re: [313] Metropolis @ Royal Festival Hall >> >> >>Toby wrote: >> >>>I really enjoyed Radioboy's set, very dynamic and all, but I >think one >>>would >>>get a bit tired of him >>>destroying stuff all the time. Thankfully he's no one-trick >pony. Missed >>>most of Super_Collider, but >>>I didn't really dig what I heard at the end. The screening of >>"Metropolis" >>>was v.good. In order to appreciate >>>the CD, I think you have to watch the film with the music. I >enjoyed it >>>thoroughly, and it posed >>>the question of how tough it must have been to create a >soundtrack that >>>didn't get too "Vangelis-like", i.e >>>just lots of atmospherics. "Robot Replica" makes a lot more >sense now. >> >>spot on Toby, i thought Metropolis was excellent too - Mills' >soundtrack >>matches the flow and mood of the film really well. it's >difficult to know >>what to make of his dj set afterwards. on one level it kicked, but on >>another i found to be a bit samey - other than "Jupiter Jazz" >it was an >>hour's worth of hardish techno. a bit more variety would've been >>good, but >>then again would the crowd've been into that? it's like the >DE9 cds... i >>find myself uncontrolably bobbing along to the music, even >tho it's also >>kinda boring. guess that's the 4/4 for you. hmmm. >> >>as for Matthew Herbert - imho he puts on a great show, but as >far as the >>music's concerned i'd rather hear a Herbert set than a Radioboy one. >> >>i quite enjoyed Super_Collider, and it looked like they were into it >>themselves. as Marc said their performance used some >v.creative visuals, >>and the tracks themselves were pretty cool - loads of heavy >funky bass. i >>wasn't too impressed by their first lp, so it'll be interesting to >>hear how >>the new one sounds. >> >> >> >>rob >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >>http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. 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