Re: [313] Re: about the members

2002-02-01 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
Here's my contribution to this thread, even though I'm pretty quiet on the list these days: name: Forrest Norvell / ozymandias G desiderata age: 29 born: Portland, Oregon, US location: San Francisco, California, US occupation: software engineer, web designer,

Re: [313] article in Salon.com mentions Strings of Life

2002-01-30 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
miss the company that sponsored them, that's for sure. > And then at 7 am we'd clean up, leave nothing but footprints, and the > next week the place would be an Ethernet forest demarcated by a > terrain of Aeron chairs and big 19-inch monitors with inscrutable code > scrolling by :)

Re: [313] true/false

2001-05-17 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
O) = G-Force. I'm pretty sure Franssen was never a part of LFO, but Gez Varley, who was, records under the name G-Man (~swim, i220) when he wants to roll out the minimal click-house. They both sound pretty tight, though, so I can understand the confusion. - o . . . the self-reflecti

Re: [313] Re: maurizio bianchi recommendations

2001-02-13 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
sco keeps his more evil sounding stuff in stock, as well (which implies that they could special order _Colori_ for you if need be). His CDs are almost always filed under the name "MB". informatively yours, ozy g . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized

Re: [313] Techno & Achitecture

2000-11-26 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
less to tell you why. One would expect that Mills would have an architectural influence on his music, because it's certainly influenced his web site. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Re: [313] Riou ?

2000-09-29 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
xhibition Of The Samples_ are available on Amazon, although it's hard to get the flavor of what he's doing in 30-second chunks. It's moody, propulsive, and _very_ electronic sounding. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G

Re: [313] Optic Nerve

2000-09-29 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
I just tought of this new theory, it's called: "when in kjj> hear a track and i like it, it is a good track". :p I have a counter-theory: eyeballs are very techno. . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL P

Re: [313] Optic Nerve

2000-09-29 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
s one of those releases that's never gotten its due. I don't know about "lost" though. I have a hard time seeing a record I personally own as lost. :) . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desp

Re: Intention (was Re: some toneshifting tracks...)

2000-09-29 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
enlightening and humbling experience. Especially because it's very hard to figure out what he's trying to do without doing so. But that appears to be a conversation for a completely different list :). im> Hindsight alone tells us what the transforming and significant im> artistic statements are. im> Everything else is "stuff I'm digging right now..." Indeed. Elegantly put. Thank you. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Re: [313] some toneshifting tracks...

2000-09-29 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
0s / behind a 909. Making art puts you in this incredibly bizarre position, where the act of creation alters the idea you're attempting to make manifest. Creators are never completely in control. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Re: [313] Swedish Techno

2000-09-29 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
e in understanding what makes good music good, if only because that would make it easier for me to make good music myself. But figuring out psychological models that predispose certain people to like certain sorts of art, well, that doesn't seem so fertile a field for exploration.

Re: [313] Swedish Techno

2000-09-28 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
ear to have hit upon recently, which is why I like their new material so much more than the old. Good two-step garage has this pegged as well. Well, it's a theory, at least. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Derrick May / Kech

2000-09-28 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
/ her / them? "Detroit Techno-Soul" indeed! F . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Re: [313] Swedish Techno

2000-09-28 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
sis -- producers moreso than the rest of us. The more I listen to the old Detroit techno (and there's still so much more of it to find!), the more inescapable its influence seems to be. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Re: [313] Swedish Techno

2000-09-28 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
a DJ he is excellent. Really? I won't dispute this (your ears are your ears), but I think the sonic pallette of _Point 2_ is actually much more derivative of _Force + Form_ (there are an awful lot of sounds in common) than anything of Mills'. It's not Art in the same way th

Re: [313] Surgeon

2000-09-28 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
yone here have any opinions on Tobias Schmidt's _Dark of Heartness_? ob313: Only three years late, I finally picked up the Derrick May _Innovator_ comp today. It's really, really nice to have all those self-evidently seminal tracks in one place. :) I have no idea why it took me so long. Forrest . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Re: [313] Kenny Larkin

2000-08-31 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
ust jm> resubbed.. any of you old originals still around? :) There's plenty of cranky old farts lurking around here... Hi, Jason! yours, ozy . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

I'm confused (was Re: (313) Jeff Mills - The Art of Connecting)

2000-05-24 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
es TeeP used to send me once upon a time. still alive, ozymandias . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G desiderata [EMAIL PROTECTED] desperate, deathless (415)558-9064http://www.aoaioxxysz.com/ ::AOAIOXXYSZ::

Track ID

2000-05-24 Thread ozymandias G desiderata
that fail to suck in the most intense possible way. ozy PS -- I sent out an e-mail on Mills' recent output a while ago, but I don't think it ever got through. I'll resend it following this. . . . the self-reflecting image of a narcotized mind . . . ozymandias G deside