10 Jul 2004, 1:11 am
HEY flamingjune, I sent you a PM, did you get it?
Hey, at least I have the answer to one of my questions... the reason behind your nickname I now know 
. Do you post at http://www.btnetwork.org at all?
10 Jul 2004, 1:26 am
Hey, at least I have the answer to one of my questions... the reason behind your nickname I now know
. Do you post at http://www.btnetwork.org at all?I responded to it about 3 hours ago. Did it get lost? :{
I don't post anywhere but here really. But I do go there.
The nick sounds like an alcoholic drink but I still like it.
10 Jul 2004, 2:11 am
Okay, that's strange -- you know what, I got your message, but it was not reported as being "new" despite the fact I hadn't read it yet.
So, what's your fave BT song and why 
Mine currently is PARIS -- it's such a masterful, diverse work of art encompassing what seems to be a theme of transportation. The bass is phat, the hooks are catchy, and the stutter edits and other BT techno-trickery is out in full force.
10 Jul 2004, 2:34 am
So, what's your fave BT song and why
Mine currently is PARIS -- it's such a masterful, diverse work of art encompassing what seems to be a theme of transportation. The bass is phat, the hooks are catchy, and the stutter edits and other BT techno-trickery is out in full force.
Actually it's the original of "Shame" from the Sweet November soundtrack. I can't ever find it though; only remixes. The original is not electronica; it's more Oasis-y sounding.
I'm also fond of the Monster soundtrack; which I also can't seem to find. Asking after it at Media Play is a fun game. Once they finally figure out who Bt is they say, "Bt is over there." "But it's a movie score." "Soundtracks are over there."
Guess I'm going to have to order it from Amazon.com but I hate them.
As far as the electronic stuff, I am always fond of Promethian Groove as "Kaistar" and released on City Of Angels. I do own that one. It is not allowed to reside with the other records in the house. That was a gift; not to mention it is out of print and is not replacable. Certainly not to me. The bside is the Renny Pilgrim remix, which I like just as much. I have the radio edit and the Deepsky remix as Mp3s as well.
His tracks all have amazing depth and his samples are just obsessively clear. I've got the same software and a ton of the same hardware and I can't do much with it beside make some cheesy hiphop loops. Not to mention that my samples are blurry and flat sounding. I kind of gave up on that.
On the downside, I'm getting tired of the timestretching on the vocals that seems to occur over and over again in his stuff.
I'll bet you're sorry you asked now!
10 Jul 2004, 2:58 am
Sounds like you know your electronic music.
Wait, "Shame" from the Sweet November soundtrack is *different* from the one on Movement In Still Life (which is in fact quite rocky as you describe)? If that's so, I didn't know that.
Monster soundtrack isn't even officially released Stateside over here, I don't think.
There is timestretching (and time-compression and time-correction) going on in tracks like "Knowledge of Self", but I believe what you are referring to are BT's trademark stutter edits and Kyma (among other things) sound manipulation. Chchchchchchcchooooooooop-p-p-p-p-p-p-pp p p p p PP P p p p pppppppp-ed up like that
Ooooooh I'm not sorry -- quite thankful, actually, that you were able to elucidate in such a way. TECHNOlogy-based music is a fanatical, zealot-esque obsession of mine (tying this back into the thread). It is such an obsession that I don't mention it much on the whole because it's like opening Pandora's Box. So *zip* 
10 Jul 2004, 12:58 pm
Wait, "Shame" from the Sweet November soundtrack is *different* from the one on Movement In Still Life (which is in fact quite rocky as you describe)? If that's so, I didn't know that.
Monster soundtrack isn't even officially released Stateside over here, I don't think.
Dunno, I don't own that CD. I guess I'll have to get it and find out. My house is more vinyl oriented than CD oriented. Our living room contains a pretty comprehensive collection of Tech Itch and Ed Rush.
Cds just don't give me the same kind of amusement vinyl does. Plus Cds smell funny and records smell good. Unfortunately the records I want are harder to get ahold of then those of the drum and bass genre.
As for the other, verily I shall slap employees and then try the Import section instead. I really have something against Amazon.com, I can't even explain why. Possibly my hatred of signing for packages.
Actually, Knowledge of Self was the exact track I was thinking of with that complaint.
Just to add to the weirdness; I used to really like Anomaly(calling Your Name). Then American Pie came out. Now everytime I hear it, I think of that and it's not as much fun anymore.
I never thought of liking electronica as an obsession I guess. I've always lived with djs and promoters so it's always just been a part of life.
10 Jul 2004, 2:42 pm
It makes me wonder if there's such thing as a "passive obsession" then. For example, Christopher Walken has this uncanny knack for the roles that he plays, but he grew up in showbiz and started appearing on-screen at around 3 years of age. But he seems so focused and dedicated to his craft. About the use of that "Calling Your Name" track, you should have heard what they originally were going to use in the pre-release version of American Pie. That would have changed history in that your perception of said song would have remained intact
10 Jul 2004, 3:51 pm
10 Jul 2004, 5:47 pm
Antennas
Antennas
Antennas
Astronomy
When I was a kid, and to a lesser extent today, I LOVED antennas. During art class in 1st grade, I would draw houses so I could draw antennas.
When I payed with Legos, I made houses with antennas.
Thats all antennas. TV, radio, ham, etc....
I also read all the books on astronomy in the library as a kid, both the adult books and kids books. I was in the astronomy club in High School, until I attempted an unsucessful (but legal) coup to achieve the presidency.
Noone ever said I has Aspergers when I was a kid in the 70s. But if I were a kid today seeing a shrink, they would certainly suspect it. I was weird enough in High School, that some people thought I was smoking pot, which I was NOT doing.
That's neat. Because my current obbession, and has been for about 3-years is ham radio, and radios in general. Many people hate the look of antennas, but I just love them. I think it neat (and what people in this situation would say, "cool"). Have you ever gotten into ham radio?
Its also interesting that people said you were smoking pot, when you weren't. People say the same thing to me, and I also don't smoke pot. Either way, I find that very interesting.
-- Andrew
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11 Jul 2004, 7:38 pm
:D www.wrongplanet.net
"Dang-nabbit!" I'm more than slightly addicted! Someone shoot me now!
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you; and yet I find you strangely attractive" From "Spaceballs, the motion picture. 
12 Jul 2004, 9:25 am
Yeah, I'm a ham. I'm still a tech plus, since I never upgraded to general after the license classes were restructured. Actually, I just renewed my license a few days ago.
Antennas
Antennas
Antennas
Astronomy
When I was a kid, and to a lesser extent today, I LOVED antennas. During art class in 1st grade, I would draw houses so I could draw antennas.
When I payed with Legos, I made houses with antennas.
Thats all antennas. TV, radio, ham, etc....
I also read all the books on astronomy in the library as a kid, both the adult books and kids books. I was in the astronomy club in High School, until I attempted an unsucessful (but legal) coup to achieve the presidency.
Noone ever said I has Aspergers when I was a kid in the 70s. But if I were a kid today seeing a shrink, they would certainly suspect it. I was weird enough in High School, that some people thought I was smoking pot, which I was NOT doing.
That's neat. Because my current obbession, and has been for about 3-years is ham radio, and radios in general. Many people hate the look of antennas, but I just love them. I think it neat (and what people in this situation would say, "cool"). Have you ever gotten into ham radio?
Its also interesting that people said you were smoking pot, when you weren't. People say the same thing to me, and I also don't smoke pot. Either way, I find that very interesting.
-- Andrew
12 Jul 2004, 3:31 pm
