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Re: Golden Ratio, anyone?



> > From: miles ward [mailto:miles932@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:46 AM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Re: Golden Ratio, anyone?
> >
> >
> > Have you heard BT's song 1.618 from his album This Binary Universe?  
>It'll
> melt your face!
> >
> > That whole album is an amazing work, i'd love to know what other 
>loopers
> think!
> >
> > -Miles

I've had that album since its release. I find it interesting listening
even though I don't like the overall sound  of his treatments. These
stuttering effects and computer based distortion just sound bad to me
- like in "too computer squashed and then partly rescued by EQ but
still not correctly mended". Another thing that makes it a bit hard to
digest is that it is so obvious that the source audio (the performing
symphony orchestra) wasn't created for this later treatments. In
essence it turns out as just another "case of sampling" as when
someone grabs something and throws it into an effect treatment. Maybe
BT's point with making that album was to put modern cut-up techniques
on the line? I don't know. The lacking part is in the composition, I
guess. But I still find it interesting listening - not just my piece
of cake for today.

-- 
Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se (Swedish)
www.looproom.com (international)