THE FIELD

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who is andy kellman?

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link

fandango, is it something about the production? too hermetic, maybe, and then the self-conscious glitches to rough it up?

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 00:36 (seventeen years ago) link

It just sounds a bit TOO easy!

I know, I know, it's an illogical criticism (why shouldn't house/techno be as easy to make and predictable to compose as guitar/bass/drums if it works?) but this stuff seems almost designed to aggravate Kompakt haterz "nu-trance, there's nothing to it". It reminds me of Border Community stuff to me, but without even their IDM twitching. It doesn't feel self-concious in a glitch way, maybe in a bit TOO twee/cheese way. It is very pleasant.

I don't feel this about "For Dan" (and prob. other tracks) though.

― Da Mystery of Sandboxin' (fandango), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 00:57 (seventeen years ago) link

i think i know how you feel about "nu-trance" hating, i definitely feel it

― friday on the porch (lfam), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 02:24 (seventeen years ago) link

well I definitely read it, IRL I'm not sure anyone (maybe Jay Haze...) gives a toss? of techno labels with some level of mainstream penetration, m_nus are probably way more bitched about? Total 7 definitely had me agreeing with some of the doubters for the first time, but that was for more than just The Field's tracks. And their Immer track (For Dan) is a real highlight.

― Da Mystery of Sandboxin' (fandango), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 02:39 (seventeen years ago) link

responding to the second post: i love that it moves around too much. i think it's its saving grace actually. that and the soul usage.

― josh (josh.), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 04:06 (seventeen years ago) link

The Sun & Ice EP is so, so good but Istegade is probably my least favourite on there. It sounds more like glitched-up French house to me (that particular track, not the EP as a whole).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 09:33 (seventeen years ago) link

hearing 'Under The Ice' for the first time now and liking altho can't help thinking more of an Allien-esque vocal presence would improve it (for me). also would like those arpeggiated sequences to be both more pronounced (hmm, do i just mean louder?) and a bit 'wilder' at certain times.

― sede vacante (blueski), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm FINE with Kate Bush :D

― Da Mystery of Sandboxin' (fandango), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

great liveset, that.

― djh (djh), Saturday, 23 December 2006 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

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