Giles + Bill + 313,
I have been bouncing the Deepchord cd in my car
over the last two days and I've come to a similar
conclusion as BVL. The tracks are great and I'm
really into them-- and they sound great loud
when cruising, but I can't help but think that
these records were done by someone trying very
hard to do BC/CR and on top of that really don't
*yet* have the production quality to pull of the
complete forge. I'd like to be polite and say
the 'funkier' unproduced sound of the percussion
elements was intentional, but it really sounds
to me like they aren't completely *there* yet
on studio techniques. Now I'm not talking about
'big production' studio techniques--we know the
BC/CR camp has some of the most raw techniques we've
heard--BUT it *is* fully refined. The Deepchord
sounds raw-- but *not* fully refined. The kind
of 'raw' you get for trying-- but not completely
getting there at first. Maybe I'm too critical
--the guy I voted for isn't going to the whitehouse
and I'm edgy--so just as Bill said these guys are
just getting started so I'm sure as they progress
they will experiment and come into their own sound
and production aesthetic just as most artists do.
I'm eager to see where they take it, and I am
enjoying listening to the tracks on the cd.
A good listen.
Dale
At 10:17 AM 11/8/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Bill + 313,
>
>I love you man, but, and I knpow this may create some FP dissent, but I
>think they've really taken that sound to a new level, The CR rcirds are all
>starting to sound too similar to me, although, like yourself, I still buy
>them lovingly. Especially the Scion / Tikiman / Burial Mix / Round ...
>stuff. But, the early basic channel records to me were sophisticated in
>their sounds, but the Deep Chord records have really tightened up the FUNK
>in those tracks. In a really mellow HOUSEY way. I have the CD and yes we
>all agree it rocks, and sure it sounds a lot like that sound, but I think
>they've brought it closer toa less abstract sound a me like sthat, they mix
>really well with my other records, like Blue Six, and a lot of the other
>housier deep stuff I like to play.
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>ps. are those K2000's they're using?
>
>// GILES
