Their music definitely began to sound "sculptural" starting here.
what does this mean?
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 20:41 (two weeks ago) link
xp yes, it was mentioned in the WATMM AMA years ago. I don't have a link to the comment.
They've used samples a lot. Decco loc's beats are apparently wood and rubber sounds recorded. I believe Rob mentioned some field recordings of NYC were samples used in M39 Diffain. A tissue was draped over a microphone for the static textures of Rettic AC. Clearly some wood creak samples in M4 Lema
― octobeard, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 21:14 (two weeks ago) link
Much of Draft 7.30 uses samples of wooden blocks - "xylin room" being a direct reference to this.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 23:56 (two weeks ago) link
yeah I don't know for sure, but I'd bet the marble bounce sounds in Krib are also samples rather than DSP per se too.
BTW that song is seriously gorgeous.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 21:47 (two weeks ago) link
Listening to that track now, and it’s gorgeous and uniquely weird.
It’s been ages and ages since I last listened to Draft, which was the first AE I reviewed professionally. At the time it wasn’t thrilling me … but in retrospect, yeah, there was definitely a wood on wood vibe.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:02 (two weeks ago) link
It’s a little arid for my taste, but “surripere” is immense if you crank it up
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:06 (two weeks ago) link
I love Krib
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:42 (two weeks ago) link
Maybe that's why I'm not so hot on Vi Scose Poise - I feel they perfected a similar idea with Krib a few years before
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:43 (two weeks ago) link
Draft and Untilted have massively massively grown on me since they first came out. I really didn't think much of them at all and for a long time figured Ae had lost the plot. They're among my favourites now
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 22:45 (two weeks ago) link
How have I never seen this before?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tiVmPXNzdM
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Friday, 26 April 2024 10:12 (two weeks ago) link
Watching this, it dawned on me that Cfern is conceptually very similar to Miles Davis' Nefertiti, a modern jazz tune which is notable for the melodic instruments (the horns) staying anchored to a similarly-repeating cycle without any solos while the rhythm section (bass, drums, piano) improvise around them
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Friday, 26 April 2024 10:16 (two weeks ago) link