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PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:47 pm 
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I think this comes out tomorrow. Any early reports on it?

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I'm reporting that I want this.

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BRIAN ENO COMMENTS ON THE EQUATORIAL STARS:

It didn't start well. Somehow my shoe nudged the little red button on the little black box with the little green lights. That button told the little box to tell the digital recorder that we would be recording in a manner far too tedious to explain when in fact we intended to record quite differently, in a manner also far too tedious to explain.

Unaware of the error of my shoe, and thus, one could say, carefree, we launched into playing, assuming that our efforts were being efficiently and uncomplainingly recorded bit by bit and byte by byte in the correct manner which is far too tedious to explain rather than, as happened to be the case, in the incorrect manner which is also far too tedious to explain.

The nature of the issue, not to be unnecessarily obscure, has to do with digital encoding standards. I promise I shall never again mention those words in our few brief moments together.

That first performance was unlike anything we'd ever heard before. All over Heaven, angels must have been turning green with envy and grey with worry that they might soon lose their jobs. And devils must have been weeping and gnashing their teeth and preparing to negotiate for our souls, souls big enough and dark enough to have made music like this. But listening back to what we expected to be nothing short of a singular masterwork, we heard instead nothing. To be perfectly honest it was not exactly nothing. It was a little bit more than nothing and therefore possibly worse than nothing. If you took a large sheet of metal and randomly sprayed it with a Kalashnikov or similar semi-automatic urban assault weapon, the sound would be close to what we heard. And if you now took that randomly perforated metal sheet and hung it over, let's say, Van Gogh's 'Night Sky at Arles', and then tried to look at the painting through the holes, you could achieve a visual experience analogous to the musical experience that we now had.

This episode - all caused by a shoe, one of a pair (I am bipedal) that I had bought in Holland not five days earlier and which had unfamiliarly long pointy toes - rather took the wind out of our sales figures and we never quite returned to form that day, despite recording over 2 hours worth of bits and bytes - probably reaching into the tens of gigabytes before we retired, shoulders slumped, another day older etc., from the oven-like conditions of my recording studio. Robert returned to his idyllic and relatively undigitized life which involves a great deal of commuting between Nashville Tennessee and Bredonborough, Dorset, whereas, over the subsequent weeks I dragged the screaming tape out of its dank dungeon and cruelly interrogated it... stretching, squeezing, shredding, teasing, mashing, gnashing, splashing, trashing, looping, grouping, cutting, gouging, still unable to believe that it had no secrets to yield. It had none.

Our next meeting was blessed with fairer weather. It was a Thursday.


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huh?
sounds like a pitchfork review.


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ayah Wrote:
huh?
sounds like a pitchfork review.


Yes, but for once I'm sold.


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 Post subject: Re: Fripp/Eno "The Equatorial Stars"
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Bonor Obnerst Wrote:
I think this comes out tomorrow. Any early reports on it?

thx in adv

I had it last year when it was released as an import through DGM records in the US. It blew. For two geniuses of ambient, this was incredibly boring crap, and this coming from a very, very big King Crimson/Fripp/etc. fan. Fripp sounded like he wasn't paying attention (which is kind of a shock given his scholar-like attitude towards music and "the moment,") and Eno sounded like he didn't particularly care. It was aimless and boring. Put on Evening Star or No Pussyfooting instead, you'll be a lot more pleased with what you hear.

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I bought this months ago when Eno first offered it on Enoshop. Step your ambient game up people!


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Borg166 Wrote:
I bought this months ago when Eno first offered it on Enoshop. Step your ambient game up people!


Us or them?


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:39 pm 
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Any last words of encouragement/discouragement before I place my order from distributor?


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Any last words of encouragement/discouragement before I place my order from distributor?


I could quite possibly YSI this if I figure out how.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:49 pm 
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Drinky Crow Wrote:
Bonor Obnerst Wrote:
Any last words of encouragement/discouragement before I place my order from distributor?


I could quite possibly YSI this if I figure out how.


Yeah, please do so!!! This and any of their older collabs, which I haven't heard. And, well, anything really. I'm on AIM, as well, right now.

For YSI, I think you need my e-m: jls at ninjatune dot net

thx, dc


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:55 pm 
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I'll do the YSI instead of AIM since I've been having problems with my AOL account.

I also have the Eno & Cluster album, but unfortunately no other Fripp & Eno. I haven't really listened to this new one enough to have a real opinion of it yet.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:57 pm 
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Oh oh... me too please.

[dumby question]

What is YSI?
I am obesessed with music and being online but have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Feel kinda silly.

[/dumby question]

We had an import copy of this for awhile at work, but never had a play copy. I'd love to hear it.

Still have to get around to buying my ticket for Eno's talk at the AGO here.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:34 pm 
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YSI = You Send It = file sharing site that lets you upload stuff

But I don't think it's working for me, or else it just takes a really long time to upload a 65MB file.

Anyway, if I can't get this to work, I might just register a new AIM name.


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PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:20 pm 
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OK here it is, guys:

http://s51.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1ARSNDI39F40N0ALDB2BPRFFRP


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Wow. Thanks. That's wicked. ;-)

edit: nice album too.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:49 pm 
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I'm nonplussed with my first listen.

Thanks, anyway.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:24 pm 
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Yeah, it's not great.

Especially that track with a beat.

Hey, saved you some $, right?


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:33 pm 
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Yes, you certainly did. Much appreesh'd. Good to know that someone's looking out when I know that I can't save myself money anyhow.


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