(fax) 2350 4 - initial impressions

[GREG HILL]

Can someone describe black dust a little more? I'm unfamiliar with this 
title. Thanks.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Krackmonster" <kracker at krackmonster.com>
To: "Trevor Cordes" <trevor at tecnopolis.ca>
Cc: "Fax List" <faxlist at 2350.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: (fax) 2350 4 - initial impressions


>
> Finally got 2350 Broadway 4 and I've been listening to it all week.
>
> Truly awesome. Classic ambient and the best release in the new phase
> of FAX. Upon first listening it overwhelms as aimless
> non-distinguishable ambient synth going every which way but after a
> few listens, you come to grasp the fine details within the pieces. THIS is 
> the
> release you'll want to hear in 5.1.
>
> Didn't find this comparable to 2350 1 which was more cold and abstract
> but rather the lush quality that made FAX great much later on.
>
> Black Dust is still a new fav since first listen
> And I still don't get Air V: boring and Tying Tiffany's vocals sound
> rather pretenious and uninspired to me.
>
> Kracker
>
> Thursday, February 8, 2007, 5:38:00 AM, you wrote:
>
> TC> I got my FAX batch the other day: 2350 4, Black Dust, Air 5.
>
> TC> I've been listening to those 3 almost exclusively for a few days (in 
> DTS,
> TC> where available).  I gave it a few days before posting because at 
> first I
> TC> was disappointed with all of them!
>
> TC> 2350 4:
>
> TC> On the very first listen, track 1 jumped out at me immediately with 
> some
> TC> brilliant moments like around 3:00.  I heard those sweeps --  
> beautiful --
> TC> then glanced at the tracklist: "Hear The Sun", how completely 
> appropriate.
> TC> It just perfectly fit the sound.
>
> TC> After the ablum was done, my first impression was like someone already
> TC> said: drifting ambient, nothing special.  There were great bits on 1 
> and 6
> TC> but I got bored in between.  To me, this is like 2350 1: pleasant,
> TC> listenable, but shapeless and nowhere-going.  Perhaps I was hoping for
> TC> more of 2350 3, not 1.
>
> TC> So, I gave it 10 more listens, to be fair.  I'm trying to accelerate 
> the
> TC> "growing on" process from 4 years down to 4 days.  :-)
>
> TC> I'm starting to like it more, but for me it's still all about t1 and 
> t6.
> TC> t6 at 5:00+ is quite moving.  The other tracks tend to just blend
> TC> together.  There are bits on 2 and 4 that stand out, but nothing I can 
> put
> TC> my finger on.  I did like the reversed-sound noises in 2, a la old 
> Inoue:
> TC> a nice throwback.  I'm also having great difficulty separating the PK 
> bits
> TC> from the TI bits; I'm not sure who's contributing what, but maybe 
> that's a
> TC> good thing!
>
> TC> Bottom line: needs more time to grow.  Nice that it's fairly long and 
> each
> TC> track is given enough time.  I'll have to wait until I can play it in 
> DTS
> TC> *loud* before deciding if the DTS really adds to it or not.  I 
> probably
> TC> would rate this equal to or slightly above 2350 1, but nowhere near 
> 2350
> TC> 3.  I think it's a boon to big fans of 1 and drifting ambient.  Those 
> of
> TC> us who want more structure and goings-on may be a tad disappointed.
>
> TC> PS: great track titles!
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> Krackmonster                            mailto:kracker at krackmonster.com
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