colleen

topic posted Thu, November 4, 2004 - 9:52 AM by  claire
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listening to an album by colleen called "everyone alive wants answers." It fits the post-glitch relaxation designation perfectly... it's a little bit eerie, a little bit beautiful, a little bit unsettling - check it out.
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claire
New York City
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  • Re: colleen

    Thu, November 4, 2004 - 11:32 AM
    I have been trying to find that album - I read about it in a couple zines lately.

    Where did you find it?
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      Re: colleen

      Sat, November 6, 2004 - 1:54 PM
      Amoeba in Berkeley had it a month or so back. Everyone Alive Wants Answers is definitely a keeper.
  • Re: colleen

    Thu, December 2, 2004 - 9:16 AM
    Oh my gods - finally found this (via seekrit pirate methodologies -shh!), and it's really wonderful! I've only listened a couple times so far, but already get the feeling this could be a real classic. Feckin brilliant. Thanks for the tip, claire!
    • Re: colleen

      Fri, December 3, 2004 - 1:10 PM
      So I found a bunch more Colleen.

      Listened to it a couple of times now - to be honest it seems a bit simple and loopy to me... I can't even play it in my office because everyone complains that it sounds like the CD is skipping.
      • Re: colleen

        Fri, December 3, 2004 - 1:14 PM
        I like how she/he/they use static and dusty record sounds...

        Twerk and Veer have made some great tracks that use the same kind of sounds (with minimal glitchy techno).
      • Re: colleen

        Fri, December 3, 2004 - 2:46 PM
        The simple and loopy qualities are what I like about it. It reminds in certain ways of Aphex's _SAW2_.

        Accusation of repetitiveness, on its own, is not sufficient criticism when you're talking about music. A lot of brilliant music relies on repeating patterns and groups. A lot of not-so-brilliant music is annoyingly repetitious. The trick is to understand the difference, why some motives grow more sublime through repetition while others grow more grating.

        I'll agree that Colleen sounds like a CD skipping - hell, some of it might even *be* a CD skipping. And what's wrong with that? It's the sounds she finds, and the ways they're woven together, that make it so engaging. While she uses a lot of acoustic sound sources, it's a sampler record. I like to listen to the cuts in the sequencing as much as the tones and sonorities themselves.
        • Re: colleen

          Wed, December 8, 2004 - 4:06 PM
          There's a thread on the IDM tribe:
          "you know you love IDM when
          ...the record skips and you like it
          ...you dance to your modem dial-up
          ...etc"

          ;-)
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