The Flashbulb

most of the negative comments directed at the Flashbulb could also be applied to Wisp.

but Wisp is by far superior, and largely immune to criticism since he posts here.

why not just widen this out a bit and slag off American/Canadian electronic music as a whole ?

4 LIFE

and yeah theyve both released on Rephlex so...

  On 1/17/2011 at 12:34 PM, varius said:

most of the negative comments directed at the Flashbulb could also be applied to Wisp.

 

but Wisp is by far superior, and largely immune to criticism since he posts here.

 

why not just widen this out a bit and slag off American/Canadian electronic music as a whole ?

 

4 LIFE

well exactly thats what "IDM" is, American/Canadian music

but theres no point wasting life pulling down trousers and taking too many shits on it :D

everyone has different tastes

and some of these guys are nice people so theres no point being mean to them because tastes differ

making your own musical alternative to the fake genre of "idm" is much harder than writing comments but it;s the only true path available unless you want to follow the autechre fallacy

thing with benn jordan is i think he started releasing music before his prime. anybody around these parts that makes music knows that sometimes your stuff sucks and you throw it away, someday you will write better stuff and then you can release it. that's why you hear a lot of amateur tricks in a lot of his music, some of his tracks are unbelievably cheesy for sure. but i feel like a lot of people on watmm haven't given him a proper chance, kinda like the first impression ruined it for them. all i can say is that if all you hear by aphex twin was melodies from mars, you might feel the same way...but if you pushed through and found the gold, it would be very rewarding. same thing with the flashbulb, you've all heard the shit, and the ones on here giving him at least a little credit have heard some of the better stuff. calling him soulless is pathetic though, the man writes some of the most beautiful melodies i've ever heard period, even if they seem sort of like a guilty pleasure being so...pretty.

at least he's still releasing quality music...unlike a few other artists i know...

"Planet Th" is a good track.

who remembers soon before drukqs came out and joyrex.com put up a flashbulb track thinking it was a snippet from drukqs?

was it this one?

anyone have still have Bumblefuck ?

lol thats the one

  On 1/17/2011 at 12:34 PM, varius said:

most of the negative comments directed at the Flashbulb could also be applied to Wisp.

 

but Wisp is by far superior, and largely immune to criticism since he posts here.

 

why not just widen this out a bit and slag off American/Canadian electronic music as a whole ?

 

4 LIFE

 

and yeah theyve both released on Rephlex so...

At least Wisp doesn't leave the site in a huff if someone criticizes his music and mr. Reid seems much more chillaxed than mr. Jordan was. When CHRI5TPUNCH3R, or whatever he handle he used, posted here he came off as a douche and took himself way too seriously. And he still seems to take himself too seriously and has this "boohoo, I am a precious unique artist soul and my art helps me cope with my suffering as a misunderstood genius" thing going on. And his sycophant fans are always quick to jump to his defense if someone speaks ill of his stuff. You fans can stop taking yourself too seriously as well.

just grabbed bumblefuck off soulseek

it's ok

in 2001 it was probably better than anything else in ekt

  On 1/17/2011 at 2:31 PM, chunky said:

just grabbed bumblefuck off soulseek

it's ok

so does bumblefuck = passage d?

no, it's different

it sounds more like RDJalbum/come to daddy ep

www.slsknet.org

  On 1/15/2011 at 11:50 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 1/17/2011 at 3:06 PM, o00o said:

  On 1/15/2011 at 11:50 PM, Awepittance said:

 

yea its pretty weak

  On 1/17/2011 at 4:03 PM, dankbudz said:

yea its pretty weak

it's nice to see you've come to your senses. welcome to watmm.

  On 1/17/2011 at 12:59 PM, ryanmcallister said:

thing with benn jordan is i think he started releasing music before his prime. anybody around these parts that makes music knows that sometimes your stuff sucks and you throw it away, someday you will write better stuff and then you can release it. that's why you hear a lot of amateur tricks in a lot of his music, some of his tracks are unbelievably cheesy for sure. but i feel like a lot of people on watmm haven't given him a proper chance, kinda like the first impression ruined it for them. all i can say is that if all you hear by aphex twin was melodies from mars, you might feel the same way...but if you pushed through and found the gold, it would be very rewarding. same thing with the flashbulb, you've all heard the shit, and the ones on here giving him at least a little credit have heard some of the better stuff. calling him soulless is pathetic though, the man writes some of the most beautiful melodies i've ever heard period, even if they seem sort of like a guilty pleasure being so...pretty.

 

at least he's still releasing quality music...unlike a few other artists i know...

While I would agree with you in some contexts, I think it's worth stating here that I have always loved MFM and I'm pretty sure if that was my first exposure to the Twin, my curiosity would still have been piqued for sure. I think your point would be more true if everyone who heard RDJ for the first time already had a reference point outside of that for electronic music. Me? I didn't, really. So in my case just about anything he'd ever done would've sounded like another universe to me.

  On 1/17/2011 at 7:33 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

  On 1/17/2011 at 4:03 PM, dankbudz said:

yea its pretty weak

 

it's nice to see you've come to your senses. welcome to watmm.

yea i get the humor now even tho it pissed me of at first I just had to blaze

  Quote

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result, and all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon the monkeys will try to prevent it.

 

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

 

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth.

 

Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been done around here.

  On 1/18/2011 at 12:11 AM, sisforawesome said:

  Quote

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result, and all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon the monkeys will try to prevent it.

 

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

 

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth.

 

Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been done around here.

Moral of the story is that anybody that doesn't like the flashbulb is an unevolved WATMMonkey.

  On 1/17/2011 at 12:34 PM, varius said:

most of the negative comments directed at the Flashbulb could also be applied to Wisp.

 

but Wisp is by far superior, and largely immune to criticism since he posts here.

 

why not just widen this out a bit and slag off American/Canadian electronic music as a whole ?

 

4 LIFE

 

and yeah theyve both released on Rephlex so...

The following musicians are garbage 100% of the time:

Richard Devine

Benn Jordan

Aaron Funk

Phoenecia

Wisp

Prefuse 73

Proem

Kelpe

Terminal 11

AND MANY MORE!

Fuck Canada // Fuck America

But really, I think Red Extensions of Me is a pretty damn good album.

  On 1/18/2011 at 3:01 AM, Xyrofen said:

The following musicians are garbage 100% of the time:

Richard Devine

Benn Jordan

Aaron Funk

Phoenecia

Wisp

Prefuse 73

Proem

Kelpe

Terminal 11

 

AND MANY MORE!

Hahahahaha wow

  On 1/18/2011 at 2:55 AM, ryanmcallister said:

  On 1/18/2011 at 12:11 AM, sisforawesome said:

  Quote

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result, and all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon the monkeys will try to prevent it.

 

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

 

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth.

 

Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been done around here.

Moral of the story is that anybody that doesn't like the flashbulb is an unevolved WATMMonkey.

Exactly .... the story is on point . It's OK if people don't like it but at least state an argument and give the man some recognition instead of acting like fuckin' kid and just talk shit

p.s. Wisp is the shit

You have the worst username I've ever seen.

If I was required to state a minimum-lengthed argument detailing why I don't like something every time I realized I didn't like it, instead of simply declaring "I don't like this", I'd probably never bother listening to anything new again.

The hilarious point I fail to see anyone realizing here is: Flashbulb makes IDMish music, lots of other people make IDMish music. So it follows that some folks are going to be more inclined towards other people's flavors. It isn't that the man is in the wrong field, an easier way to put it is that, for me, he's selling vanilla ice cream when I want strawberry.

But you are ignorant if you don't see the greatness of the Flahsblub and dislike his music.