What does watmm think of Music Is Rotted One Note?

  On 4/24/2020 at 6:31 PM, markedone said:

lol@ first comment.

but ill vouch for this album anytime.  its got variation and flow, and a weird but pleasing sound quality.  kinda sounds like he was using vintage mics and tape, which is why it invites the comparisons to 70s miles.  but yeah coffee is my only drug of choice and i love this album

That's good to hear. I dunno, perhaps my own taste in music is too pedestrian, but I just hate jazz, and I can't get into this or Budakhan Mindphone at all. It just seems so chin-strokey (is that an existing adjective, @darreichungsform? ) to me, so ostentatiously serious and self-indulging. I mean, if you're going to be noodling, at least do it like Autechre and give us the courtesy of using an electronic sound aesthetic to make it more palatable, lol. But I'm one of those cretins who think that Ufabulum and Damogen Furies are actually loads of fun, so what do I know?

  On 4/24/2020 at 6:53 PM, IDEM said:

That's good to hear. I dunno, perhaps my own taste in music is too pedestrian, but I just hate jazz, and I can't get into this or Budakhan Mindphone at all. It just seems so chin-strokey (is that an existing adjective, @darreichungsform? ) to me, so ostentatiously serious and self-indulging. I mean, if you're going to be noodling, at least do it like Autechre and give us the courtesy of using an electronic sound aesthetic to make it more palatable, lol. But I'm one of those cretins who think that Ufabulum and Damogen Furies are actually loads of fun, so what do I know?

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just to expand on my last post, that sound palette and lack of rules is a big part of the appeal of this album for me, and probably why it doesnt click for you.  tom is quite literally using some of the same tricks as this record (hard panning, quick cuts, repetition that riffs on a theme).  and to my ears, its super fun stuff.  all swagger, little theory, all rules out the window, etc

Putting drunken style right after my sound is one of the most heinous things he's ever done

How'd this album go down with the jazz commnuity i wonder..? 

Checking youtube reviews - nada

Impeccable album but not one to listen to too much, it requires a specific mood

  On 2/21/2025 at 12:00 PM, thumbass said:

Impeccable album but not one to listen to too much, it requires a specific mood

Absolutely. I have been playing it a lot this past week - grey, rainy, foggy February vibes. I keep it encapsulated this way in my mind. My Sound has always been a walking in the rain at night song. 

The jazzers I know who are hip to squarepusher love this album fwiw

Yeah my two favourite genres. My Sound is one of my favourite tracks of all time. The sense of space is immaculate.

  On 2/21/2025 at 12:00 PM, thumbass said:

Impeccable album but not one to listen to too much, it requires a specific mood

All the greatest albums do (require a specific mood)