skra75
05-01-2007, 09:28 AM
I was listening to Druqks by Aphex Twin the other day (admittedly, kind of a shite album) and some one asked me "how can you listen to that shit it sounds like a bunch of noise".
I thought about it for a sec, then I made a comparision that seemed to make sense to me at the time. Alot of groups/artists that make that type of music are more about pointing out something beautiful, tragic ewhatever, in an unlikely place. To most people a basket of fresh cut flowers looks pretty good. As does a nice roasted turkey. They have universal appeal, in a way, those flowers and turkey have more iconic recognizable appeal, they have patterns, things that make them appealing. This is like most music, with arrangements and beats, vocal, builds and fades.
I am the type of person you'll find staring at a damaged billboard or broken sidewalk, or a pile of rubble, a patch of overgrown grass in some spare lot. These things are often discarded as background and never really closely examined. Yes, most of the time it is a disorganized chaotic mess. But every now and again a unique pattern is seen, or a strange visual joy can be found in it.
Listening to an album like druqks is kind of like looking at a shattered basketball court, bleak dry, random and without visual rhythm. As you look more closely there are some interesting spots here and there.
The listener (ie, me) still looks like a crazy person staring at a crack in the sidewalk to most everyone walking by.
I thought about it for a sec, then I made a comparision that seemed to make sense to me at the time. Alot of groups/artists that make that type of music are more about pointing out something beautiful, tragic ewhatever, in an unlikely place. To most people a basket of fresh cut flowers looks pretty good. As does a nice roasted turkey. They have universal appeal, in a way, those flowers and turkey have more iconic recognizable appeal, they have patterns, things that make them appealing. This is like most music, with arrangements and beats, vocal, builds and fades.
I am the type of person you'll find staring at a damaged billboard or broken sidewalk, or a pile of rubble, a patch of overgrown grass in some spare lot. These things are often discarded as background and never really closely examined. Yes, most of the time it is a disorganized chaotic mess. But every now and again a unique pattern is seen, or a strange visual joy can be found in it.
Listening to an album like druqks is kind of like looking at a shattered basketball court, bleak dry, random and without visual rhythm. As you look more closely there are some interesting spots here and there.
The listener (ie, me) still looks like a crazy person staring at a crack in the sidewalk to most everyone walking by.