Re: squarepusher's newest

Mark Allerton (Mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk)
Mon, 12 May 1997 08:27:57 +0100


At 21:51 11/05/97 -0400, you wrote:
>At 05:35 PM 5/11/97 -0700, feesh@asu.edu wrote:
>
>>well, I thought I'd just throw out this little mini-review of
>>Squarepusher's "Hard Normal Daddy" and see what everyone else thinks.
>
>I don't think it sounds anything like what you describe -- I think it
>sounds like the McLaughlin/Zappa/Corea school of jazz-rock at about 210
>bpm. I don't hear anthems, I'm not comparing it to the last album, or

Funnily enough that's exactly what I thought when I saw Squarepusher live
at Stealth. The other thing I thought was that it just plain didn't work in
a club setting. The basic idea still sounds superficially attractive though
- maybe enough for me to buy the LP just to check it out.

..Mark..
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