I saw BT do a laptop symphony at the Electric Daisy Carnival not too long ago in Los Angeles. He really, really , knows what he's doing. I can't say that about the other electronic groups I listen to besides the Chemical Bros., Christopher Lawrence, and a select few others. The rest are just making good music. But what BT does is something more.
hooooooray brian wooooooo!!!
hooknife
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The BT of 1995 was out of this world. Ima is a stunning album (although a little unfocused) and he was also remixing like the devil, collaborating with Sasha... everything he touched turned to gold. Easily my favourite era from him.
The BT of 1997 was still very good, and the full version of Flaming June is his masterpiece, but he started to show his capacity to swing wildly from outstanding to awful with tracks like Lullaby For Gaia and Remember, which I hated.
The BT of 1999 was 50% genius (Namistai, Fibonacci Sequence) and 50% forgettable (Madskillz, others I've forgotten), and that was really when he started trying too hard to prove he could produce everything and anything from dance music to pop, rather than just making his own music.
The BT of 2003 had gotten completely lost and was so busy trying to prove he was a jack-of-all-trades his music lost all identity. The only thing that remained BT in all of it was his production skills, and they had become so intrusively showy and over-done that they just harmed the music, made it soulless.
The BT of 2006 was a resurrection of Biblical proportions. He came back from the brink with This Binary Universe, and was finally making his own music again. That album has a distinct identity- it has a gorgeous lullaby quality to it that transcends all the arguments about the album. I prefer the colourful, summery epic house rush of Ima but I have to admit that TBU is a better album.
So... yeah. BT is an artist you judge in incarnations. He sheds his skin every few years. He's never gonna become predictable, but you have to worry every time he changes direction because he can easily step off the edge of the pier.
I wish I would have been the one to write that.
Good work!
AustralianGQ
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Originally posted by Mattsanity
win.
BT is an electronica legend :cool:
agreed, love his music
Clovis
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Originally posted by AustralianGQ
agreed, love his music
Theres my counter-argument in this thread. :)
PETRAN
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Originally posted by Clovis
Theres my counter-argument in this thread. :)
:haha:
And yeah BT...he is...ok :)
DCgirly
BT is IMO a musical genius....This Binary Universe was a masterpiece. SUPER nice, down to earth guy too. :)
Just watch this
Nostalgic
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Originally posted by Clovis
Theres my counter-argument in this thread. :)
No, this is one thing he's actually done right.
SYSTEM-J
quote:
Originally posted by Clovis
Theres my counter-argument in this thread. :)
Okay. Can you please off now, then? I don't really want an argument, but I don't see the point of coming into this thread if you don't like the artist and just making little jabs. If you came in and at least told us why you don't like BT then there'd be a point to it, and I'm open to discussing the guy's flaws. But it's obvious you just want to be a dick towards people with differing opinions.
spc
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Originally posted by Omega_Blue
OH GOD! i hope his daughter is ok
:stongue: :stongue: :stongue: surprised noone else quoted this yet
+1 to System-J's post, though I enjoy IMA more than TBU
fbgdavidson
quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The BT of 1995 was out of this world. Ima is a stunning album (although a little unfocused) and he was also remixing like the devil, collaborating with Sasha... everything he touched turned to gold. Easily my favourite era from him.
The BT of 1997 was still very good, and the full version of Flaming June is his masterpiece, but he started to show his capacity to swing wildly from outstanding to awful with tracks like Lullaby For Gaia and Remember, which I hated.
The BT of 1999 was 50% genius (Namistai, Fibonacci Sequence) and 50% forgettable (Madskillz, others I've forgotten), and that was really when he started trying too hard to prove he could produce everything and anything from dance music to pop, rather than just making his own music.
The BT of 2003 had gotten completely lost and was so busy trying to prove he was a jack-of-all-trades his music lost all identity. The only thing that remained BT in all of it was his production skills, and they had become so intrusively showy and over-done that they just harmed the music, made it soulless.
The BT of 2006 was a resurrection of Biblical proportions. He came back from the brink with This Binary Universe, and was finally making his own music again. That album has a distinct identity- it has a gorgeous lullaby quality to it that transcends all the arguments about the album. I prefer the colourful, summery epic house rush of Ima but I have to admit that TBU is a better album.
So... yeah. BT is an artist you judge in incarnations. He sheds his skin every few years. He's never gonna become predictable, but you have to worry every time he changes direction because he can easily step off the edge of the pier.
Nice summary! There was a great hour long (if not more) BT interview I had downloaded about 18 months ago that I finally got round to watching a few weeks ago. It was done with some Scottish guy at his place in LA just before TBU was released. Worth having a look for if you haven't seen it already.
