On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Ken Leonard wrote:
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> >...I have an awful suspician that Edgar will have replaced all
> >the original mellotron by digital modelling algorithms of him
> >being sick in his own hair or sthg, "whilst playing tasty guitar".
>
> It has been Tangentized. If you go to his site, you can hear parts of it
> (parts of several of his tracks actually as you are surfing
> http://www.edgarfroese.com), and Epsilon has all kinds of new stuff added
> ('tron is still there, though). They even indicate in the description that
> it was partially re-recorded.
ugh.
> I remember a discussion of this whole "Tangentization" issue on the TD
> e-mail list years ago. Many people don't like it. Hey, it's his stuff, he
> can do what he wants with it.
but that doesn't mean people will like it... necessarily.
> I may pick up the new one just for "variations on a theme", but it seems he
> just throws new things on top of what's there for the sake of it, and for
> me that takes away from the original. Although I haven't heard "Tangents",
> I didn't really like "Beyond the Storm" (a Tangentized Froese
> best-of). That may have been because I wanted more 'tron, though. :-)
bought both of those.
played them once.
i'm glad i have all the original LPs and a working turntable.
[plus most of the catalog on CD - at least what's been available]
> It'll be interesting to see what folks think of the re-worked "Epsilon",
> the original of which should already be in everyone 'tron fan's library.
agreed.
even if "ypsilon" [as my brain/metronome LP is titled] is kind
of just noodling for a good part, it's a very atmospheric LP.
i'll not be buying the new version however.
i like it the way it is.
> ...kl...
> M400 #805 - somewhat original
> M400 #1037 - somewhat less original