Mellotronists

On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Ken Leonard wrote:

> 
> 
> >...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