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Originally Posted by kid cue
i still disagree w/ you about AHDO. what about it makes it quintessential UW? how come Sherburne is suddenly an UW fan who 'gets' UW just because he likes that album?
to me AHDO is much more a case of UW self-consciously consolidating what defines their sound, rather than channeling anything fundamental about them.
his praise of AHDO also seems to be based on how much it resembles the minimal he's into, not how Underworld it is.
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ok, i don't think AHDO is "quintessential UW", but i do think it's a great LP. i prefer it to BF as an album, but the big tunes on BF are better. i think AHDO does illustrate the maturity of the group and their willingness to experiment and shed the shackles of their most popular work. it's an album that doesn't jump out and grab you, but rather rewards you with repeat listens. That's why Sherburne relates it to minimal. You don't hear the beauty on the surface, but rather in between notes, in the silence, in the actual sounds chosen and the superficial simpicity in their arrangement. I think Trim and Luetin are some of the best UW songs ever. Twist is gorgeous but really shines live when Karl adds the magical guitar.
You say AHDO is UW "self-consciously consolidating what defines their sound, rather than channeling anything fundamental about them" and I take issue with this point too.
I completely disagree with you on this point. I just don't see R+K sitting down and trying to sound like UW. I don't think anything can come out of Rick Smith that isn't a distillation of what we recognize as the UW sound. Isn't the first 60 seconds of AHDO classic UW? The intro to Mo Move, up to that reverse beat before the kicks hit...that's classic UW, or in your words, "fundamental" UW. I don't want another STITI or Dubno. I already have 3 LPs and countless remixes by UW that I love. I don't need my fav. artists to continue to progress but UW are doing it for themselves now and I repsect that much more than I would a rehash of any of their previous work.