I wanted to quote a review of the 5.1 mix of Xenakis' "Kraanerg" that I just read on a progressive rock forum called Progressive Ears. The poster goes by the name "neuroticdog". This is the kind of enthusiastic review that makes me want to buy something even though I know it's probably not my cup of tea.
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I just listened to the Xenakis piece "La Legende d'Eer" (Mode, DVD video 96/24 bit Hi-def) cranked on my 5.1 system (wife at work...phew) and here are my fragmented disjointed thoughts:
1-Can this be any more dense? No, it can't
2-This is some supernatural alien shit
3-There are snippits of this 47 minute piece that vaguely reminded me of Larks Tongues in Aspic, percussion wise
4-The layers of metaillic percussion, deep space drone, incessant jibbering of the above mentioned alien shit, full on rage in bedlam left me completely f'ed up, tongue tied and crucified.
5-I physically could not wipe the chesire cat grin off my face during the majority of this thing
6-I'm seriously considering forceably ejecting my wife from the house so I can experience this face melter again along with the companion 5.1 DVD I picked up (Mode, Electronic Music Vol 2 with three more Xenakis pieces on it)
7-One more thing...woe betide any pathetic sole that happend to be walking down my street when this was in full onslaught.
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I just listened to the Xenakis piece "La Legende d'Eer" (Mode, DVD video 96/24 bit Hi-def) cranked on my 5.1 system (wife at work...phew) and here are my fragmented disjointed thoughts:
1-Can this be any more dense? No, it can't
2-This is some supernatural alien shit
3-There are snippits of this 47 minute piece that vaguely reminded me of Larks Tongues in Aspic, percussion wise
4-The layers of metaillic percussion, deep space drone, incessant jibbering of the above mentioned alien shit, full on rage in bedlam left me completely f'ed up, tongue tied and crucified.
5-I physically could not wipe the chesire cat grin off my face during the majority of this thing
6-I'm seriously considering forceably ejecting my wife from the house so I can experience this face melter again along with the companion 5.1 DVD I picked up (Mode, Electronic Music Vol 2 with three more Xenakis pieces on it)
7-One more thing...woe betide any pathetic sole that happend to be walking down my street when this was in full onslaught.
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