Ok I found a fellow soul which has the same feelings I have with OPN. I get all the storytelling or narrative in his albums, I get the performance aspect, I appreciate the work and effort put in the live shows, and it stills leaves me cold, the performance just happens and I have to consciously think that I am there, trying to grab at something thrown at me with that music to get some enjoyment. It is very frustrating to see something most people who have a similar framework experience with such intensity and for you it is just not hitting the same notes, even sounding, may God forgive me, superficial and poor.
similar somewhat naive criticisms were leveled at Bach, Stravinsky, Berg, Schoenberg Webern etc.
Whatever floats your boat I guess… personally I find it hard to level a criticism about emotionality and warmth in music without defining terms. What defines warmth for you?
I would define warmth as full of human emotion, which I don't get from this record at all. It feels dry and academic. Not sure I'd put Oneohtrix up there with Bach either!
The Wire said the same thing in their review, incidentally: "The emotional resonance that usually grounds Lopatin's work feels somewhat displaced by this formal precision." At the same time, loads of people whose views I respect feel totally differently about the album. The magic of music.
Ok I found a fellow soul which has the same feelings I have with OPN. I get all the storytelling or narrative in his albums, I get the performance aspect, I appreciate the work and effort put in the live shows, and it stills leaves me cold, the performance just happens and I have to consciously think that I am there, trying to grab at something thrown at me with that music to get some enjoyment. It is very frustrating to see something most people who have a similar framework experience with such intensity and for you it is just not hitting the same notes, even sounding, may God forgive me, superficial and poor.
thanks for the well thought-out comment. I'm glad we agree. A few people have said the same. And one person has said i am a total idiot!
similar somewhat naive criticisms were leveled at Bach, Stravinsky, Berg, Schoenberg Webern etc.
Whatever floats your boat I guess… personally I find it hard to level a criticism about emotionality and warmth in music without defining terms. What defines warmth for you?
I would define warmth as full of human emotion, which I don't get from this record at all. It feels dry and academic. Not sure I'd put Oneohtrix up there with Bach either!
The Wire said the same thing in their review, incidentally: "The emotional resonance that usually grounds Lopatin's work feels somewhat displaced by this formal precision." At the same time, loads of people whose views I respect feel totally differently about the album. The magic of music.