Joyrex

No, I had seen it elsewhere before, and the comment made me instantly think of it. Try again.

Unless of course they induce a boner, then you're desperately trying not to arc urine across the fixtures... oh, wait

Sean himself says otherwise...

I have it on Good Authority™ that L Event is related to Exai, and is a 4 track EP - four more tracks of Exai-ish lushness! Come to think of it, I think I was told it was a 4 track way back when... damn, getting old sucks when it comes to remembering things!

I dunno why everyone gets excited over live recordings of electronic music... I'd prefer the pristine quality without the clapping and cheering. Live events are meant to be experienced live, in person. Now, an AE Live Blu-Ray... that's another story. le vent -> the wind en francais joyrex plz tell us when's the new afx albums are comming out on warp They're not...

Not French, you ninnies - think Spanish! L = El = The "The" Event!

lol hell yeaaaaaaaarghghgllll I couldn't really say anything since before Exai came out...

Finally!

I think that might be it - TDS lyrics had emotion and dare I say gravitas behind them because Trent was in a dark place at the time, and miserable due to illness, etc. Trent's too damn happy now with his hot wife and roided out physique, and it's reflected in his music. It's like how some of the greatest painters in history (Van Gogh comes to mind) did their best work while being at the lowest point in their lives.

He's desperately trying to recapture the TDS era with each release, and each release pushes him further and further away from that. Perhaps he's too afraid to evolve, or what hes tried he doesn't like, and thinks he needs to try and evoke the TDS-style again. Trent is like Ash's Pikachu - incredibly powerful, but limited by his lack of evolution. Couldn't agree more JR.. Maybe he's trying musically to hide the fact that he's uhh.. happy? and it just sounds forced and weird. there's no more anger/excitement in his music, which is fine.. but if so, then it's like at least explore other emotions rather than push out as much anger/darkness as possible into an album just because that's what your fanbase expects. i think he was awesome to do ghosts cuz it was ambient/weird/different... with teeth was rad and still pretty raw.. i know trent has the potential to put out some brilliant otherworldy stuff or some more beautiful stuff, creepy/avante garde stuff, challenging, futuristic, fun, groovy, anything.. something other than "now im nothing", "i said goodbye and i came back haunted" type stuff. maybe we all just want trent to stop being dark for a minute? lol I think a lot of it too has to do with (most) NIN fans - I'm pretty sure we all got into NIN when we were angsty teens or young adults, and were 'angry' at the world to a degree, and the music resonated with us - now that we've 'grown up' so to speak, the music he's producing today doesn't have that same resonance because we've moved on. What kinda blows that theory away though is his new music (I suppose) isn't resonating with today's angsty youth... or is it? I wonder what the perspective is from someone around that age hearing his newer material, then listening to the TDS-era stuff is.

He's desperately trying to recapture the TDS era with each release, and each release pushes him further and further away from that. Perhaps he's too afraid to evolve, or what hes tried he doesn't like, and thinks he needs to try and evoke the TDS-style again. Trent is like Ash's Pikachu - incredibly powerful, but limited by his lack of evolution.

I would be really surprised if it was not... it sounds like an old recording (yeah, I know), and furthermore, pretty authentic as far as Native American tribal beats go. how would you know? out of interest. I have my reservations... I would be really surprised if it was not... it sounds like an old recording (yeah, I know), and furthermore, pretty authentic as far as Native American tribal beats go. how would you know? out of interest. yes i am talking about the synth on the beggining, indeed it doesn't sound sampled, it's pretty clean sounding... obviously the end of the track sounds sampled... wooofff, what a relief... there's not even music in this film... Oh, ffs - I thought you were talking about the obviously sampled Native American bit at the end! Make yourself CLEAR, man! oh ffs why would i be raving about some rocks hitting samples??? lol Well, that's why I asked to begin with if you were joking, because the latter half sounds obviously sampled...

I would be really surprised if it was not... it sounds like an old recording (yeah, I know), and furthermore, pretty authentic as far as Native American tribal beats go. how would you know? out of interest. I have my reservations... I would be really surprised if it was not... it sounds like an old recording (yeah, I know), and furthermore, pretty authentic as far as Native American tribal beats go. how would you know? out of interest. yes i am talking about the synth on the beggining, indeed it doesn't sound sampled, it's pretty clean sounding... obviously the end of the track sounds sampled... wooofff, what a relief... there's not even music in this film... Oh, ffs - I thought you were talking about the obviously sampled Native American bit at the end! Make yourself CLEAR, man!

I would be really surprised if it was not... it sounds like an old recording (yeah, I know), and furthermore, pretty authentic as far as Native American tribal beats go. And, to clarify, I'm talking about the latter half of the track - the synth part in the beginning is totally BOC.

I mean about Kaini Industries... I believe it's sampled from a NFBOC film about the Cree Indians: From BOCPages:

oh snap! all my childhood dreams, dashed... I'm really starting to wonder how much of BoC's music is original, and what percentage just really cleverly sampled... (well, they never released that officially, so...) fuck this shit, i'm tired of this kind of shit, fuck boc and justice, fuck daft punk, fuck all these egomaniac callitrichidae wannabes... just tell me that kaini industries is sampled and i'm done with electronic musics forever... You're joking, I hope?

Wasn't there some controversy about patching Fez on 360 was too expensive due to MicroDerp™?

But hey, it's still sealed

You must have got something by today... no?? Yeah, ironically, I come home, and there it is, sitting on my doorstep. Interestingly, it has a tracking sticker that states "release 7 june", which makes me think they did ship it on the 7th, and arrived to me on the 11th. Not bad timing at all, actually. The packaging was new too (not anything like those shots of all the cardboard wrapped with green tape we've seen; it was in a professionally made box, and had this weird hexagonal-mesh packing material, with top and bottom crumple zones to prevent the corners being bent. Both the CD and the vinyl are in immaculate condition, and the vinyl is staying sealed. Absolutely no stickers, extras, postcards, etc. - probably my first order from WARP that didn't come with anything. Hell, I used to get goodies with the promos WARP sent me back in the day - and I didn't even request the promos!

I haven't even got a shipping confirmation yet with any USPS tracking number...

Careful, he'll sideswipe you with his ManSatchel™

no no, you left out some stuff. stop pretending to be an angsty teenager, now that you're all buff and have a 'hot' wife, and lots of money. Some people aren't meant to be happy :( Is he out neck shopping?

It's been out for a day (officially) for most people - no more than a week for the majority who heard it via the livestream (and a bit longer for a few others) - I'd say if you didn't like it at first, give it some time and see what happens. I'm fortunate that it gets better and better with each re-listen (although I strangely find myself unable to listen to just one track - I have to hear it beginning to end, as a complete work).