Dissolvedpaul Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 I've always loved this album by Main, a beautiful epic collection of drone and deeply experimental, minimal ambience, drifting guitar tones and moods. It stands on its own. However the art has always intrigued me, due to its striking similarity in feel and look to Aphex's SAW 2. Although all the tracks are actually named, they do have a similar device of using symbols and Piechart-esque things to represent the tracks, although I'm not entirely sure if the symbols on "HZ" do indeed represent each track, I reckon they do. What's the general consensus on this, a sly tribute, coincidence or something else? It came out about 2 years after SAW2 in 96, by which time SAW2 was already regarded a classic. I have the vinyl set of "HZ" and it's stunning. Here's the artwork from Discogs. What do you think. I had a quick search so sorry if this has been discussed before, I couldn't find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elusive4 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 those pictres look like the kitchen countertops of a chick i once dated in high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 personally, i don't like this artwork. even tho i haven't heard the music yet. SAWII's artwork is warm and mysterious. i really have a passion for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 lol homage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissolvedpaul Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 I'm failing to find any lol here but that's why I started the discussion, to get opinions. Have you heard or seen the album? Much like seeing SAW2 pics online, it doesn't compare to holding the packaging up close. It's pretty lush, embossed on thick card etc. I'm clearly not saying it's some kind of clone, the music is nothing like it but I do find the similarities in the layout and style interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Day Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Is every song in the album called [Kitchen Top] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissolvedpaul Posted December 7, 2010 Author Share Posted December 7, 2010 That's a possible lol actually. Would be a definite one if the track titles weren't already printed on the art ^^^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 great album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Perhaps an homage, but it think it is different enough to stand on its own. Although I haven't heard this, but based on your description I really want to :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Apeofnaples Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 I love the Hz box set (but sadly I lost mine), I much prefer it to SAWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissolvedpaul Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Great, nice to see some fans of this! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow U Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yeah, thanks Paul for reminding me about Main. I haven't listened to them in far too long. Going to rectify that tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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