So, I have listened to
Transform probably 10 times now, far more than I normally would have probably. Not because it's bad, I think it's a good album. I was only afraid of it for about a minute because it gets really interesting around then. The reason I got scared when all I heard was a tone is that it reminded me of when I tried to get into the early experimental electronic composers and pretty much failed. To be honest I can't get through the
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music compilation. But I like this Alva Noto album quite a bit. I started jotting little notes as I listened to it and now that I try to say anything about the album I realize that my stupid notes will make more sense just by themselves. So here they are:
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Module
1 - "beat" @ 2:30-ish. around 3:00 sounds like a wall of sound?
2 - ? the end sounds like my tinnitus
3 - beats
4 - BEATS tiny hammers hitting the eardrums
5 - towards end .. head nodding like fuck yeah
6 - dense rhythms
7 - kinda rocks
8 - like Minimal Electronic Industrial
9 - 2:00 electro? very layered
10 - ethereal sounding outro to album -slow rhythm
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I'll add that I also found this a lot better on good headphones. There's a lot of little things that I didn't pick up before on regular speakers.
Overall, good album.