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Posted: April 23 2003, 12:46 |
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The point of all this however, is that it's not meant to be very different, its meant to be a rerecording, not a rehash. TB2 was Mike's attempt at making it sound 'happy', 'uplifting' 'dynamic', whatever you want to call it. Thats how he justified doing it and thats what that album was meant to be. This album, so he tells us, is supposed to be TB in tune and in time, thats his artistic justification for doing it, to put it plainly he wants as musically perfect a version as he can achieve. As soon as he starts seriously mucking about with the atmosphere of the piece he's onto very thin ice artistically because remember that was his artistic reason for the composing of TB2, he wanted a version with a different atmosphere, so he's been there already. Of course making the new recording in time and in tune will inevitably change the character and to a certain degree the atmosphere of the music but it shouldn't change it that much. If Mike has changed the actual instumentation and therefore the character of the sounds then he will drastically change the mood of the piece, which it looks unfortuately like he may well have gone ahead and done. But we'll all have to wait and see, It's a balancing act for him between taking it down the TB2 road and ending up where he was with that album (again) and genuinely keeping the atmosphere of the original whilst having it in time and in tune.
If Mike got his head in check and realised what he's good at and what he's not he may well deliver, once again, a great instrumental album. The thing is I really do wonder sometimes is just how out of touch he is with his own ability to make and take the right artistic decisions. As far as I'm concerned this new TB could well be make or brake time for him. If it's all naff synth patches and horribly sequenced then It will definately be another nail in his artistic coffin
ps That dance remix is what it is. It's not the album version. (it can't be)
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