Comments on: Ada, Forty Winks/Kink-A-Jou http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ada-forty-winkskink-a-jou/ Hook up your ears Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chrishttp://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ada-forty-winkskink-a-jou/comment-page-1/#comment-4960 Chris Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:38:39 +0000 http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/?p=1528#comment-4960 yawn yawn

]]> By: eric cloutierhttp://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ada-forty-winkskink-a-jou/comment-page-1/#comment-4773 eric cloutier Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:06:42 +0000 http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/?p=1528#comment-4773 the only two areal records i still own and haven't sold due to boredom are metope's "<a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/22406" rel="nofollow">noforce / darkslide</a>" and the remix ep of basteroid's "<a href="http://www.discogs.com/release/251354" rel="nofollow">against luftwiderstand</a>," simply for the disgustingly funky weltzwei remix (that i haven't played in about four years). the only two areal records i still own and haven’t sold due to boredom are metope’s “noforce / darkslide” and the remix ep of basteroid’s “against luftwiderstand,” simply for the disgustingly funky weltzwei remix (that i haven’t played in about four years).

]]> By: hutlockhttp://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ada-forty-winkskink-a-jou/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 hutlock Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:15:08 +0000 http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/?p=1528#comment-4770 I agree with James in that there is still good stuff on Areal that holds up... but Ada has always been the best of that stuff, and its not really close either. I also like that weirdness, but sometimes I wonder if its just done for the sake of being weird, ya know? I agree with James in that there is still good stuff on Areal that holds up… but Ada has always been the best of that stuff, and its not really close either. I also like that weirdness, but sometimes I wonder if its just done for the sake of being weird, ya know?

]]> By: james kartsaklishttp://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ada-forty-winkskink-a-jou/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 james kartsaklis Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:17:29 +0000 http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/?p=1528#comment-4769 i like weird records, and areal puts out extremely weird records. a few of their recent offerings (henneberg's <i>winter dump / milk effect</i> and lexy's <i>the last days of the glow worms</i>) provide serious party sounds while maintaining the - i can't find another way to put it - weird aesthetic of the label. that these records come from (apparent) newcomers to the label may have something to do with the quality of the releases, but even some of the older metope and basteroid cuts hold up over time (in my humble opinion). i like weird records, and areal puts out extremely weird records. a few of their recent offerings (henneberg’s winter dump / milk effect and lexy’s the last days of the glow worms) provide serious party sounds while maintaining the – i can’t find another way to put it – weird aesthetic of the label. that these records come from (apparent) newcomers to the label may have something to do with the quality of the releases, but even some of the older metope and basteroid cuts hold up over time (in my humble opinion).

]]> By: eric cloutierhttp://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/ada-forty-winkskink-a-jou/comment-page-1/#comment-4768 eric cloutier Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:34:21 +0000 http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/?p=1528#comment-4768 <i>But Ada's disinterest in hiding her music in Areal's characteristic faux-grit makes her records age better than most of her label peers'</i>can't agree with you more here. areal records bore me to tears and they sound so stupid after half a listen. But Ada’s disinterest in hiding her music in Areal’s characteristic faux-grit makes her records age better than most of her label peers’

can’t agree with you more here. areal records bore me to tears and they sound so stupid after half a listen.

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