James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

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  • daveman
    I love the colors!!!
    • Jul 2005
    • 1221

    #46
    Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

    i've said it before and i will say it again. holden is king. he rarely has a set that i get sick of after hearing it two times.

    i think it might be time for another electro thread?
    once upon a time, machines were mice, and men were lions. now that its the opposite, it's twice upon a time

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    • palmer
      Retired or Simply Important
      • Jun 2004
      • 5383

      #47
      Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

      Originally posted by unrecogniseduser
      so how is track 8 a tool?
      Silence is definitely a tool.

      Much like negative space in design.
      todayistomorrow
      art direction | design | animation

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      • Kinetic
        Platinum Poster
        • Jun 2004
        • 2227

        #48
        Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

        Originally posted by daveman
        i've said it before and i will say it again. holden is king. he rarely has a set that i get sick of after hearing it two times.

        i think it might be time for another electro thread?
        That?s right.

        I mean, my brain must be more fried that I thought, because I like the album, but whatever you think of this record, as a DJ, Holden is awesome, I?ll never forget the destruction he layed on the dancefloor at Lux here in Lisbon a few weeks ago. It?s like a black hole swallowing a rainbow, if that actually was possible.
        "I play music at people" - Surgeon

        http://soundcloud.com/kineticdj
        http://djkinetic.official.fm

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        • unrecogniseduser
          Platinum Poster
          • Jun 2004
          • 2344

          #49
          Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

          Originally posted by palmer
          Silence is definitely a tool.

          Much like negative space in design.
          i get that Palmer
          however, why include a track of silence on an album (or collection of tools). Surely anyone that wants to use it can do it without his masterpiece
          motherlover

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          • unrecogniseduser
            Platinum Poster
            • Jun 2004
            • 2344

            #50
            Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

            ps. i actually quite liked the cd
            motherlover

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            • Hos
              Are you Kidding me??
              • Jun 2004
              • 4286

              #51
              Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

              Originally posted by The One
              I'd just like to add this isnt his artist album. It's an EP with a bunch of tools, hence why it probably comes across as rather disjointed to most of you that are treating it like an album. As for a real artist album - that comes next year..
              thanks for the info. that clears a lot up for me.
              black is the new black www.mercuryserver.com

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              • Kinetic
                Platinum Poster
                • Jun 2004
                • 2227

                #52
                Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

                Originally posted by Hos
                thanks for the info. that clears a lot up for me.
                Sorry man, but this IS the album it´s no EP.

                Anyway, final word : the funny thing is that James Holden has consistently pushed the envelope and done his own thing, received criticism for it, until eventually everyone wants a piece of him. How many dance producers can remix Madonna or Britney and not be called "sellouts"? How many DJ´s have created their own label and got a type of music named after that same label? You have to respect a guy who is as young as he is and manages to do whatever the hell he wants and has people tripping over themselves to follow his footsteps.
                "I play music at people" - Surgeon

                http://soundcloud.com/kineticdj
                http://djkinetic.official.fm

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                • feather
                  Shanghai ooompa loompa
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 20894

                  #53
                  Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

                  "Boldly going where no man has gone before" is a double-edged sword

                  i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

                  Originally posted by Hoff
                  a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
                  Originally posted by m1sT3rL
                  Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

                  I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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                  • fer_
                    Platinum Poster
                    • May 2005
                    • 2041

                    #54
                    Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

                    the faact that you didn't like the cd doesnt mean it is bad...its a different sound from mr holden.. for it was amazing...so strange...sounds soo crazy

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                    • GLD
                      Gold Gabber
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 636

                      #55
                      Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

                      as for me, i luv it, great music from a great guy. the thing with the silence i rather wack, but who cares, i just skip it.

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                      • anonin
                        Juvenile Delinquent
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 2347

                        #56
                        Re: James Holden - The Idiots Are Winning

                        I think this lp is absolutely mint, top notch stuff imo.

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