This channel does seem to be a bit of a dumping ground for experimental stuff, and whilst some is good, there is a real problem when it really really isn't ambient. I get quite fed up with some of the tracks that cycle around. Pet hates include sampled voices, especially sampled bits of film dialogue. Exactly why that fits any sort of definition of ambient is quite beyond me. I'm quite happy to have it put under experimental, but when I want ambient I do not expect to hear screaming girls and gunshots (for one.)
Einstein on the Beach. Yup, I have that on CD - the first version. It was that that made me realise the issue with accents. Philip Glass is blind to the grating horror which is the New Yorker accents on that recording. I attended a local production of EotB recently. It was quite superb. There is no doubt that it is intended to be a theatrical experience. It all makes perfect sense then. And the accents were local - so I didn't hear them :-)
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