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...ethereal, almost other-worldly character of Autoditacker, where you listen to it may play an important role in appreciating it. When listening to this album, you may feel like there is more to the picture, as if Autoditacker was only a part of a larger aesthetic experience. Nonetheless, the chant-like quality of the rhythm loops is hypnotic to say the least...
...first mention of "global economy", however, a sporadic chant rose in the back: "No fast track. No fast track," until Clinton drew applause with this line: "I think I've earned the right to be heard." Then he asked for mercy. Not so much for him, but for November's Democratic hopefuls. The Labor-Democratic "partnership," Clinton said, must continue for the sake of the rest of Labor's agenda. Courtesy prevailed, and the speech closed to more applause. Al Gore can only hope that spirit of tolerance prevails if his name ends up on the year 2000 primary ballot...
...liberal establishment of this nation is simply caught up in another self-congratulatory spasm. They chant: "Blessed be us, the increasingly tolerant. Another marginalized social group has achieved acceptance...
...youngest, richest, best-known black men in America, we'll probably succumb to a natural temptation to divide the "good kids" from the "hip-hop kids." I'm not buying it. I grew up listening to hip-hop. In elementary school I tuned my radio to the techno-influenced chant Planet Rock and innocent party jams like Rapper's Delight. By high school and college, hip-hop was everything from the pop female braggadocio of Salt-n-Pepa to the black nationalism of Public Enemy. Today, in addition to music that ranges from alternative rock to techno, I listen...
...composed. He uses the full range of colors and emotions available to him through the ancient instruments and voices, as can be heard in his numerous contrasts of tone throughout the Vespers. The psalmic settings (which were numbered incorrectly in the program except for Psalm 147) follow the Gregorian chant, but with great variations. On the other hand, the motets employs a style radical for those times: the "monody" or duet writing, which has a bolder and more expressive sound. Particularly beautiful is the transition from his hymn Ave maris stella (XII) to the concluding Magnificat (XIII). These two movements...