Jaglavak wrote:Someone mentioned a few pages back that they wouldn't mind if all he ever released after this point was material in the vein of Ki; I have to say, I'd be totally cool with that.
I wouldn't. No offense to Ki, but I look forward to every album Dev does a being something completely new and different... I wouldn't want to see "all" of his future material sounding like any one particular album style. But I don't think that will be anything to worry about anyway, as I think Dev himself would be miserable rehashing the same sound over and over (wasn't that one of his complaints about the SYL era?).
I know the following comment is going to get rotten tomatoes thrown at me, but I feel like I have to say it because I have seen
so many heap
mountains of praise on Ki: it didn't do anything for me. I tried to like it, I tried
so hard to like it, I really wanted to "get it", but after listening to it about 15 times and finding myself still impatiently waiting for it to be over, I just gave up on it. I can respect it for what it is and for the talent that went into it, and I'm not trying to come across as "what is wrong with you people, this album sucked" or anything like that; Dev seemed to enjoy the experience of making it, and I am happy for him in that respect. And I don't dislike it because it's not "heavy" or "SYL enough" (I'm a big fan of ambient, contemplative "space" music)... but the only reaction most of the tracks get from me is an urge to hit the skip button.
That being said, I think alot of people are expecting Ghost to be Ki 2, but the Making Of vids on YouTube and the Feather track don't give me that impression at all, so I'm looking forward to it. And I'm looking forward to whatever comes next, because as Monty Python says, "
And now for something completely different..."