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i have a dymaxion 7" (on duophonic i think). its mildly engaging. but, i think they have a lot of records since then? and they have a good name. so, what are they like? better than that 7?

― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 10 June 2004 09:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Mildly engaging" otm, nothing I heard since that 7" did anything much that was exciting enough to make them seem not just another damn band in a time of far far too many Ok enough bands. I was working in a record store, however.

― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 10 June 2004 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

dymaxion are crap, and that record is the most pointless thing duophonic have ever put out (with reasonable competition from the minnow EP they did)

― the surface noise is so overwhelming that it renders the contents of the re (ele, Thursday, 10 June 2004 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

(do i sound like keith there? sorry)

― the surface noise is so overwhelming that it renders the contents of the re (ele, Thursday, 10 June 2004 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

They do an interesting cover of the Fall's US 80s 90s that doesn't sound like the original. There's a CD that compiles a large chunk of their singles. I don't see it as hugely essential.

― dlp9001, Thursday, 10 June 2004 11:23 (twenty-two years ago)

When they emerge to play a live show, which they do with the relative frequency of the Transit of Venus, they're pretty fucking great.

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Thursday, 10 June 2004 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, I'll stick up for them. I dig that compilation CD, but it's best absorbed in small doses, even though the songs are typically very short. And it took a few listens before some of the songs sank in. Re-visit "I-Man Transport" - it's so eerie, like some 50s sci-fi/horror movie soundtrack...and when the strings enter and begin to swell right at the perfect time, it's a great moment. The forementioned Fall cover is indeed something special - I wish more covers, in general, were as off-the-wall and inventive as this one.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

dymaxion is AMAZING!

i'm sorry to say it but you guys are nuts. (minus rasheed and ernest p.)

it's all awesome.

get "Dymaxion x 4 +3 =38:33" if you want to hear the other singles they released. (which are rare... a couple were japanese imports if i recall correctly.)

i could see how duophonic fans might be unimpressed, but the morricone trajectory is too good to ignore in my humble o.

― msp, Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I have the Trattoria EP they did with Takako Minekawa (Maxi On!). Some of it is good, some of it is mildly engaging, overall a keeper of sorts.

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, i dig the maxi on ep quite a bit.

― msp, Thursday, 10 June 2004 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I totally second msp's endorsement of Dymaxion x 4 +3 =38:33. Having seen them play -- which, again, was a treat -- before hearing any of the records, it took me a while to fully embrace them. But now I listen to 38:33 pretty regularly.

― rasheed wallace (rasheed wallace), Thursday, 10 June 2004 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)

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