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Wim Mertens — Struggle For Pleasure
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djsarong
Posted: Sep 13, 2011 - 03:42
 
The trance mix of this by Minimalistix is great.  A fantastic breakdown.

This Wim Mertens track is one of my favourite of all time on Radio Paradise. 

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 18:48
 
Wow.  This is "the best of Wim Mertens?"


Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 09:58
 
Nice planetarium music.

thondermonst
(Antwerpen, Belgium)
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 18:19
 

For some background, it's from the sore of The Belly of an Architect. Wim Mertens is a Flemish Belgian composer who started out as a radio producer. Back then he produced some concerts of Philip Glass, so there is definitely a connection.

Used to love this until it showed up in a series of commercials in Belgium. You heard it constantly on TV and radio.




Detlaps
(Littlerock, too close to Los Angeles)
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 18:08
 
Keep struggling.  But not on my time.

Byronape
(Purgatory)
Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 12:32
 
Eh, not so much.  Sounds like I could learn the entire song in about 20 minutes and I'm lucky to do a C scale correctly.

Balthazar
(Ljubljana, SI)
Posted: Mar 08, 2011 - 00:48
 
I just love Wim Mertens music, have 5 DCs. Great variety of scores and you can find some godlike tunes there.


Blaggart
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 17:10
 
Struggle for pleasure? Yes! Sometimes I'm not alone, even.

pmjett
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 17:08
 
Interesting almost bimodal distribution of scores.  Looks like folks either dig it or hate it.  I kinda liked it.  I haven't heard enough Phillip Glass to get jaded.

DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 09:38
 
 whtahtefcuk wrote:

Banging keys fast with lots of dissonance, does not make you cool.

 
Odd, one of my complaints about this boring, flaccid, GarageBand-demo-of-a-tune is its utter lack of dissonance. This tune goes nowhere, does nothing, and took too long to do it. It's a bad copy-paste job.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 09:37
 
 shmuelman wrote:
Coulda swore this was Philip Glass
 
Strongly reminiscent of that song from that film, was it Koyaanisqatsi?

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 09:37
 
This poor chord progression has been so abused by Glass and his ilk. Sad chords are sad.

Axelito
(France)
Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 09:36
 
Yeah! My only upload suggestion which passed!

on2whls
(1132 mi North of NOLA)
Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 19:12
 
Apperently Bill must have played this on a whim.

randerse10
Posted: Nov 02, 2010 - 02:43
 
I'm struggling to get pleasure out of this one . . .


Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 11:34
 
 shmuelman wrote:
Coulda swore this was Philip Glass
 
It's Philip Glass on coke.  I don't like it.  What's with the synthetic winds?  Crappy. A 2.



TheKing2
(on Eä)
Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 11:33
 
 D2r wrote:
I love this! Makes me think of Michael Nyman and Yann Tiersen. Was it a film score?
 
Indeed, it does. And it might be.
(that isn't helping, is it?) 

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 11:44
 

Banging keys fast with lots of dissonance, does not make you cool.



shmuelman
(Denver)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 11:43
 
Coulda swore this was Philip Glass

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 11:41
 
Phillip Glass and this guy suck!

D2r
(Utrecht, the Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 11:41
 
I love this! Makes me think of Michael Nyman and Yann Tiersen. Was it a film score?

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 11:40
 
CRAP

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Aug 30, 2010 - 11:40
 
bit of a Phillip Glass thing goin on