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I think he's well-regarded for a few reasons. He has flat-out, jawdropping, AMAZING production. Every thing I've heard sounds immaculuate, like... better-than-major-label productions in some cases. Yet it's basically... "Noise" (sorta, for a lack of a better word here). "Noise" (sorta) produced like a pop record. Sorta. So, that's pretty nutty. Hi-fi. It's interesting to me that it's not all murky and buried like most of the similiar stuff you'll hear.
Another reason is because he has, straight-up, done tons of interesting things. Aesthetics are often more important than content, I've noticed. At least in the chinstroker's eyes. I'm not one to talk -- I have downloaded albums of silence, I fucking love Jliat (look him up), I have the boring-ass Alva Noto discography cuz "whoa, man, he samples printers and static!".. still, a cool concept will only get you so far.
Also, there's people who just genuinely like his stuff, which I can see. Listening to his records, to me, was like a series of me going, "Whoa! That thing he did there was really cool!" after about 5 minutes of me going, "hmm.. yeah.. hmm.. oh.." Lots of cool moments, but it just didn't stick with me beyond that. I have a feeling that the more sound arty/collagey type stuff he does has probably been done way better by someone else, so if anyone wants to point me in the right direction go ahead...
Either way, I'm glad he exists.
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