From Sean Cooper Sent Sat, Jan 3rd 1998, 18:36
From Sean Cooper Sent Sat, Jan 3rd 1998, 18:36
These are the recordings I found most useful in 1997. The activities I found them useful for include: reading, mixing, thinking, writing, walking, laughing, cooking, working, loving, driving, sleeping, crying, hoping, and forgetting. Full-length recordings: hab, maPOd (Dot) Richard Thomas, Shoes and Radios Attract Paint (Lo Recordings) Markus Schmickler, Wabi Sabi (A-Musik) Fennesz, Hotel Paral.lel (Mego) Various Artists, "From Beyond" vols. 1-4 (Interdimensional Transmissions)* Biosphere, Substrata (All Saints) Atom Heart, Senor Coconut (Rather Interesting) Bisk, Strange or Funny-Haha? (Sub Rosa) System Error, Nothing (Headphone) Plaid, Not For Threes (Warp) [*These four 12-inches will comprise the _From Beyond_ CD, to be released by Interdimensional Transmissions in early '98. Since the series is essentially a '97 release, I have included all four here as a single album.] 12-inch/EP recordings: hab, "hab EP" (Dot) Kruton, "A Turnip In The Mist" (Unexplored Beats) lowfish/David Kristian, "Suction002" (Suction) Kandis, "Val Wok" (Karaoke Kalk) Artificial Material/Third Electric, "Duologue" (Ersatz Audio) Michael Fakesch, "Demon 2" (Musik Aus Strom) Jeswa, "Skone EP" (Schematic) Voigt Kampff, "Real Men Use Carplan" (Panic Trax) FX Randomiz, "Goflex" (Sabotage) Source Direct, "Two Masks" (Science) Five recordings I got this year that didn't come out this year, but that would most certainly have been included in the above if they had: Anthony Manning, Chromium Nebulae (Irdial) Arvo Part, Tabula Rasa (ECM) [thanks shana!] Ryuichi Sakamoto, B-2 Unit (Plexus) [thanks marie!] Brian Eno, The Shutov Assembly (Virgin) [thanks edward!] Section 25, "Looking From A Hilltop (Megamix)" (Factory) [thanks jason!] thanks, sc