From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Sun, Jun 14th 1998, 21:41
From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Sun, Jun 14th 1998, 21:41
On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Gonzi Merchan wrote:
> Hmm, it's nothing like that really. More of the classic Rephlex sound in
> effect. Sort of like the goon? Not really though. Maybe closer to a
> cross between goon and chaos ad. Braindance indeed.
Is "Braindance" just Rephlex's game to play with the media by seeing this
term sink into the music zines until they have a collection of mainstream
articles with the term such that they can LOL over beers? The term is a
little silly when you visualize it, but that is probably good, as IDM
should avoid getting the serious stigma that plagued intelligent prog-rock
in the 70's. Rephlex should make an anthropomorphic "Mr Brain" brain
character with skinny little legs and a hat as their new logo then.
I listenned to this Chaos AD and it sounds like early Squarepusher
programming some x0x-boxes and sorting thru other-than-16-step patterns
thru a dry mix. Not bad, but it really should hit vinyl in '93 or so,
whenever that cardboard Rephlex record came out with the paper in it that
says "RIP 909, blah blah bullocks" The Chaos AD has 707 and 606 on the
blurry cover, but there is also some dry non-16/4/4 303 squirming through
the bulk of it. No wonder he started using a Boss drum machine, since it
totally sounds like he is trying to get a finer resolution of notes (32nd
and triplets) outta the crude x0xboxes...If you think of those sequencers
is training wheels to some degree (yeah, use them, so sue me), Tom J just
plain doesn't need them. I'd recommend old Djax records, etc if you want
some syncopated 303.
DMX Krew on Breakin' Records: (not sure how old this record is)
I just listenned to this at the store, but didn't buy it, so this ain't a
qualified review... Side Two is a megamix (using a sampler or computer
editor of some kind clearly) of various electro, early Dynamix, and some
of the new Mandroid LP (which the back label says is coming out soon, so
this record must be 6 or more months old)
Side one has a very tightly-constructed electro groove that pounds very
very nicely and has those extra bass drums that make it mixable with
dancefloor techno. This track is so Dynamix-inspired it almost isn't
funny. But yes, it IS funny. The Dynamix styled
samples-in-between-the-beats is taken a little farther (samplers hold more
than they did back then, so it figures) and there are lots of partial
sentences before the lo-res "BASS!" sample kicks in. Whereas Dynamix just
says "Who are you?".."I'm the <BASS!>...", DMX Krew inserts every other
sentence imaginable that could go before "BASS!". They forgot a few,
however, and I thought I'd recommend some: (o shit here it comes...)
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"Daddy sang <BASS!>, mama sang tenor; me and little brother would join
right in there..." (Johnny Cash sample) (alternately, you could
replace "brother" with the "machine", from "I'm a machine!")
"I went fishing in the Seine... and all I caught was <BASS!>" (vocoded in
monotone) (replace "Seine" with "Nile" if you want to mix into Eg Lover)
"Cleanin' out the <freaky!> <BASS!>-ment" (vocoded, alternately add the
"I'm a machine, I'm a machine!" with a washing-machine sample underneath.)
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Seriously though, is DMX Krew just cashing in on Dynamix's music because
they know these exact miami-electro-bass gems are going to be released on
Rephlex soon? Everybody better rush out and sample it, chop-chop!
Maybe I don't recognize that they are samples, but the A-side's beat is
powerful stuff and they could (should?) have just released this as a
minimal track, seems like...I might have actually bought it then...
"just call me droid",
Solenoid
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