From Philip Sent Fri, Nov 21st 1997, 19:40
just heard the new (i guess) M:I:5 cd on profan, and i must say, it's really cool--crunchy, repetitive, minimal, way out there. a lot more interesting than the accompanying release, the Andre Brinkman cd on profan (that's mike ink/studio 1, right?). so my question: are these profan releases (the M:I:5 is called "Mabstab," i believe, or "Masstab"--uses that weird german B thing) available on vinyl, or only cd? and then a warning: listened to the new Friend lp, "Hot Rod," and half the tracks seem to come off of other friend releases, either verbatim or in minimally-reworked form. so if you're ordering blind, you may want to wait. the merits of the rest of the tracks weren't great enough for me to justify the expense. phil