From Adam J Weitzman Sent Wed, Jan 7th 1998, 14:20
From Adam J Weitzman Sent Wed, Jan 7th 1998, 14:20
>chris r graves wrote: > >> all this talk about mego.. i've only ever dealt with anything on the >> label once, and it was general magic & pita: live & final fridge > >I also have Live and Final Fridge, but my version was released on the >German Source label. I didn't think it had been released on Mego, but >perhaps they made another version of it (before/after it was released on >Source). > >Anyways, chilling stuff. ;) (Rim shot) Besides Live And Final Fridge (my copy is on Source too), I have three Mego releases, two of which I like very much and one of which is just OK. Farmers Manual's _No_Backup_ is buzzy and experimental, with occasional beats submerging here and there. It's a rather disorienting recording, but strangely satisfying. Panasonic meets Oval might be a good reference point. (It also comes with a Mac-only CD-ROM track that I haven't played much with yet.) General Magic's _Frantz!_ is more melodic and bouncy, but still firmly rooted in IDM-ness. Imagine Atom Heart with some Richard H Kirk thrown in (with Oval occasionally showing up to mess around) and you're getting there. The one I thought was just OK was Pita's _Seven_Tons_For_Free_. The first five tracks or so are rather annoying (think "Ventolin" with crackles and static instead of beats), but the last couple of tracks are decently droney. This disc is also only 31 minutes long (FM's is 52, GM's is 62). If you have RealAudio, you can listen to these CDs in their entirety on Mego's fantastic M.DOS (Mego Direct Order Service). They offer CDs and vinyl from many labels including their own, and in most cases you can listen to at least part of the recording before you buy. The page for Mego's stuff is http://www.frank.co.at/frank/mego/mdos/mego[a].html, and you can click the Catalogue button to see the other labels they offer. The Pita and Farmers Manual are unavailable from M.DOS, but I think Playing By Ear still has some. PS: Yesterday w/regards to Grammy nominees, I missed Best Alternative Performance, where Chemical Brothers' _Dig_Your_Own_Hole_ and The Prodigy's _The_Fat_Of_The_Land_ were nominated (along with Björk, David Bowie and Radiohead). -- Adam J Weitzman -- Individual, Inc. -- xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx --