From Rodney Perkins Sent Wed, Feb 24th 1999, 22:53
Wwho are the personnel for the NNublack release S. E. T. I.? Is it simply Nico Sykes? Thanks. > > Sorry I've been so quite, things have been off the hook out here. > > After having nico (plus the occasional stray londoners) here for three > months, we finally got him to go home and get some shit done. It looks > like that's the case already. There seems to be a steady stream of > tunes flying out the door of the Metrostore. Yesterday, there were 5 > tracks being made at the same time in different parts of the building! > > As for the '99 release schedule, it's still being sorted out. > > Fergus, the youngest brother Quinn, has finished the cover art for NUT > 021 (Cells RMX/Caves) and from what I've heard, it's a beauty. Big up > to the plainclothesman! It should be out soon. > > NUT 022 is going to be 'We Enter' Optical RMX. I have no clue what the > flip's going to be. Also, I think there are 5 or 6 different mixes of > this, with 3 of them being of drastically different styles. > Unfortunately, the dat I listened to didn't have any track listing, so > I'm just assuming they were all optical remixes, but a few might have > been Ryme Tyme reworks. I'll post more about this when I find out what > the deal is. In all honesty, the mix that nico was feeling, I > wasn't...and vise versa. The one he likes is almost intelligent and > poppy. The one that I'm into is the same one fierce has been dropping, > a bit more on nasty tip! > > NUT 023 - 'Tripwire' by Fierce : This tune is one that Nico, Fierce > and Davis did in the mothership the day after Nick got back from LA. >>From what I've heard, plates have been cut and this one's a smasher. > Strictly new style business. As for the flip, it's not decided yet but > will be soon, since young dan's been working his ass off, learning how > to do engineering duty! Also, I forgot to mention this, but d&b arena > reported a while back that Ben and Matt were doing the 'killer bee's' > remix. Actually Fierce was the one asked to do the redux and he wants > to do it with Optical. > > NNU 2009 - 'Nostromo' / 'Sphere' by Deep Rooted : This one's been out > on test press for a while but I think the proper release is due out > soon. Both sides are wicked, with Nostromo being a bit nastier. > > NNU 2010 - '20/20' / 'Vision' by Hidden Face : Haven't heard this one > yet. > > Last but not least, Bev, who's been the No U Turn/Saigon office > manager/den mother for the last 4 years, has started up here own booking > company, Break Point Management. The artist she's currently got on her > roster are: Fierce, Ryme Tyme, Dom, Trace, Deep Rooted, JayJay, Usual > Suspects, Dj Lee, Dj Reality, Ed Real and Curry. More info can be > found at: > > http://www.break-point.com/ > > It looks like 1999 is going to be one hell of an interesting year! > > word to the mothership, > > brockout. > > ps. Nico's finally made the leap and bought a high end laptop. > Now he can retire that crusty old atari! I'm hoping he > gets his shit together and starts doing some live stuff! >