From James Skilton Sent Mon, Jan 19th 1998, 22:16
From James Skilton Sent Mon, Jan 19th 1998, 22:16
Hey y'all just picked up a double 10" promo of a new Mira Calix offering on WARP. WAP97 contains 4 tracks of generally lo-fi influenced stuff, 2 of which (A and D) combine Spiritualized-style droning and distorted vocals to uneasy effect, and the other two add a few funky beats and subtract some of the drones. B has s scrapy sounding beat which comes in fits and starts, while C is seriously funky and shows the only real signs of any possible Autechre/Gescom intervention in this package. Those of you with good spotter memories will remember that our Mira is a close friend of Autechre (ahem) and that the last 10" was "assisted by Gescom". Anyway, pretty good on the strength of the 2 middle tracks, though anyone who recalls my review of the Broadcast LP will no I don't really have any great appreciation of the lo-fi sound. No release date or tracklisting info supplied. laterz, J ^ Steady J aka James Skilton xxxxxx-x@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Autechre & SKAM discogs @ http://subnet.virtual-pc.com/~sk393820 "I don' have any idea 'bout what's going on..."