From Jon Logan Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 19:35
From Jon Logan Sent Fri, Oct 9th 1998, 19:35
This is an *excellent* introduction to the Fax label, totally brilliant.
Fax is one of those rare labels that selects the best tracks from each of
its contributing albums when making a compilation. This is true almost to
the point of me being somewhat disappointed when I found the respective
full lengths, because I had already heard the best that album had to offer
;).
Anyway, there's some fabulous stuff on there, like Kisy Loa from IF 1 (the
full length is long gone), Biotrip from Shades of Orion 1 (also gone, and
hugely sought after at $100 a pop), Sad Alliance from From Within 1
(fantastic, even the rerelease is prolly snatched up). Oh, and there's
Holy Dance by Tetsu Inoue; this and Chill In/Chill Out (available on Fax
Comp 2) are ambient brilliance at its finest.
anyway, I recommend getting it. That and fax compilation 2 are probably
all the Fax you'll ever need, unless you're a freak like me and the rest of
the fax-crack addicts.
:)
p.s. I wouldn't characterise much Fax material as being IDM; rather, I'd
call it melodic, beautiful, ambient/trancey/downtempo, sophisticated but
not groundbreaking stuff. Some of it is just fabulous; other is kinda
mediocre. the comps are a great intro, tho.
p.p.s. I hope the Compilation 1 you're talking about is the 2-cd released
by Instinct; there's a tiny chance it could be one of the much older (and
cheesier) compilations of Fax dance music. If the disc you found has the
tracks I mention, then it's the one I'm talking about.
At 1:27 PM +0200 10/9/98, Irene McC wrote:
>Saw this 2nd hand this morning
>FAX - Compilation 1
>Couldn't find a release date anywhere
>and most of the featured artists didn't sound familiar.
>
>What is this like? Interesting ? Worth having ?
>
>I
>*
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