From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Wed, Feb 24th 1999, 15:03
my 2 cents: i really dug the green/dred (was hoping to interview em, but it hasn't worked out--yet), but agree the jpbuckle was a bit too all over the place. andrew :) Will Samuels wrote: > ---alan r lucas <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > >> Just out of curiousity what were some of the outstanding > Rephlex releases of '98. And I mean "new" not reissues. > > > > > Don't take this the wrong way, because I am interested in your opinion > and response. From my perspective, I would say the Gentle People is > super blah. I also hate that guy's dweeby voice. The JP Buckles was > crap, PLEASE someone buy this from me, I give you a very fair price!!! > With regards to Global Goon, I remember it was pretty trip hop-ish. I > don't have the names memorized but this was the single with the face > on it. Right? J Saul Kane and Thievery Corporation are WAY better IMHO > > The Dred/Green wasn't bad by any means. It wasn't really my cup of > tea. I thought there were some moments that were really cool. But as a > whole it didn't fit my tastes. > > If I only listened to IDM and didn't know and hear alot of other stuff > than I might share your perspective. But I do listen to all kinds of > stuff from trip hop to drum n bass, and I judge the music as a whole. > Perhaps, you dislike alot of other style of electronic music, so you > just stay close to IDM, I don't know. > > > dred/green:virtual farmer > > j.p. buckle:flying lo fi > > global goon:afterlife ep > > gentle people:mix gently > > > > lots of people probably won't agree > > with me, but that's life. the goon > > mix of laurie's theme is sooper. > > > > biggest crap on rephlex in '98: > > > > electromegamix2 > > > > outstanding rephlex in '99: > > > > cylob:rewind ep > > > > you can call it silly, but i think > > it's amazing. > > Actually I don't think it is silly. I think what he did with the > voices is very cool. It's actually pretty good considering it's on > Rephlex. I don't share your amazement. I wouldn't mind hearing this > played out, in fact i think it would be cool. > > With all the records I bought last month, it didn't make it into to my > collection. But I agree it's a decent release. Cheers > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com