From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Nov 18th 1997, 01:35
From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Nov 18th 1997, 01:35
This week's stash... . Luke Slater: Freek Funk CD (Nova Mute) Luke Slater with his debut full-length for the Nova Mute label. On this release you hear tracks that sound like Planetary Assault Systems, 7th Plain, Morganistic and Luke Slater in addition to some stuff that you're never heard from Luke before. The styles range from hard techno to idm to ambient techno with a few incursions into dub, jazz and trip hop. On the hard tracks slater rocks. On the ambi-techno tracks slater soars. With the exception of a few tracks where slater dabbles in other genres, this release is brilliant. 9/10 . Mion: Miori 12" (Music Man) Former Soma, Out On A Limb and Generations recording artist Chris Cowie with his third 12" on the Belgian Music Man label. Three tracks of exceptional minimal tech-house with a smooth detroit edge. The crisp percussion, deep bass, and moody synths give all three tracks a kenny larkin meets claude young feel. Are all the Percy X records this good? 10/10 . Ephebe: Visions 12" (Mosaic 007) Steve O'Sullivan delivers three tracks of funky stripped-down techno in the As It Is vein. The a-side is my favorite with it's lasergun noises over minimal tech beats. Another goodin for fans of the As It Is, Soma or Music Man sound. 7/10 . Kosmic Messenger: The collected works of... 2x12" (Elypsia) On this double pack Stacey Pullen showcases his talent for producing funky detroit techno-house. This release features five new tracks and five previously released classics like Eye to Eye, Flash, Freaky Deeky, The Deathmarch, and Get Down. If you enjoy pumping floor-friendly tech-house with a detroit flair, you'll love this lp. 8/10 . Birds: 111 One 12" (PAL 03) The third release on Peter Ford's PAL label is a three track collaborative effort by Peter Ford, Kotai & Bader. The a-side is a deep bassy minimal electro number. The b-side is two tracks of moody experimental mid-tempo techno in the typical Peter Ford/ Ifach style. The two b-cuts do it for me. 8/10 . Sleep Engineer: Three Ways 12" (Xplor) Quality techno from Columbus Ohio courtesy of Kevin Kennedy aka Powerhouse on 21/22 corp and F.B.K. on Frictional. Three innovative and melodic techno tracks that tweak the standard techno sound enough to really make this an engaging release. Fans of 21/22 Corp, Infra, Indulge or some of the more floor friendly Plug Research releases will like this 12". 8/10 . Yunx: Bill Odyssey 12" (Void) The Void label is very loyal to the black dog & plaid "sound" and this four tracker keeps that "sound" going. The a-side features two tracks of string laden rhythmic techno reminiscent of Bytes era Black Dog Productions. The b-side, with it's polyrhythms and jazzy synths sounds more like "spanners" era Black Dog Productions. If you like the BDP releases of old this 12", and most other Void label 12"s are for you. 9/10 BTW: Don't forget our Inaudible netcast every Wednesday from 9-11 pm EST. Hear John C (Bent Crayon) and I spin two hours of the music we speak so highly of... The show will be accessible by visiting http://www.wcsb.org every Wednesday from 9-11 pm EST. The show will be broad- cast in the AudioActive format (which is actually much better than RealAudio). You can download the Audio Active plugin for free at http://www.audioactive.com/player/ During the Inaudible show we will be giving away promo 12"s and cds so yet another reason to tune in. If you need any more info email us at xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx or xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states