From Lance C McGannon Sent Fri, May 1st 1998, 03:18
At 07:08 PM 4/30/98 +0000, you wrote: >On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Britton-James wrote: > >> > B12 - "Electro-Soma" (MINT original colored vinyl 2xLP on Warp Rec) >> >> Anybody know anything about this release. How does it sound? >> > >Detroit techno wannabee with kinda boring beats - they didn't seem to have >any concept of how to program dynamics into their Roland digital drum >machine (what was it, an R70? I haven't heard it in years). Of course, >since it's in Warp's "Artificial Intelligence" series, it seems to be >regarded as a must-have on this list. I think the Soma in the title was >more true than intended. It puts me to sleep. > I have to disagree with che. Electro-soma is an all-time favorite of mine. it wears its detroit influences well while still maintaining the signiture b12 sound. imho, all the tracks are superb - especially soundtrack of space, bio dimension, obtuse, telefone 529 and static emotion. there is only one track on electro-soma that i don't like: metropolis which sounds a little ravey to me. In closing B12's Electro-Soma is one of the few A.I. releases i still listen to with regularity. Count me as one who considers Electro-Soma a must have release. -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states