From AeOtaku Sent Mon, Feb 28th 2000, 16:10
From AeOtaku Sent Mon, Feb 28th 2000, 16:10
In a message dated 2/27/00 4:51:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx writes: << SND : Travelog 12" (SND 03) Truly fantastic third e.p. from Matt & Mark on their own SND label. The 4 tracks on Travelog have significantly moved on from the sound of the first two EP's and stand in stark contrast to the Uber-minimalism of the collaborative 'Blir' project. It would perhaps be a tad misleading to describe the pieces here as moving onto a more commercial domain - and yet there is a stunning, accessible warmth in these pieces missing from a lot of similarly aspiring product. Subtle harmonics drift, rubbing against the hypnotic percolating rhythm tracks. We cannot recommend this 12" enough. Pure essential. >> Really great to hear about this, as since we are talking about Gramm we should also mention SND who are certainly as intriguing and skilled. I was a huge fan of their first two 12"s on their own SND label and the CD on Mille Plateaux but the Blir 12" and the Shirt Trax CD were too minimal for me. The Blir 12" sounds like the square root of Studio 1. And if I remember correctly SND's self-released stuff is always very limited (300-ish), so everybody move fast and grab this one. If it really shows them progressing as much as the promo claims it will be a classic. Matt