From s.f.w.d. Sent Wed, Jan 21st 1998, 04:55
From s.f.w.d. Sent Wed, Jan 21st 1998, 04:55
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 01:06:14 +0000 Some reviews forwarded... btw... quick note off... the good Synaptic folks recommended the material on Nature... can't agree more! PS2099 that I just received is very good. Not avoiding cliches whatsoever, the material is very much in the vein of jega / skam releases. Although the sound was wearing a bit thin for me, this is real nice and can't recommend it enough.... onto the *good* reviews... ________________________ RE-view [S] eight frozen modules - the confused electrician [city slang] 8 track mini-schelp wired by the able hands of one ken gibson, raised in austin, texas but now residing in big bad ole hollywood. stranded on an near future alien planet with only a plank [that's a guitar to you and me] and a drum machine for company, ken paints a picture in monochromatic lo-teck of j.g ballard-ish polarized alien scenarios, from brittle quasi dub & searing drone exploration to equidistant drum n bass. pulsaric white noise and extraneous hiss dominate the foreground whilst the canvas surfs the same aesthetical psycho geographical waves as seefeel, 3rd eye foundation and stars of the lid, mr gibson like his namesake william sheds some 'virtual light' into dark crystalline spaces. watch out for his contribution to lo recordings 'future sound of america' compilation [alongside suction, carpet bomb, d.kristian, schematic etc..] ryuchi sakamoto - anger / grief [ninja tune] OK - the concept [deep breath] founding member of Japanese proto- techno outfit 'yellow magic orchestra-composer-cum actor-cum-multimedia maestro'sakamoto is due to release a 'four movement' classical album [discord]. comprised of orchestral, piano, guitar & dj passages, 'discord' will be premiered with a performance broadcast world-wide over the internet from the 'world financial centre's winter garden' on it's release date - feb 11th. a week earlier ninja tune release this 5 track selection of remixes, with the purpose, as sakamoto espouses of 'dissolution of categorization and musical ecumenism' ironically enough, on the 12" sakamoto's original edit is the most interesting contribution, a brief swath of oriental strings and undertonic modal discord. the reworked versions suffer from yes - apathetic & unnecessary remix-itise...talvin singh composites compressed tabla-tic drum n bass beats with vicious stereo panning that induces one into seasickness, amon tobin uses the amen break - so -100 points for that, though his atmospherics are "nice", chocolate weasel's [aka t-power] mix is a flacid downtempo groover that lacks fokus though displays admirable sonic-hallucinogenic tendencies that you really need headphones and a spliff to exploit paddington breaks - smart but casual [ill 006] over the course of this 6 [count em] tracker, paddy breaks[ahem] from the aural assaults of his 'spymania all stars' and 'spunk jazz' contributions to embark on a display of versatility that demonstrates flair and imagination that the more prosaic drill n bass merchants [no names..no blame] sadly lack, 'smart but casual' is split 50/50 between tracks over and under the speed of sound the groovers first: "daytime tv" is a slice of lo-fi quasi funk.. early cabs, aCR spring to mind, a true prole art threat, "biztalk" shmaltzes on a cheesy but chaotic melody -mmmm, maybe 'sing song' era-mantronix meets YMO freaking-out with 'computer games' whilst 'red cars' would sit nicely as the theme tune for jack klugman's terminally hip middle of the day - mid-70's forensic detective show 'quincy' when paddy hits the acceleration pedal on the agnostic drum n bass crunchers the middle class intelligentsia flee the room...remember 'irreverence' is the keyword of the 21st century other shit happening 1.vvm / 3rd eye - split [fat cat 06] - promo's avaliable this week;-) official release march 2.various - asisma cd [french harmonie] 3.oaia V1 - rhizome [dodge 10] 4.massell / follet - visor cd [karaoke kalk burned] 5.young man - electrostep [serotonin] 6.boards of canada - aquarius [orig un-censored mix] [tape] 7.8 frozen modules - confused electrician [city slang] 8.various - red hand dave [tape] compilation of contributions from members of negativland discussion list - snuggles, GET IT for coupla bucks postage from colin wales email : xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx 9.akita, azuma - ich schnitt [mego] 10.ryuichi sakamoto - discord [sony classical] 11.dj vadim - jamie hodge / oval rmxs [ninja tune] 12.various -serotonin's revenge [serotonin] 13.komet - flex [rastermusic] 14.paddington breaks - daytime tv [ill 06] 15.lowfish / david kristian - drum machine [suction 02] 16.faust - wakes nosferatu [klangbad] 17.various - wish you were not here [elsie & jack] 18.music for making sense - talk is cheap [split 04] 19.various - deaf child area [tape compilation] 20.francis telaz - motionless [dorobo] s/m -- http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/mfr/ [elecktronic label] [esoteric, non-generic material wanted] talent wanted....no special qualifications... whether you're beautiful or your bright... history could be on your side.. xxxx@xxxxx.xxx /// looking for reason http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ blackdog, vvm, whitezone-l, slipdisc C.Gosselin, PO Box 8264, Santa Rosa, CA 95407