From Hrvatski Sent Sat, May 23rd 1998, 21:27
From Hrvatski Sent Sat, May 23rd 1998, 21:27
>Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 16:28:32 -0500 >To: xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx >From: Hrvatski <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> >Subject: Re: (idm) the story of personal electronics >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >>for the mego, cheap, source, ash, sahko, rastermusic, vague terrain, >>tray, etc.. 'fans' out there, this is a nifty little CD i managed to >>come across... >>'the story of personal electronics' on LOHD. (seems to be the first >>release off this label..) >>24 tracks that run at about 70 min. total. (some tracks are a couple >>minutes, some are a few seconds, and some are 10-12 minutes long...) >>track listing is in the form of symbols which apparently represent which >>personal / home electronic device was used in same way or manner. >>(synths, samplers, and drum machines accompany many of the tracks, but >>used Very minimally. rhythm is present occasionally with some chopped >>up d'n'b breaks, sampled beats, etc... but doesn't hold for too long.) >>some examples of the track 'titles' are: >>no seatbelt indicator, fan, telephone, fast forward key on CD player, >>highbeam indicator, smoke alarm, plus sign, minus sign, and so on... >>this isn't a disk full of test tones or disk skipping. the 'songs' >>actually progress in their own weird way, and the use of static/noise >>'collages' typical of this sort of 'genre' are left behind. my best >>comparison (yes comparisons suck, but the disk is too damn hard to >>explain otherwise...) would be a crossbreeding of matmos, farmers >>manual, mika vainio, and early lesser material... if that helps any. >>extra bonus: it's domestic and i picked it up (new) for 11 bucks. you >>can e-mail them / him / her / it at xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx > >Yeah, yeah, yeah.... It's just that Laner guy from Medicine. It's sort of >his 'absract' electronics record. I'm personally a little skeptic on this >one (and I've heard it). They comparisons to Mego/et.al. are a little off >base. He's trying for that sound, but it just doesn't cut it (musically or >graphically...). What's next, speed garage? -V=E5t. > > ___________________________________ Reckankreuzungs Klankewerkzeuge & Company PO Box 382864 Cambridge, MA 02238 - 2864 is online @ http://www.tiac.net/users/sheket