From mltsnt Sent Sat, Apr 24th 1999, 02:51
From mltsnt Sent Sat, Apr 24th 1999, 02:51
>From: xxxxxxxxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx >------- Start of forwarded message ------- > >Reply-to: xxxx@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx >Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 18:23:30 +0100 >To: Recipient List Suppressed:; >From: or<xx@xxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx> >Subject: slump 8 > >Farmers Manual >fsck >slump 8 (previously released as Tray 2) >Barcode No.: 5027803330825 >CD in jewel case + 8pp b/w booklet >For immediate release... >=20 > > >Reviews: >=20 >"This is the second release by Tray and again we welcome Farmers Manual. >The first 12" was a weird drum & bass track backed by a likewise weird >hard-chill track. Indexed with 99 points this is an extension of that 12". >Weird tracks, owing >in some ways to d&b as much as it does to industrial music. If I say a lot >of this sounds fucked, believe me this is truly fucked. The more accessible >(if that is an appropiate word in this context) are in the beginning of the >CD, but it gradually grows noiser and weirder throughout. The noisy bits >and pieces at the end are suitable for random play or looping mode. Again >fun for home-DJs (as you would be thrown at outof the club if you play this >on the dance floor) and bedroom composers. Industrial music for the digital >generation!" VITAL (The Netherlands): >=20 >"It's perhaps redundant to say that Farmer's Manual, one of the most active >of the Austrian Mego label's stable of artists, is just a bit off. Mego >have made an identity campaign out of offness, with snide, off-kilter >emaciations of electronica raising mistakes and studio tongue-slips to the >level of technique. While maybe not the weirdest of Mego's artists, Farmers >Manual have been most fastidious in their attacks on discreet genres, >roping in electro, techno, ambient, and, with much of fsck, drum'n'bass for >pissy, dirt-smeared reworkings that have, apparently, never heard the word >'sacred'." >Urbansounds (US.net) > >"Farmers manual is perhaps one of the strangest and most original projects >to be released in some time. Ultra- >synthetic sounds and drum 'n' bass rhythms are altered beyond belief, >creating a hybrid of jungle that at times crosses over to noise. To be >clear, let me state that while drum & bass influences are there, the album >is in no way danceable, and it only borders on listenable the first time >you hear it. Incredibly crazy, Farmers Manual will really appeal to fans >of experimental mauic more than techno fans. fsck has to be heard to be >believed. Recommended." ennui (USA): > >"Further evidence of illegal additions to Vienna's water supply. These Mego >label stalwarts have created an utterly undanceable drum 'n' bass track for >new label Tray, an appendage of Ash International, skipping around but >never entirely losing the plot. Like all the wonderfully baffling Mego >output, it manages to be both entertaining and completely pointless." The >Wire (UK) > >"Innovative drum and bass coupled with a track of electronic loops and >other inhuman sound sources, all on top >of grinding, low bass frequencies. Farmers Manual also have a CD and LP out >on Mego Records - all warmly >recommended." m=E9cano (UK): > >via the usual outlets...normal cd price... > >or 13 osward road london sw17 7ss >------- End of forwarded message -------