From Mark Stevens Sent Tue, Nov 10th 1998, 20:27
From Mark Stevens Sent Tue, Nov 10th 1998, 20:27
On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 02:33:53 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Sometime back I snagged a SE track off a friend's CD and unfortunately I >didn't right down any info about it. It starts out w/ rain sounds, has a >straightahead beat, a kinda tribal vocal sample, and housey piano - about 4 >1/2 minutes long. Does anyone have an idea what it's called? Was it an orignal CD, or a CD-R he'd made? I went through my copies of Kitchen and Present, some R&S compilations, a couple of EPs and even some Orb stuff, but couldn't find anything similar (although the new 'Mickey Mars' track on 'U.F.Off' is full of ethnic vocal samples and lush drum & bass progressive percussion -- no pianos though. Oh, and a few tracks off 'Orbus Terrarum' may qualify). My copy of Via Nostra is still on order, so I can't check that -- and there's a couple of other SE bits & pieces I haven't got. However, it's possible it might be a track from their 'Turn-on' EP, which I believe was only ever issued as a limited (500 copies) promo on ZTT Records in 1991. I've just played my copy and there's quite a few tracks with rain-forest/bird samples, have "straightahead beats" and housey piano. Not really tribal vocals though -- some male singer, although there are snatches of female vocals. *VERY* different from the ambient/techno style SE we've come to know and love -- their old style was more club-orientated techno, a little bit similar to what 808 State were doing at the same time. /\/)ark http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/