From Todd McCafferty Sent Tue, Apr 21st 1998, 17:50
From Todd McCafferty Sent Tue, Apr 21st 1998, 17:50
>haujobb. haujobb. haujobb. these two germans are incredible. their
>second album, _freeze frame reality_ from '96, showed them taking a more
>techno/acid-y/experimental tack than their previous album (straightforward
>skinny puppy-esque industrial). lots of squeslchy analogs and bleeps and
>very harsh. but really good.
>their third, _solutions for a small planet_ ('97), is an absolute
>masterpiece. very experimental. some extremely distinct idm-ish elements:
>some tracks have clicks and whirrs a la autechre, some have fax-y
>ambience, all of them are awesome. now, i've always hated standard
>industrial lyrics and that way-overused ogre distortion effect on the
>voice, but the haujobb is all very clean, dry vox, often very understated
>and calm, and with a cerebral kinda futuristic technological vision. very
>good.
>the accompanying remix album, _matrix_, i voted for as best idm album of
>'97. it was the only completely original thing of the year, imho. all of
>the remixes are quite radical deconstructions, most very d'n'b-esque in an
>extremely experimental sense. no drill'n'bass or spunk jazz or fungle, but
>really clean crisp irregular patterns. hard to describe. there's an
>interesting kinda industrial house remix, a seefeel-y drone-y new track, a
>soaring detroit-y mix, and some minimalist fun.
I totally agree. haujobb completely blew me away when i first hear them
(solutions for a small planet). Since we are on the topic of industrial, I
wanted to recommend something that might not fall under IDM, but since
Buckethead was being discussed not too long ago, I don;t feel bad. I am
talking about Vampire Rodents (yes, I know this is a very silly name).
They are hard to describe, their early albums are mostly instrumental, but
their newer stuff has more vocals. It is sample based composition, but
does not fall anywhere near the Negativland/Antediluvian Rocking Horse kind
of sounds. They are very orchestral, lots of strings, horns, cellos, etc.
but it is twisted and distorted. They are a little harder sound then most
of the stuff talked about on this list, but even though they are on an
industrial label (Re-Constriction), they do not sound very industrial (for
those of you who are sick of the 4/4, growl. distort voice). Highly
recommended, as is haujobb.