From mltsnt Sent Sat, May 29th 1999, 02:04
From mltsnt Sent Sat, May 29th 1999, 02:04
At 06:22 PM 5/28/99 -0500, xxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx wrote: >>>Jeff >> >>It seems as if D'arcangelo has lost quite a bit of edginess since he >>released that rephlex mini-LP a few years ago. the music on Shipwreck is >>pleasant enough, but it somehow seems like a regression. Phthalocyanine >>extrapolated on what D'arcangelo was doing and really ran with it. >>dave segal > >Hmm to my ears, it sounds like a definate progression. The beats are more >complex and interesting, the production levels have gone up, that and >it sounds like the melodies work better together. That being said, >I think both discs are quite excellent. D'Archangelo isn't a he, >its a set of brothers. What other pseudonyms have these guys recorded >under that I need to check out. As for the CD's overal length, it >doesn't seem to bother me as the tracks all work together and it >feels like a complete work. They've released SEVERAL EPs/12"s as Automatic Sound Unlimited, Centuria (City), Monomorph, Intermolecular Forces, D duo, Last Sinclair (see my website for them http://multsanta.home.sprynet.com/darcangelo/ for a discography) Most of this stuff is OOP, but there were two Monomorph albums on Disturbance that should still be available. but it should be fair warning that a lot of their earlier stuff is in a more typical techno vein, and some really really influenced by early aphex. tho it's pretty good. I'm gonna try to do some real audio of some of the rarer stuff Marcos sent me... There's this one track from 'Diagrams 1-4' that sounds almost like proto-funkstorung, 'cept five years earlier. >Lets just hope they don't wait another 3 years to put out a CD well, they've done other stuff since the Rephlex CD (afformentioned nature 12", Last Sinclair 12"), but mainly, as i understand it Marco was living in England and Fabrizo was still in Italy, thus making collaberations kinda hard. I think Fab's in England now (could be wrong tho), soooo.... but coming soon is a 12" on Gonzi's Orange label (with an Andre Estermann remix !!) /m