Re: (idm) review - fridge 7s and 12s

From nick
Sent Mon, Nov 2nd 1998, 12:20

> > fridge/sevens and twelves/output/2cd
> > don't know if fridge is idm, and i'd rather not care than go thru' that
> > thread again (see idm faq q. 1.), but the 1st track "anglepoised" is 15+
> > mins of blissful languid aphex twin vs slint in dub confrontation. not
> > really radical in any way except maybe the understatement w/ which its
> > simple minimal patterns uncoil over (a v. long) time. nice bell(sound)s too.
> > bookending this at the end of cd1 is another long track "sequioa", which is
> > a slow bassy thud w/ a simple but affecting violin melody. in between is
> > more psych-prog electro funk, ambient guitar trance, and pots'n'pans
> > percussion vs. the bleeping space invaders than y'could shake a stick at.
> > disc2 continues in much the same way.
> > not much overtly electronic stuff. kind of idm w/ real instruments in the
> > sense of red snapper, and now squarepusher. more evidence of rock (w/ the
> > emphasis on the trance/space/post end rather than say aerosmith) than in
> > either of those tho'. so if mutant jazz post rock on live instruments is
> > your thing this might be worth checking out.
> 
> Any chance of an American release? It sounds excellent.

Another Output release worth getting if you can is 'Thirty 
six seventy five' by Four Tet -  one of the blokes out of Fridge 
whose name escapes me. The title refers to the length (yeah, just 
like Global Communication). It consists of just one track (or two 
parts of one track if you have the vinyl) and it's sooo good. The 
'Anglepoised' descriptions (above) are just as relevant here but this 
is even better than anything under the name Fridge. I'd expect one 
track for that length of time to get very boring after a few plays 
but I can't help coming back.

Nick