Re: (idm) Michael Wells/Lee Newman ?

From laerm
Sent Tue, Jul 7th 1998, 14:58

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, --Unhinged-- wrote:

> ...just listening to a very interesting profile on CBC and was wondering
> about dicographies on above .I realize now i've heard some of this,but
> was wondering about side projects,ect...Also ,any must haves?
really? wow. props to the canadians.

i feel the wells/newman powerhouse to be one of the most underrated in the
history electronic music. necessary recordings:

greater than one :
    _all the masters licked me_ (1987; side effects records (deleted,
        sorry))
    _duty and trust_ (1991; ROIR)

tricky disco : whatever you can find: it's all real old and deleted.

GTO :
    _tip of the iceberg_ (1993; react)
    _data-trax volume 1_ & _...volume 2_ (1994/1995; react)
    _kardiophunk and the seventh wave_ (1996; react)

technohead : whatever you can find; they're all deleted.

john + julie : _red alert_ (1993; dataflow; deleted)

TD5 : whatever you can find; they're all deleted.


also, not newman/wells, but there's signs ov chaos. it's what michael
wells did after lee newman passed on. my picks:

_frankenscience (urban cyberphunk)_ (1996; earache)
_scanner v signs ov chaos_ (1997; earache) is pretty good, too. half is
scanner remixed by signs ov chaos; the other half the other way around.
so if you're unsure about buying it, look at it this way: it's half
scanner, too (another artist really worth your time and effort).


now, i'm sure we'll get some people saying that the newman/wells in the
'90's got really silly on the techno tip. well, i say, so? it's well done
and damned fun. i'm willing to admit i like some crap raver techno of the
early '90's. maybe it's the memories; i don't know. but these two were
really good. buy what you can: practiucally all has been deleted.

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