From Che Sent Fri, Jun 26th 1998, 04:17
From Che Sent Fri, Jun 26th 1998, 04:17
At 09:37 PM 6/24/98 -0400, Carter Tracy wrote: > I don't spend a lot of time seeking out the latest idm release. I do >however spend a lot of time seeking out the unknown artist quietly making >idm music in the privacy of his/her bedroom studio. For me, the thrill >comes in discovering an artist not yet discovered by anyone and helping >them get their music out there. >I prefer to find something new instead of play the collectors game. I >think collecting's cool, but I can never keep up with it. A new record or >mix tape keeps me happy for several weeks... > >The record that has most recently struck my fancy is Program Yourself by >Wamdue Project. I imagine this could spark some debate as to whether or >not it should be considered idm. I say yes. In the past Wamdue has >focused mainly on house and many of the cuts on this album still have 4/4 >house beats, >but even those cuts have a rich, layered production style that is absent in >many house tracks. The result being an album of fully composed songs >instead of simply dj mixing tracks. Chris Brann experiments with >intelligent d&b beats on some of the tracks as well, but it is the smooth >production style and soulful vocals that grab me. Are you calling Chris an unknown artist, or were you just rambling? Last time I talked to Chris he had 6 or 7 record deals (Strictly Rhythm, Peacefrog, Junior Boys Own, Studio K7, Acacia, Eruption, and Earth currently, probably others I don't know about). Hardly unknown. Plus he's starting to get some serious press coverage. About fucking time. I think a lot of Wamdue's tracks veer into IDM. The house tracks tend to be more sophisticated than Global Communication's house tracks. Wamdue, GC, and William Orbit are the only purveyors of 4OTMOFOF that I listen to regularly The real shame is that you'll never get to hear some of his better tracks, which don't get released because they don't fit into a tidy genre niche. I've heard stuff that sounds Japan meets Black Dog, just amazing, plus other strange cross pollinations, and stuff that I can't categorize, other than to say it's electronic. What's scary is that his long-held ambition is to be an R&B producer on the order of Babyface, Teddy Reilly, or Jam & Lewis. I think he's had this idea since he took some kids at his high school & made them sound like Soul II Soul (and it was frighteningly good). Really scary. Che rock - rok (v.) - having a conventional and/or boring nature. ex: "Khakis rock". "That Rolling Stones show rocked". syn: suck.