(idm) review - fridge 7s and 12s

From martin burbridge
Sent Fri, Oct 30th 1998, 17:02

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.

-martin