Re: (idm) Ultramarine on New Electronica

From Che
Sent Fri, Feb 20th 1998, 11:06

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, lwtcdi wrote:

> Yes, the LP is called "A Users Guide" and I'm dying to hear it. I really
> really rate their stuff - the last LP was excellent and Every Man and
> Woman is probably my favourite record full stop. As a band they should
> be up there with Orbital, Black Dog, Aphex etc but instead they remain
> criminally underrated. 

I've been a bit put off by them from the start.  The track on "Excursions
In Ambience 1", with the bEAGLES sample from "One Of These Nights" was my
first exposure, and it left quite a bad taste.  Using a bEAGLES sample was
bad enough, but then to crossfade over something out of key was
unconscionable - like fingers on a chalkboard.  Nothing I've heard since
has changed my opinion. 

There's just something a bid too middle-of-the-road about them...

Cheerfully yours
Che