From Andrew Hime Sent Sat, Oct 31st 1998, 02:54
From Andrew Hime Sent Sat, Oct 31st 1998, 02:54
> 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.