From Martin Sent Mon, Dec 22nd 1997, 17:00
disappearing in a pile o' tissue, clunking thru digests of end o' year, poll categories, track names, next year wishes etc.. and tho' i hate to clutter here's some of my own. no sensible order due to hallucinatory decongestent haze. sounds that would not be shifted: various/avantgardism II/law+auder (no it doesn't suck, imo > ag1 - thanx everyone who responded) various/death of cool pt 1/noodles (contains what sounds like patsy cline recorded at peak performance black ark!! cloth eared types who can't tell the difference btw sherwood and laswell shouldn't bother) squarepusher/hard normal daddy/warp various/spunk jazz/ill amon tobin/bricolage/ninja animals on wheels/designs+mistakes/ninja mouse on mars/instrumentals/sonig spymania allstars/avit/spymania rubber johnny/jamrolypoly/warp autechre/cichlisuite/warp amon tobin/chomp samba/ninja amon tobin/pirahna breaks/ninja funki porcini/lets see what carmen can do/ninja david holmes/gritty shaker rmxs 12/go beat genuinely scary record of '97 v/vm xmas single shopping: modern music synaptic sonic groove newbury comics (despite the fascistic pr*ce r*ses) the idm section in tower in harvard sq. '98: full length recording of rdj farting more "drill'n'bass" "fungle" whatever a better sub-genre description of "drill'n'bass" "fungle" ... getting to hear "mealtime" more tracks called 1,2,3... more guitar mixes of dance records no categories in next years idm poll. the paddington breaks record that got mentioned the other week. finally getting around to satellite records. non-idm: lee perry/arkology/island the fall/levitate/artful mogwai/young team/jetset thanx to everyone on the list that ranted senselessly and enthusiastic about all kinds of sound, and then helped me get to some of those sounds. merry xmas -martin