From TheevilD Sent Thu, Sep 2nd 1999, 12:41
From TheevilD Sent Thu, Sep 2nd 1999, 12:41
>Does anybody know of any other non-cheesy, non-commercial groups that >use electronic sounds but keep their original style? (I can only think >of post-rock bands for the moment) > >Maybe Mogwai...never heard it though > Mogwai are pretty un electronic.. mainly guitars drums and occasional piano; they're still great though. They do have the remix album, which is largely idm... if you've never heard them you should really get hold of Come on Die Young or Young team (imo). Any number of vaguely rock bands use 'electronic sounds' in that they have a guy playing synths... Spiritualised spring to mind. Also there are loads of crap bands who use programmed drums as a ploy to convince everyone that they're either dead industrial and scary or have their finger on the pulse of techno... it doesn't work though. Arab Strap (wahey) combine rather nice housey beats with their bass/guitar/tuneless Glasweigan mumbling template... they're great, so buy all of their records (imo of course). Super Furry Animals seem to use a lot of rather fun technoish and dnb ish stuff. Oh and the Beta Band are quite pleasant... synths, samples, singing gnomes (yes)... I'm not sure if they're actually rock though Actually, I think that the time is ripe for someone to combine pschedelic guitar with beats: I haven't because I can't play guitar and I'm crap at programming, but I think the effect would be kind of hypnotic... a repeated short loop of 'out there' guitar... (if anything like this exists and isn't crap tell me). Thanks for listening Jorkens