From kinny. Sent Fri, Oct 16th 1998, 11:24
From kinny. Sent Fri, Oct 16th 1998, 11:24
...Ramblings of a Madman....
Hi there,
should be worth the wait.
for your reading pleasure.
kinny. missing cat.
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Here's a snippet about the pastels remix album, out on november the 16th:
Pastels Music Remixed
Illuminati is The Pastels music at last in remix mode. Originally slated for
release last March, this project had by then become somewhat heavyweight,
although when you stopped to think, The Pastels are heavyweight and the
mixes were sounding pretty balanced. Maybe it was time to find the perfect
sequence.
1 My Bloody Valentine Magic Nights
I think The Pastels asked Kevin for a little bit of drama and he gave them
his best treatment since Loveless. Like all MBV music the tonal spectrum is
a little confusing at first. Too many like colours? But once you click on to
the ecstatic moment it's hard to hear music any other way.
2 Kid Loco The Viaduct
Opening out into The Kid's assured svelte modernism, which is almost a
complete contradiction of MBV but somehow flows beautifully. A salute to Kid
Loco and his self-styled `incomparable taste and perception'.
3 Cornelius Windy Hill
This could almost be an electronic evocation of Minnie Ripperton's Loving
You. An enchanted moment from the Tokyo whizz-kid who previously turned
Japan on to The Pastels through incessant name-dropping. Thank you.
4 Stereolab One Wild Moment
Stereolab made this in their basement but it makes me think of a nude
discotheque. I hope some people will take their clothes off and dance to
this. Oh, and The Pastels' own version will be out soon.
5 Mouse On Mars Attic Plan
Originally The Pastels sampled Mouse On Mars' Saturday Night World Cup
Fieber for their own Attic Plan. Mouse On Mars said that was funny because
it was inspired by The Pastels' Speeding Motorcycle anyway. So The Pastels
asked them what Saturday night is like in Cologne. I think the answer is,
it's wild.
6 Cinema Remote Climbs
Flawless noir-style creepiness from the two young lads, recently relocated
to London, although Milan might suit them better. Quite an insightful mix
but that's not too surprising as Cinema's Gregor Reid engineers most Pastels
music anyway.
7 John McEntire Remote Climbs
Pastel logic put these two mixes together; John almost seeming to abstract
out of Cinema. John's mix is both exotic and customarily crisp, mixing up
some raw funk, Ennio Morricone and other secret ingredients.
8 Ian Carmichael The Viaduct
Ian's favourite words are `gorgeous', and `mmm, one more time'. This is his
take on his favourite Pastels song, a lush and stylish dream-pop treatment
that not surprisingly recalls One Dove.
9 To Rococo Rot Thomson Colour
TRR from Berlin and Dusseldorf have made some of The Pastels' favourite
music this year. Thomson Colour shows off their subtle, slightly minimalist
melodicism.
10 My Bloody Valentine Cycle
This is the track that started it and this is the story. The Pastels were
sceptical about the idea of having their music remixed so they said, ok but
only if Kevin Shields was involved. No one knew where he was. Suddenly he
turned up, eager and focused, ready to meet any deadline. The Pastels took
it as a sign that it was ok to go ahead.
11 The Third Eye Foundation On The Way
Of course 3rd Eye ought to be next to MBV, that's obvious. But check out
Matt's wild sampling skills. The dark shades the light in the twilight zone.
12 Future Pilot AKA Rough Riders
Sushil K. Dade is certainly the person The Pastels have known longest on
this project. He went to school with Stephen and now he's teaching Katrina
how to drive. They're proud of him and his crazy tape loops and his space
echo. With Rough Riders he told them he was trying to make it like Sun Ra
playing pop. This is Aggi's favourite track.
13 The Make Up / Mighty Flashlight Rough Riders
The Make Up back in Vietnam with Mighty Flashlight on technical know-how. A
wild concept inspired by Royal Trux's Shockwave Rider; this is lo-fi
hip-hop, unstable keyboards, and affecting vocals by Ian and Michelle.
Righteous and triumphant.
14 Flacco Frozen Wave
Flacco is Tim Goldsworthy and K.U.D.O. who used to be two-thirds of
U.N.K.L.E. back in the pre-pomp days. Here they weigh in with some tricky
electronics, strange fx and good humour.
15 Bill Wells The Viaduct
Which brings us into the avant-garde outcast section. Bill's Viaduct is
melodic, but slightly strange, almost like the last song you'd hear in a
jazz nite-club, or if someone described the music in Twin Peaks but you
never got to hear it.
16 Jim O'Rourke Leaving This Island
Quite a strident finish with Jim O's gorgeously warped string section and
some fancy piano chords from the great man himself. I think this could be a
hit single but only if things were different.
So there it is, Illuminati. The Pastels in remix; beguiling, tricksy,
slightly amusing, slightly grave. I think it's the best remix LP I ever
heard. Source material is mainly The Pastels' own acclaimed LP Illumination,
cause you can't abstract out of nothing. Now everyone's getting back into
making focused music. Just one or two ideas, that's all you need. That's a
Pastels idea. They just left the building.
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