From Arjun Mendiratta Sent Wed, Oct 15th 1997, 10:18
From Arjun Mendiratta Sent Wed, Oct 15th 1997, 10:18
On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Simon Walley wrote:
>
> >mnemonic image... i was heavily disappointed
> >with the two lps pickton has brought out, as they can't hold a fucking
> >candle to this early material..
>
> I kind of disagree - _Inspiration_ (first Stasis album I think) is prime
> Steve Pickton material. Has some of my favourite IDM tracks on it. _From
> the Old to the New_ was interesting but it kind of heralded the arrival of
> Steves new sound - working with breaks and more funky sounds and kind of
> dropping the chords and Detroit sound a bit. This is what disappoints me
> slightly about Steve's stuff nowadays. Some of his stuff has the tendency
> to meander along without really doing much (like his 12" on Multiplex) but
> occasionally he hits the spot completely. Both those albums on Peacefrog.
> He also did the Paul W. Teebrooke _Connections_ LP on Op-ART but again,
> this kind of trod similar ground to _From the Old to the New_ so I haven't
> really listened to it much.
>
I haven't heard any of the early Stasis material, so I can't really
comment from that angle, but I have to say that-in my opinion-
_Connections_ is brilliant. The new sound you speak of, all processed
breaks and weird metallic sounds, can initially sound a bit harsh and
obscure what else is going on, but after a few listens it all comes
together. And the Detroit spirit-warm soul vs. cold machinery-is
definitely still there. Newskool electronics that actually deserves that
description.
-arjun
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