From ptr Sent Fri, Aug 20th 1999, 02:30
From ptr Sent Fri, Aug 20th 1999, 02:30
i forwarded this IDM post about pluxus to jason from suction records, because i know he likes them... this is what he said: ----------->i've been thinking of getting the new Pluxus album, >Fas 2, a few months now their first 7" was ace! >any comments on the album? The new Pluxus album, Fas 2, is excellent! A friend was nice enough to send it to me recently and i have been enjoying it ever since. To those who don't know the sound of Pluxus, imagine the sound of Solvent or Lowfish mixed with almost a poppy New Wave sound. Other comparisons would be to some of the Ersatz Audio, Isan, and maybe even Bochum Welt output. A thoroughly entertaining release. Check it out! ---> that's an interesting comparison. we'll be releasing a track by pluxus on our upcoming 10" compilation along with lowfish, tinfoil teakettle and brioche kretzaal... i think pluxus is quite a bit more crass than those comparisons. they're also very much from the indie-pop side of things; like i was telling you they seem to play most of their synth lines live to old preset drum machine patterns. the recording quality is dodgy but totally appealing, and they have a wicked sense of melody that's sorta new wave (omd, depeche), sorta 70s-ish (early kraftwerk, sky label stuff), sorta 90s (every so often i'm reminded of i-f or afx or boards of canada, but i'm quite sure it's mostly a fluke). as for "fas2", a few tracks are too "live" (in an add n to x kinda way) for my robot tastes but then a few tracks on there are definitely amongst the best tracks i've heard in a while, especially "genie 44"...-----