From Fargher Sent Tue, Jun 8th 1999, 22:29
From Fargher Sent Tue, Jun 8th 1999, 22:29
>I know Junior Varsity KM is supposed to have some new stuff out. Does >anybody know of any other notable recent releases from Darla in San >Francisco? Does anybody know what I'm talking about? The Bliss Out series has been pretty irregular in the last year or so. The most recent one (just out) is by The Cat's Miaow. This one IS good - kind of St Etienne-meets-Sundays sweet pop but quite intricate droney electronics in the background. The Piano Magic Bliss Out "Trick of the Sea" is stunning. Two long dark, wistful ambient tracks seemingly broken into sub-tracks (since the moods change around a lot). Nautical themes - which means you get bonus sea noises, washes etc. The Bright one before that was dreadful improv psych stuff (well, it's not my thing anyway). The Junior Varsity and Sweet Trip ones before that were pretty lightweight drum'n'bass flavoured electropop (typical Darla fare in general). Favourites before that were Windy&Carl, Transient Waves, Amp and Flowchart. All worth getting if you can still find them. There has been some other good stuff on Darla recently. The Tomorrowland "People Mover" 12" is excellent - deep bassy post rock ambience much like the Transient Waves 12" on Fat Cat (or Chessie or Monaural). The recent Flowtron, GNAC and Exheleradeck releases all sound promising too (chekc the website), but I haven't found the spare money yet. Robin