From Peter Becker Sent Fri, Dec 4th 1998, 14:30
Gotta disagree with Irene on Journeyman....nothing personal, my South African friend... : ) Journeyman *is* indeed Woob, one of the more beautiful landmark artists in the EM:T catalog. I receommend *all* Woob for sometimes melancholy, often beautiful and always interesting ambient material. The last track on 1194 is chillingly unforgettable. However, I ate up "National Hijinx" on NTONE freom the 1st second and consider it one of my favorite LPs of 1997. Incredible. Take Woob's vibe and add distorted beats and a very ,very dark vibe. Once you get past the *very* long 1st track that is seemingly dull ( hint: listen to it often if you're bored with it, there's a lot going on ) this LP kicks in with morbid passion. Very late night. Dubby occasionally, d+b-ish at times, but never mereley "trip hop". After 3 1/2 sides of funky gloom, it ends with an almost Pink Floyd meets Love and Rockets acoustic guitar tune. Unexpected, original and totally overlooked on idm when it came out. I think of all the stuff that I've traded and sold and keep holding on to that record. Hope he's got more up his sleeve, Peter + Irene: Well, this is Paul Frankland - aka Woob. National HiJinx (as far as I know that's the most recent Journeyman on n-tone / Ninja) was TOTALLY different to what I had anticipated from knowing Woob's 1194 (on the now defunct em:t label). Most people I've discussed National Hijinx with agree that it's a difficult album to get into. I certainly don't play it much, whereas Woob's ambience is totally gorgeous. I + + Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:02:15 -0500 (EST) From: laerm <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> Subject: (idm) journeyman recommendations does anyone have any particular favourites that would be a good place to start with his stuff? +