From Peter Hollo Sent Sat, Jul 31st 1999, 08:28
From Peter Hollo Sent Sat, Jul 31st 1999, 08:28
> The Motorbike track is one I'd love to have on vinyl to add to a drum > and bass set. It _is_ actually on vinyl - on the second recent Tusken Raiders 12" on Planet Mu... The Other Track (sic - the B Side) is very good too, and the whole Bantha Trax Vol 2 12" is fantastic - most appropriate for drum'n'bass sets too. And I'd recommend the Kid Spatula track on the recent Kid Spatula/Jega split 12". I haven't heard the whole Royal Astronomy yet - it won't get released in Australia at all (grrrrr!) and won't arrive in the import stores till next week sometime - but I picked up a copy of the Advance Promo 4-track thingy a couple of months back when I was in England. The Fear irritates the hell out of me. I think the vocal is incredibly grating, and his insistence on not quantising the synth lines is cute and would be fine if they weren't quite so badly played (on this track only really). On the other hand I think the Hwicci Song (what a great name!) is fantastic. Also, Carpet Muncher (which I have on an Astralwerks free compilation I picked up in New York a few weeks back - I've been travelling the world *grin*) is superb. Really funky, great drill'n'bass programming (not nonsensical, but actually adding a lot to the "funkiness"). I would say, from what I've heard of the album, that I'm going to love the album (Lunatic Harness is one of my fave Mike P albums, along than Mu-ziq vs the Auteurs, and about 2/3 of Bluff Limbo). But nevertheless, I'd say the three recent Planet Mu 12"s I mentioned above are better stuff, to me at least. No cheesiness, which grates with me after a while, but still those great melodies and harmonies, and some excellent really hard drum programming. There you go. My potted current Mike P commentary ;) Peter. -- Peter Hollo xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx http://www.fourplay.com.au/me.html FourPlay - Eclectic Electric String Quartet http://www.fourplay.com.au Raven: experimental electronic http://www.fourplay.com.au/sound.html "Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.