From eric hill Sent Thu, Apr 2nd 1998, 20:21
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, RAlcomendr wrote: >#Moody Boyz_Recycled for the Environment 2CD(SSR)/$14 >(Includes a track co written by the Black Dog called Shango) this is actually a remix of the shango track on "product of the environment." quite nice, and you can mix back and forth pretty much all day with the a2 track on the orange kandis on karaoke kalk. the original is also super. busted beats and a dynamic density rarely found, except perhaps on the latest bob holroyd freakout. there's a track on this comp called "black russian" that communicates with the parallax effect ed pond was talking about, where acquiring a different rhythmic frame of reference can completely change the aesthetics of a track. along these same lines, "daydream" from "product of the environment" is a different track every time i listen to it. tony thorpe is great (lately...hrm) with these sorts of tracks that consciously _avoid_ having an identifiable rhythmic anchor point. somehow, the way he does it is different than the way plaid, atom heart, o.s.t., et al use odd time sigs to get away from a loopy structure. eric