From Sean Cooper Sent Tue, Dec 23rd 1997, 23:03
From Sean Cooper Sent Tue, Dec 23rd 1997, 23:03
> Karaoke Kalk is out of Cologne, with four releases so far (supposedly a > fifth one is out?). The style of the first couple releases is in the > freestyle electro vein, think Metamatics meets Mouse on Mars. I don't have > KK03, but KK04 features a rather unconventional drum'n'bass track and some > nice trip-hop on the flip. The music is quite worthwhile, the design is > even rather nice, but I wouldn't say they deserve all the hype they've > been getting. i'd say kandis alone is deserving of the hype kk's been getting. the other releases have been pretty derivative, but kandis' releases have been to my ears, consistently excellent. and there's a new one out this week! sc p.s. people: polls are, as usual, a waste of time. polls are a method for forcing consensus where none exists, whereas innovative music is about sidestepping consensus in favor of discovery. is this news to you? fuck the poll. send those lists in! let's not settle for the "highest" common multiple.