Re: Simon Reynolds rant (Re: (idm) reading list)

From Che
Sent Thu, Sep 10th 1998, 09:40

At 11:35 PM 9/8/98 +0100, Giles Ward wrote:
>> The comments about coined terms is right own. My favorite is "Mentasm
>stab."
>> On the positive side, I did like his stuff on Gabba, "'ardcore" and
>jungle. 
>
>I think with "Mentasm stab", he's referring to the hoover sound used by
>Joey Beltram's 'Mentasm'.   As nicked by Liam Howlet for 'Charly'.

And scores of others.  It was a sound that was hard to avoid for a few
months there, when was it, '91?  '92?  Whatever.

As I recall, the "Mentasm stab" was a achieved by using a preset on the
Roland Alpha Juno 2 & MKS50, along with the chord memory feature (enter in
any 6 random notes for a massive discordant sound).  Cheesy bastards.

Che



rock - rok (v.) - having a conventional and/or boring nature.  ex: "Khakis
rock".  "That Rolling Stones show rocked". syn: suck.