From simonc Sent Fri, Jun 25th 1999, 17:06
From simonc Sent Fri, Jun 25th 1999, 17:06
hi all, here goes with idm and vaguely idm-related news from the NME, UK pop broadsheet to the stars, week of the 26th June: Leftfield's new album (FINALLY!) is called "Rhythm and Stealth" and is out in the UK 6th September on Hard Hands. "Afrika Shox" with Afrika Bambaataa (and a Chris Cunningham video supposedly done some time ago) is out August 23rd. There's a small Capitol K interview, after I mentioned his Planet Mu review in the last issue - umm, not much quotable in it, he spoke Arabic at school and likes secretly Dictaphone-ing people? :) Capitol K, along with Mu-Ziq, Jega, Horse Opera, The Bowling Green, and Slang all play at the George IV in Brixton, London, on July 16th - first 100 people thru the door get a split Mu-Ziq/Jega 7-inch. oo, collectorness abounds! Squarepusher's "Maximum Priest" is reviewed as - "Opens by taking us back to a world of medieval folklore... then, plinky-plonky shuffly jazz pokes its head up. Horribly enjoyable slap-bass lunacy ensures. Meet the new Squarepusher, then. Same as the old Squarepusher, really." Hah, gotta love NME's succintness. Only other thing which tickled me - the new big-as-fuck-big-beat Jungle Brothers single produced by The Propellorheads is very successfully summarised as "sounding like a chase scene from an animated Disney feature about cat criminals." Well, OK, I thought it was funny at least :) reegards, h0l/simon.