From Jeff Pitrman Sent Tue, Jun 30th 1998, 19:34
From Jeff Pitrman Sent Tue, Jun 30th 1998, 19:34
At 10:54 AM 6/30/98 -0700, Jon Logan wrote:
>
>I passed over a copy of HyperModern Jazz at the record shop yesterday.
>Having heard his Atari Teenage Riot work, I was a bit skeptical when I saw
>that it was described as 'Easy Listening/Space Jazz'....
>
>Has anyone heard this? Comments? I'm very intrigued.
I'd have to insert the comment here that judging Alec Empire just on ATR
isn't very fair, as it's definitely his dumbest work. Even just comparing
his albums like 'Squeeze the Trigger' or '6666 Girls' to ATR shows a pretty
big gap on the interesting-o-meter. Especially 6666 Girls, which dips into
some pleasantly loud feedback and distortion. And I'd have to defy anyone
who likes hardcore breaks to not be impressed with his 'Ice Princess and
the Killer Whale' remix of Bjork's 'Bachelorette.' It's pretty contorted.
I haven't heard that space jazz one, but some of his other cds are pretty
interesting (and definitely not HC). 'Les /Etoiles Des Filles Mortes' has
a little too much aimless synth noodling for me, but some of the songs like
"Opus 28; Pour La Liberter/e Des Mille Universes" are actually *very* good.
It sounds sort of like ... the music from an old vampire movie and sci fi
50's music spliced together, underwater, on ghb. For lack of a better way
to describe it. Empire's 'Generation Star Wars' is alright, but don't get
your hopes up like I did -- there's no Star Wars theme in the music. Bah.
I felt pretty betrayed.
Woo, my first post to IDM. Hi everyone.
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