From public anemone Sent Thu, Jun 10th 1999, 22:54
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 11:19:34 EDT > From: fish-flavoured anti-aging cream <xxxxxxx_xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> > Subject: (idm) the new mouse on mars EPs. > > anyone got reviews of these? basically i'm wondering if i should pick them > up, as wasn't a big fan of _autoditacker_ at all, at all. but i do think > _glam_ and _instrumentals_ and a couple of other things by them are mad, > fat, and beauteous. got both of these the other day and was suprised at how lame they were..."distroia" is mostly drum and bass stuff, kind of noisy and not terribly exciting, similar to some of the more pop-oriented stuff off of "autoditacker". the one on sonig has a lot of suprisingly autechre-like drum programming with a few nice melodic parts on one side, and some more "drill and bass" stuff on the other side...not too bad if you like drum and bass i guess but in general i found these two to be quite unoriginal, esp. given the brilliance of "instrumentals" and "glam"... > on the other hand, i just got this today: > > To Rococo Rot: The Amateur View (Mute 9095-2) an excellent lp. pick this up instead of the mom ep's...