Re: (idm) review: Varathane

From Greg Clow
Sent Mon, Nov 2nd 1998, 21:24


On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 xxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote:

> Varathane - Ruddy Brown Primer cd (Hydrant Records)
> 
>         With all the talk about labels like Suction, Plug Research and Schematic, I'm
> really surprised that no one has mentioned this release.  

Agreed. I got a copy of this in the mail out of nowhere - i.e. I hadn't
contacted the label myself to enquire about servicing (yeah, I'm one of
those promo whores), and in fact had never heard of them previously. Quite
often, this is bad news, but in this case, I was amazed that I hadn't
heard of this artist/label before. Some fine IDM with the usual reference
points (Aphex, etc.) but some very original touches as well. 

There's been so much good American IDM coming out lately... you Yanks
should be proud. :)


Greg