(idm) SUBREVIEW: Various Artists / Em:t Beat Exploration

From Zenon M. Feszczak
Sent Thu, Feb 26th 1998, 01:55

Various Artists / Em:t Beat Exploration
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WHAT THE HELL IS THAT NOISE!?!?
Is the dishwasher flooding the kitchen?
Has another teaspoon (or Cup of Tea) met its untimely demise in the
whirligig garbage disposal?
Has the vacuum cleaner swallowed a funk band again?

Wait a minute - it moves, it grooves.
Shroomy vibes.

Ja, mate, it's got beats on it.
Don't panic.

recontextualized contents:

Beatsystem/Tibet
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Enigma goes lo-fi breakbeat.
Monks on acid.  Not a pretty site.

Gas/Oxygen
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Nothing menacing.
Breathe easy.
Roxyish.

Undark/Rain In Our Room
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Russell goes mad and beats his friends while watching TV.
In sync to the beat from AMP.
Friends must like it, they don't leave, but rather yelp in time.
Sadeness.

Woob/Mould
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An artist named in honor of everyone's favorite Stooge.
A song named in honor of everyone's favorite _______.
Stipple beatz.  Menacing warpy cello.
Russell's friends seem to have made it into the neighboring studio as well!


Bad Data / What's in the Box?
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Ummm...wait, I know!
Noodle loops?

By the way, the creators have a dog named Data who chases the postman.
Hence the name.
Then again, this might be an outright lie.

Slim / Triple Threads
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Smoove MooVs.
But - what the hell are you babbling about?


Pablo's Eye / Pagan Exp.
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808 Satie.
Plug-and-play furniture music.
Too dyslexic for my cat.


International Peoples [sic] Gang / Into the Hole
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Exploring the golf-sex connection, no doubt.
DOES ANYBODY HERE REMEMBER SPACE INVADERS?
70s.
Hip Hop - 80s.
This - 90s.
Nice ridey ambient break, except for the irrelevant spoken word samples.
Lounge piano and wind-up toys.
Flange the beat.
What kind of pie would you like today?
Clap hands for the media, man.


Miasma / Dead Eye
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Drippy loop.
Gloomy sliding echoes.
Somebody's digging a hole.
Creepy.

Well, if

Mommy's just jealous; it's ambient noize.

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