(idm) sensorama: zu gast auf der welcome insel

From wayne
Sent Sun, May 24th 1998, 16:34

just picked this up in london after serching for it for about 2
years..heres a review(because it features a lot of the respected idm
artists)

1 harz born under a rhyming planet  (jamie hodge remix)
2 echtzeit the"echtzeit" retrofit(by claude young)
3 zone 30 plaid mix
4 ventil q-mulator mx by mouse on mars
5 echtzeit move d rmx
6 aspirin global communications mix...

Track1 is a sparse electo type mix,starting with stripped down
percussion bringing in bass zappy noises while a dark atmosphere builds
in the background,blends into a rumbling slow percusion and rebuilding
the the origional elements back in..quite a dark sounding track..
Track2 a pretty freeform jazzish percussion starts off,nice atmospheres
etc reminding me of a warp69/global comm kinda sound..nice melodies and
a meandering lead line through the track
Track3 starts with irregular bassline,bringing in a jerky stabby
melody,then to a hip hop/electro beat..nice plinky echoey melodies over
the beat,nice bass,then adding more melody elements..changes into an
organ chord sequence with nice bass,then back with some more nice
melodies.like some of the album tracks,and sounds instantly like plaid.
track4..mouse on mars jittery percusion and odd noises,then gets into a
breackbeat kinda section with a deep bassline,then back to jittery odd
noises and more jittery chopped up percussion.carries on like
this,changing and getting more like r2d2 bleeping for recue...a pretty
normal mouse on mars track(if theyre ever normal)
track5 a smooth jazzy house track,typically nice moved stuff.
track6..nearly 13 minutes of blissed ambience,no beat but ends off the
album nicely.

and,even though its a few years old,still sounds fresh..

now looking at:  piece of cheese