From Andrew J. Solomon Sent Wed, Feb 25th 1998, 16:55
From Andrew J. Solomon Sent Wed, Feb 25th 1998, 16:55
so does anyone have any boots/recordings etc ofs j.p. doing a live set? (from p.e. #1 ) please? andy > josh > perth, wa > np - speedy j - public energy #1 > > ps had the privelidge of seeing speedy j play live at a local festival > recently. He was amazing! He played for about 1.5 hours starting off > with what i vaguely recognized as ni go snix and ending with patterns. I > think ni go snix (snix) was also in there as well as one of the tracks > from g-spot. Very little melodic ambience (ie early stuff) but heaps of > thundering crunchy beats, and great washes of noise. Even the tracks i > recognised were totally reworked (he was tweaking away th whole time) > the beats in patterns were sometimes broken down into even more > progressions of beats (ie where on the cd there is one beat he replaced > it with multiple beats). THis set really made me realise how brilliant > this music is and how true all of jochem's talk of 'new direction' and > 'another level' is. The set was undescribable - totally blissful. If u > get the chance go see him. I had cramps in my legs but refused to stop > dancing. THose of you who have l!ve will no that speedy j does a > dancier interpretation of his stuff playing live. THios is equally true > of his newer stuff the beats were all complex but at the same time > thumping and groovey. I couldnt believe how beautiful he made sheer > noise sound! Well enuf of my drooling (i think ive said enuf for a > lurker!) > > > > > We all know about the various aliases of Richard H. Kirk, but does anyone > > have the scoop on Stephen Mallinder's whereabouts or activity? I believe > > that he is producing records, I just don't know what name or label or > > release or date... Thanks. >