From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Dec 2nd 1997, 21:30
From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Dec 2nd 1997, 21:30
At 03:58 PM 12/2/97 -0500, you wrote: > >lance (or anyone)--what's the rundown on mike ink? if i dig the studio 1 >and the mabstab, what else is in that vein? (we've already that the studio >1 remixes don't live up to the originals.) and how do all the studio 1 >12"s measure up? the only one i have is silver; any particular standouts? > Mike Ink has over 70 releases on a variety of different labels (Profan, Harvest, Studio 1, New Transatlantic, Ladomat, Force Inc, etc). I don't own much of his early stuff so i can't comment on that but i can highly recommend most of his more recent releases. To start with, all ten of Mike Ink's Studio 1 12"s are excellent ultra minimal techno slabs all of which are identified solely by the color of their label. My favorites are Blue, Red, Violet, Orange and light Green. If you want a sampler of what's on Studio 1, check out the Studio 1 comp cd released last year. But as mentioned before, stay away from the Thomas Brinkman Studio 1 remixes. They aren't half as good as the originals. Also well worth having are most of the releases on Mike's Profan label. On Profan Mike Ink records as M:I:5, Gas, Mint and Sweet Reinhard amongst others. There are about 25 releases on Profan so far and i have most of them. With the exception of the Pentax People and the two Thomas Brinkman Studio 1 variations 12"s, most are well worth having. There is also a Profan sampler comp cd called Kompakt 1 that will give you a taste of the different styles on the Profan label. The styles on Profan range from gritty basic channel styled techno to haunting dubby ambience to crisp minimal techno. My favorite Profan releases, although not all mike ink releases, are Jurgen Paape: Revel, Sweet Reinhard: Believe & M, Mint: Phonogram, Grungerman: Hout, and M:I:5: Rondo. A few other Mike Ink releases of note are the KLAR 1&2 12"s, The Return of Forever Sweet on Ladomat, the Love Inc R.E.S.P.E.C.T. rmxs on Force Inc, the Schatrax Mike Ink rmx 12", Polka Trax on Warp, and the two 12"s he co-produced with M.Mayer, Frost & Heaven, on New Trans- atlantic. -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states