From laerm Sent Tue, Jun 23rd 1998, 18:29
From laerm Sent Tue, Jun 23rd 1998, 18:29
haven't seen these really reviewed yet, so, well, here they are.
V/A : _Chill Out_ (Sabotage)
the newest of what seems to be the current thread in electronic music
today: a tribute/cover cd (in this case, the source material being the KLF
classic, _Chill Out_) that features a bunch of tracks with no titles
resembling the original with no music resembling the original. the only
KLF i spotted is panacea doing some scratching on his _White Room_ lp
during his track. but, it's only fitting that they take the piss with the
KLF--after all, the KLF did it to everyone else.
anyway, this isn't too bad. there are some real standout tracks, those
being, namely pomassl's "mipp ppon" is that noisy screeching he does so
well; fmsvjl (farmer's manual) do 5 minutes of _fsck_ style digital sound;
and fennesz have an interesting little piece that sounds like oval at 45
(then it gets really interesting).
other notable wackiness: panacea's least listenable noisefest ever (imho);
bannlust sampling an old mike p melody; dj pure doing an electro song
minus all of the funk and most of the music; and ryoji ikeda with 5
minutes of nothin' but line noise (i think it's 50Hz for the real
'spotters).
8/10; 9/10 on the wank scale (but hey, it's KLF-related. expect wank.)
Riou Tomata : _Pops_ (Invisible)
no idea who this feller is. he's japanese, this i know. anyhoo, you can
get a pretty good idea of this disc if you imagine this: kinda like older
sabres, but lose all of the music and leave the percussion, leaving you
with straight 4otF for 60 minutes.
now, i often have to resist the temptation of saying "i could do that" cuz
what i heard may have been all the artist wanted. and in this case, it
sounds like riou wanted to do a less interesting chain reaction record.
6/10; 7/10 on the wank scale (it's lack of wank, in a cd devoid of
anything other worth it on the repeat listening scale, is not good.)
Gescom : _MD_ (Or)
what's that? you don't have a minidisc player? buy one--you need this
release.
9/10; 1/10 on the wank scale (a minidisc-only release is a tad silly)
Farmer's Manual : _fsck_ (Tray)
[so i'm slow on this one. it's too good to miss, though.]
now, admittedly, i'm a a fan of the clicks, bleeps, whirrs, and crashes
more than anything else. so i ate this disc right up. the lack of definite
structure and meter, and the (seemingly, i'm sure) careless placement of
sounds really strikes a chord in me. as a whole, it's really rather
indescribable. one of the few definite things i can say about it is:
tracks 16-98 are each four second slices of click and whirr and bleep and
crash that either flow, don't, won't, or can't. is it a song? who knows.
maybe it's a puzzle you're supposed to put together; put the pieces in
proper order. i dunno. i just listen and am enthralled.
10/10; no wank scale.
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