From martin burbridge Sent Mon, Sep 21st 1998, 01:03
From martin burbridge Sent Mon, Sep 21st 1998, 01:03
"permutation" is i think somewhat more varied in sound, w/ a more electronic edge than the overall live jazzy feel of his earlier releases on ninja. that said i'd recommend them all. if anything the percussion patterns on "bricolage" and the eps "chomp samba" and "pirahna beats" are more complex and varied, w/ fewer straight ahead stormers. the squeaky track on "pirahna beats" (can't remember title, track 3 i think), is one of the more 'militaristic' thumpers but still manages to be v/ swingin, w/ lots of lovely surface noise crackle. the hidden agenda remix on "chomp samba" is pretty cool, too. sounding like an upgraded starker tackhead, w/ its stuttering rythmn stabs. "bricolage" is consistantly dark, but not never static or doomy. v/ deep bass swells, live sounding jazz samples, fluid rhythms and bouncing percussion. 70 min at a domestic price, buy, buy. hoping to catch him on the ninja tour w/ mixmaster morris in boston. -martin > -----Original Message----- > From: sfwd productions > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (idm) amon tobin > > been feeling a bit let down by the ninja's since the > coldcut let us play release... didn't get into it like i'd > hoped i would, then there was the bad comp (not bad > sounding, just troublesome), and a series of other > releases which didn't really get me moving... but after > reading both che and cg's views on the premutation cd, > i went down and picked it up today... > > right on! > > this is really nice! the drum samples do have a very live sound > to them, which really adds to the whole atmosphere of the > release. just enough ninja in there to make you have to get up > and swing. this is easily my favorite ninja release since the > funki porcini lets see what carmen can do... buy buy buy > > anyone compare this to the other ninja tobin? i've never heard it > and for reasons unknown always avoided it... this has made me > seriously rethink this... > > > xxxx@xxxxx.xxx[icq: 12645306] > http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ > sfwd prod | noisesoundnoise > chris g. 1547 boston court #7, santa rosa, ca 95405 >