From william ratke Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 23:19
From william ratke Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 23:19
i was mentioning it to someone whos been on the list longer
than me who hasnt heard anything about third eye foundation, so i figure
thats reason enough to step in and put my two bits in, considering its
been released for quite awhile, pardon me if its been talked to death
previously, but its brilliant and deserves a bit of mention......
third eye foundation(ghost)- third eye foundation is the culmination
of matt elliots more electronic efforts a member of flying saucer
attack(in the vein of spaceman 3 and all that groovy space rock guitar
stuff:) the musics very dense, quite a bit of rough
sampling, its a bit more refined than semtex(the first, very obscure
release, which is also recommended) very heady and felt in the
stomach(which usually signifies its a dance monstrosity:) lanky beats,
wonderfully twisted samples(the second track, corpses as bedmates has
this shreiky, dissonant howl going over top of it, all the samples have
that staticy glaze to them, very warm analog roughness, (similar to amon
tobin id say, especially with all those orchestral samples...) a wispy
trumpet sample on one of the tracks, like semtex all the sounds
melt together rather than isolated which tends to be a part of the idm
sound.... altogether an album that resonates tangents in my
head.......id recommend fx randomiz and holosud if your into this
genre, and vice versa..... ( i wish there was more mention of the
a-musik and mego stuff... )
farmers manual(fsck)- this is the first fm ive heard and newer, i cant
say how it compares to earlier releases, but its much more experimental
than a majority of the idm genre, not so refined, its allmost a cutup
of common formats seen issued by the numerous godheads of idm(you know
who im talking about:), the beats take an awkward very non-linear tumble
amidst bouts of silence, which renders the album pretty much
undanceable, the songs tend to go roundabout, very subtle minimal
build-ups that tend to disipate into nothing or tower into intense drum
machine buggerance..... the album seems to lack a substance that most
idm releases convey, which i personally enjoy to the utmost_ not
recommended for the more straight-cut idm fans id say,
sorry for the long post but i think these two releases very much
deserve it... _william