From Irene McC Sent Fri, Jun 4th 1999, 16:21
From Irene McC Sent Fri, Jun 4th 1999, 16:21
On 4 Jun 99, david turgeon wrote re: (idm) monolake & general new record: > kind of series by mike ink & that was quite the kind of thing that > would have driven me away from minimal techno forever had i heard > that first. I think here's where the vinyl vs CD argument comes into its own more fully, disregarding the warmth of the tone, blah blah - rather the DJ-tools mixability of vinyls as opposed to the long-playing effect of the CD. Sorry I'm firing off in reverse here - what I mean is the Mike Ink Studio 1 series: I had read so much about the colour-coded labelling of the 12"s that I was really curious and leapt upon the CD collection when I saw it up at s//kimo. It duly arrived with absolutely no information on the sleeve, except for the colour- coding down the spine, and it's got 10 tracks that I initially skipped through on 'intro' play - and God_Help_Me, they all sounded identical and terminally boring. But not so ::: give them time, play them through, and the beats develop and have squiggles of dubby rhythm changes and all sorts of *little* things going on. No big surprises, key changes, melodies or vocals, just *little* subtle nuances that build the big picture. But I still believe they'd be GREAT on vinyl and of more use in a mix rather than stand-alone tracks to listen to in ones bedroom. Although that is what I do do with them. Apologies for this unstructured ramble. Had red wine at lunchtime. Not a good idea. I * np ::: sorry, it's been banned to wank in public! Actually, trying to phase out Tully playing fretless bass over e-magic. ~ you can also mail me at <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx>