From John Dalton Sent Thu, Jul 1st 1999, 08:02
From John Dalton Sent Thu, Jul 1st 1999, 08:02
I loved the first installment in this series and have been looking forward to number II since seeing news about it in one of Lance's posts. Opening it, I see this is compiled by Burnt Friedman as well, great! Comes with a nice booklet too (as did the first one) with bits about the bands. The tracks on first listen: 1. Jazzanova- Caravelle - the first track starts off in jazzy jungle mode, then goes mad about 1:30 through, jungle beats an infectious bassline and lead. 4:00 in toms and snares take over for a minute or so before the lead comes back in. I like it! 2. Subtle Tease - Overlookingls - 60's style psychedelic English lyrics and pianos to a steady beat apparently of "an old drum made of suitcases"... not my cup of tea 3. Lame Gold (p.s. diacritical mark over the 'e' in 'Lame')- Heartbreak Hotel - an "interpretation of the Elvis song" with a mournful guitar melody and croaking lyrics that remind me of Lou Reed, kinda catchy maybe 4. Tarwater - No More Extra Time - more English lyrics against slow IDM, noisy at times, ho hum 5. Sad Rockets - E.j. - Lounge music IDM, dull 6. Felix Kubin - Bruder Luzifer - a bent childs-toy like melody starts this one off, radio static and distorted high hat percusssion then back some cheesy pads, back comes the bent melody, and back again. Very strange, may take some more listening. 7. Wunder - Noitz's Kakao- orchestral and sad sounding, sweet but uninspiring 8. Lithops - Chobmond - A track from Jan St. Werner, sparse and odd, I think I will have to check out some more of his stuff. 9. Harald "Sack" Ziegler & Frank Shueltge "Blumm" - "Toygrooves" - hmmm, the liner notes describe this as made from samples of various toys "and fat glossy magazines". You wouldn't know it for the most part but I like the result, it gets very strange and driving, like a demented march of electronic doo-dads. 10. Naturalist (Atom Heart) - #12 - "Why don't you simply sit back, relax, and have a coffee?" starts this track, an industrial rythym and an organ lead, distorted "coffee" samples. Wish I could say I was drinking coffee as I heard this... gets very hazy and psychedelic at the end. Hmm ditto my comment for #8! 11. Flanger (Burnt Friedman & Atom Heart) - Music to Begin With, Part 2 - clangs and scronches coalesce into a rythym, a jazzy organ melody comes along to lead the way and gives way to some bubbly squelches for a bit before returning in force with some more conventional percussion. I like the beginning better than the end, but still good 12. Hematic Sunsets - Gaude Mihi - discordant pianos build against a dark driving rythym, various loud orchestral sounds come and go. This was the most striking track so far I'd say. 13 Holosud -Alaune - an interesting, more cheerful and noisy track, almost latin sounding at times, lots of cheesy keyboard sounds. Well, I was starting to wonder with the vocal tracks at the beginning of this. There were some better tracks at the end though. I can't say there was anything that really grabbed me like some of the tracks on the first Deutcsher Funk. Well, they say anything improves with repeated listening, we'll see! Take it easy John