From martin burbridge Sent Wed, Jul 7th 1999, 22:30
From martin burbridge Sent Wed, Jul 7th 1999, 22:30
okay, i know i'm v. slow on this, and am currently 4 days behind on reading idm mails, but now the descriptions are coming this sounds more and more like something i'd be interested in. the question is are there any more kumquats? thanks -martin > -----Original Message----- > From: xxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:xxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On Behalf > Of Irene McC > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 5:43 AM > To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx; xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (idm) Kumquat > > > My Kumquat CD01 has arrived and first of all, a big thank you for > Fred Church's selfless generosity : beautifully packaged in its > custom designed cardboard box, the CD itself in cellophane and as > others have commented, the artwork is colourful and very well put > together in a rather Alince in Wonderland way. I was expecting a > CD-R; however this is a very professional product : well done, > Kumquat! > > On to the music itself. > > These kumquats have been reared on a diet of steroids! Chock-full > of frenetic ideas, none outstay their welcome; although none seem > fully expanded either - there's promise of something really nice > blossoming, but before it gets a chance to develop, we're onto the > next segment. Slow down, slow down!! > > Personally, I am not a fan of spoken word samples, and here and > there I catch a phrase about a horse and Corn Flakes - but > goodness knows what they're on about... :-) The sounds > themselves are a lot of fun : everything is shot through with a good > sense of humour and quite a bit of it is reminiscent of 80's synth > pop, even to the point of guitar-driven chordery. > > Being a short 40 minutes total, I've put the disc on repeat and it's > beginning to gel, here and there I recognise snippets as they come > round. Pick a favourite? The Windmills of the Fairies, with its > mellifluous Dutch vocals. This one seems to me the most > musically coherent and with the volume up loud it's got a nice > driving bassline. I get occasional weird flashbacks of Wagon > Christ/Vibert and I have a feeling that the more I play this, the more > I'll enjoy it. > > Is this the only copy on the African continent? Ha! I'm honoured > and will be playing it to various friends soon. > > I > * > np : everyone is afraid of clowns > >