Re: (idm) CRANK

From cl
Sent Thu, Sep 10th 1998, 22:09

> I totally agree with Brap's review. The new Crank cd is
> outstanding. It has the perfect blend of creative idm
> and dark atmospheres with just a hint of experimental
> chaos. In places it is somewhat like the phthalocyanine
> releases but no where near as crazy. Think more along
> the lines of "atmospherics-era" james bernard mixed
> with the Lustmord vs Metalbeast stuff. The cd has
> twelve tracks including one remix by phthalocyanine.
> The full tracklisting is on the phthalo label website
> at: http://pivotonline.com/Phtdiscog.html
>
> In case you didn't know, Crank is the work of Danny
> Zelonski aka Low Res. Low Res will have another
> new cd out on Plug Research in a few weeks called:
> Approximate Love Boat - Mistaken alien interpretations
> of earth music. This fourteen track cd is another idm
> gem that you will all be cooing over very soon.

just have to throw in my 2 cents here, crank, which i am listening to right now,
is excellent.  the mix of noise and rhythm elements is superb and makes many
recent releases appear dull.
btw-probably difficult to come by as my copy  is marked 250 out
of 250.  thanks dmitry!
cl