From Julien Quint Sent Thu, Mar 4th 1999, 08:47
Hey, while I'm posting I should as well plus some interesting releases that I didn't see discussed yet. I would urge anyone with the slightest interest in turntable/sample-based music to check out Erik M's first CD "Zygosis" (out on the French label Sonoris). Erik M is a turntablist from Marseilles and although this is his first CD he's done lots of collaborations already (with the likes of Jim O'Rourke, Otomo Yoshihide, recently with Christian Marclay -- he even opened for Sonic Youth last year at the famous Olympia !) He's quite fun to see live, and his CD is even better! He covers a lot of ground between silliness -- the opening track sounds close to Stock, Hausen and Walkman -- and pure noise -- he has those cool "spaceship" sounds. Really something to look for IMHO. Also the Italian label Snowdonia just put out a new compilation CD called "The Last Famous International Gluttons" that has an I.S.O. (Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko Matsubara and a percussionist whose name I forget) track on it. Haven't heard it yet but it sounds promising! Also the CD has a Trumans Water track so it's definitely a must-have. Julien