From Pietro Sent Fri, Feb 25th 2000, 23:29
From Pietro Sent Fri, Feb 25th 2000, 23:29
Looks like Dutch-East are distributing this one also.. should be interesting to hear. >BEIGE >I Don=92t Either >BAY5V (180g LP) / BAY5CD >UPC: 1753-32792-2 > >I Don=92t Either is the debut album by Cologne's ultrafunk proteg=E9 Oliver= =20 >Braun. Composed of compulsive, playful electronica and skeletal house music= =20 >- and influenced as much by P-Funk and the clipped R&B of Timbaland as it= =20 >is by the fractured Cologne sound - this is the real future funk. > >Where much recent electronica relies on swathes of effects to bedazzle the= =20 >listener, Beige=92s power lies in the way he strips the music down to a=20 >radically funky minimum. Initially alien to the ear, Beige takes the=20 >over-familiar elements of house music - the basslines, the vocal snatches -= =20 >and puts them back together in a way you=92ve never heard before. The album= =20 >doesn=92t give up its charms right away, but as you filter through the= dense=20 >layers of ideas, a strange sense of melancholy becomes apparent: it=92s fun= =20 >(sometimes funny), but with emotional intent. > >The unassuming Braun was first brought to the label=92s attention by Stefan= =20 >Betke (aka Pole), which was a pretty strong recommendation in itself. A=20 >couple of early tracks appeared on Caipirinha=92s superb Deutsche Funk=20 >collection (curated by Bernd Friedmann), and the two tracks on last year=92= s=20 >Osmosis compilation created a real stir. I Don=92t Either will be followed= in=20 >May by the already legendary 'The Rhythm? The Message!' as a 12", with=20 >another single to come. Beige has also >contributed a track to the next installment of the Invisible Soundtracks=20 >series. > >LP: CD: > >A1. 1. null to zero >A2. 2. melodramatic system error >A3. 3. hydro : porto >A4. 4. yakumo dippel >A5. 5. beige : 103 >A6. 6. runkelr=FCbe blau >A7. 7. beige 04/35/08 >B1. 8. the great krautrock swindle >B2. 9. zubeh=F6rt! >B3. 10. jamaika fraktal >B4. 11. freaky fuckin=92 windows >B5. 12. 12 A prt.07-2 >B6. 13. repro 01/14/04 >B7. 14. 18 inch black >B8. 15. mono tonic mit eis ___________________________________________ p i e t r o d a s a c c o a u d i o - n i m b u s c j a m 91.5 fm saturdays from midnight - 2am EST 9745 lynngrove cr, windsor, ontario, n8r 1b8, canada g r o o v e s m a g a z i n e www.groovesmag.com