From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Apr 23rd 1999, 12:18
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Apr 23rd 1999, 12:18
The material on LIttle Green Lights and Four Inch Faders was recorded in the spring of 1996, but it has held up incredibly well. Mr. Tejada's newest (and most newly recorded, too :)) release is the "To Lead A Secret Life" EP on Dan Bell's Detroit based Seventh City imprint. If you're digging Little Green..., you'll want to grab To Lead.. too. Andrew :) PS There's a John Tejada interview (RA and text) and simply sublime DJ set on Cognition: http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition Nuutti-Iivari Merilainen wrote: > // John Tejada: Little Green Lights and Four Inch Faders > // A13 Productions AA004LP/CD (3xLP/CD) > > // L.E.D. // In Control // Pasadena Shuffle > // Caspa // Prism War // Streamer > // Disruption // Torque // Green Fingers > // Solar Eyes // Umbilical // Journey Home > > // Emotion Factor: 0.90 > // Dance Factor: 0.95 > // Accessibility Factor: 0.95 > // Required Purchase Factor: 0.80 > > John Tejada has been one of my favourites for quite a long time. He > has the ability compose well-balanced, emotional tech-house that > elevates the listener (at least in my case) and keeps the feet moving. > "Little Green Lights and Four Inch Faders" is not an exception to this > rule. 12 tracks of pure emotion and energy. > About two years ago, before summer, Lucid Dream's "Pure Punk" was > one of my favourite records and it kept its place in my favourites > throughout the whole summer. "Pure Punk" was a summer record, bright > and emotional; this album works the same. Although it is now very > bleak and rainy outside (in Finland), listening to "Torque" makes me > feel that the sun is shining and I driving down from San Francisco to > Los Angeles. The view is staggering, Pelicans are flying past and I do > not have a thing to worry about. > This album will be one of my most played records for the following > summer. Very much alike to early Pure Plastic releases with just > rhythm and strings, a hint of melody and a relentless groove. > On the substance abuse side, if Nightmares On Wax's "Smokers Delight" > feels like lighting up a huge spliff, "Little Green Lights and Four > Inch Faders" is like necking a very good E and just going with the flow.