From Andrew Hime Sent Fri, Jun 5th 1998, 11:15
From Andrew Hime Sent Fri, Jun 5th 1998, 11:15
> i agree with you about the booklets, but disagree about the rest. i've got > both trance europe express 5 and trance atlantic 2, and ta2 is _really_ > bad. only the tracks by the single cell orchestra (who are they anyway) and > a deephouse track (last track on disk 2, forgot the title) are nice. tex5 > has some nice contributions from andrea parker, the advent, dr rockit, > marshall jefferson/lumpheads and neil landstrumm. > but it's a matter of taste, ofcourse.. I still haven't got TEEX5, but I'm going to chime in with my opinion here... TA1 was atrocious, except for the Hardkiss tracks. 2 was somewhat better, specifically because of Dubtribe (and what is up with them lately -- anyone? please? Drukman? Bueller?) and Single Cell Orchestra. SCO is Miguel Fierro from San Francisco. Close friends with Daum Bentley (Freaky Chakra). Has 3 albums out that I can name: _Dead Vent 7_ (Reflective) _Freaky Chakra vs Single Cell Orchestra_ (Astralwerks) _Single Cell Orchestra_ (Asphodel) The last is essential, the others less so. _Dead Vent 7_ is a concept album about a space voyage that goes wrong. Way wrong. Whether or not this is a good album, I leave up to you. I certainly think it's worthwhile. _FC vs SCO_ is just not a patch on their live shows together, which were revelatory for me. Too housy tedious, which, alas, seems to be Daum's direction of late. _SCO_ is fine fine triphop, but then, some of the songs date back to 1992. But they do work in context. Great stuff. Not too hard to find, either. Supposedly Single Cell Orchestra is some sort of clever reference, but I've never been able to place it. I'm sure I'll feel stupid when it's someday explained to me.