From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Tue, Sep 22nd 1998, 02:23
Lance C McGannon wrote: ...Regarding Plug Research #01, that is a bit > of a collectors item. It's been long out of > print and i believe there were only 100 > or so copies made of it. The record is by > R.E.A.L.M. and is called Wrench. R.E.A.L.M. > is acually an early incarnation Plug Reserach > heads Joe & Allen aka Mannequin Lung. > The Wrench ep is four tracks of smooth > moody electronica along the lines of early > autechre, markant or as one. it is well worth > having. But don't fret the loss of this PR > gem too much because the Sublime-Japan > label reissued this ep a few years ago and > released another great R.E.A.L.M. ep called > Cardioscar. > > All the Low Res and R.E.A.L.M. eps are > well worth having if you can track them > down. > ***IDM: Absolutely. Cardioscar is excellent as is everything on Plug > Research. The latest PR is the Shadow Huntaz--Cali rap with Allen > Avanessian (Mannequin Lung) and Danny Zelonky (Low Res) doing the > music--a perfect match and the Low Res album ("Approximate Love Boat"; > a beauty of a title, eh?). And for anyone who's afraid of quality hip > hop, you can play the bonus beats. Andrew-- Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition (Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) In The Mix show 574:Octave One/DJ Orion 573:Mike Dunn & Byron Stingily/ Dylan Drazen 572:Walt J/John Tejada *upcoming:Neil Landstrumm, Juan Atkins, UR, Merrick Brown, D.JeRome, Miguel Graca