From simonc Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 13:09
From simonc Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 13:09
hi all, continuing my weekly 'when i remember' news from the NME in the UK, interesting idm-related stuff this time..: Squarepusher "Maximum Priest" is out in the UK July 5th - I think some people on the list already have this on promo? It says here it includes remixes from Wagon Christ, Autechre, and a friend of Tom Jenkinson's called Yee-King (?), and it's 6 tracks long :) Mu-Ziq live review from the Embassy Rooms in London says it's "easy on the complicated drill+bass manoeuvres, massive with the syrupy strings and surging cello scores." This was him, a string septet and a Japanese singer called Kazumi, tho. Weird :) The reviewer seemed to like it tho. Also, a review of the new Capitol K album on Planet Mu - 8/10, apparently it's Kristian Robinson and percussionist Craig Harris and it's 'a humid blast of ethno techno that's heavy with the reek of exotic herbiage and frying circuitry'. Tuh, journalists, eh? Still, anyone heard this? [I never really understood the Planet Mu situation, btw - aren't Sony funding it, and if so, aren't they gonna get fed up with a continuation of worthy artists who aren't really marketable (in terms of the fact they're fairly anonymous bedroom boffins) and won't ever sell THAT many copies? Ahem, just remembered there's at least one listmember who's had stuff out on Planet Mu.. but I dunno, how does that work?] Umm, and that's about it :) regards, h0l/simon.