(idm) Isophlux gubbins/Human

From Simon Walley
Sent Mon, Sep 14th 1998, 13:01

Saw for the first time some Isophlux 12"s over here in da UK (Atlas 
Rec's in London) so I thought I'd check it out. The Influx was pretty 
uninteresting IMO, not much going on but then I'm not a huge James 
Bernard (sp?) fan (I like _Braineater_ on the first _Secret Life_ LP 
though).

The first track on the Shad T. Scott 12" I heard was great, very cool, 
simple drum machine rhythms and other cool strings. But the rest of the 
12" had some so-so acid IDM and one ambient track that sounded very much 
like Yantra stuff (Planet of Drums guys doing ambient stuff a few years 
back) - I passed it up.

So the Lexaunculpt was last up and I was ready to hate this cos all you 
Statesiders had been touting it so much :)  But it was pretty good, 
sounded very Ae/AFX-esq in the shop but I got it home and there was more 
going on than just mad sounds. My only criticism that at times it didn't 
need all the madness, I would've liked to just a hear a groove going on 
amongst all the trickery and slow-down-speed-up kind of techniques I've 
heard Ae/AFX do before. But that gorgeous string/piano track showed that 
this Alex guy has got more than one style. Interesting one to watch and 
definitely more interesting (to me) than Fakesch's style.

Also got a great 12" by Human - _Confused Moods EP_ - great old Stasis 
sound crossed with Plaid-like melodies and strings. What else have Human 
done in this vein? Marsel? Lance?

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