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? || [CiM] || xxx_@xxxxxxx.xxx || - ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com