From Lance C McGannon Sent Tue, Sep 21st 1999, 02:07
At 04:51 PM 9/20/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Regardless of location, Pulse Programming's Prelim is an > >excellent spacious ambient release. > >yep, i certainly have to second lance's recommendation. funny, because i'm >sure i popped the disc in when it first arrived & i didn't think i liked >it... but on reflection, it's really, really nice. i especially like the >fact that it doesn't wear its production on its sleeve -- a subtle >combination of digital and analog (or "organic" as some will insist upon >calling it), it's neither all glitch nor pure guitar-drone, though there are >certainly elements of both. lovely, spacious bell-tone shimmer. >it's funny, because it's been a long time since i heard any ambient i >really, really liked. i wish there were more stuff out there like this (and >parmentier), that managed to create new spaces in ambient music rather than >treading the ol' isolationist drone-scape. actually phil several years ago i started to shy away from ambient releases but have gotten back into the genre within the past year or so. if you like the pulse programming release i suggest you try: . Cathars: amorpheus cd (Miau-Miau International) . Andrew Coleman: s/t 12" (Thrill Jockey) . Shuttle358: optimal cd (12k) . Novisad: s/t cd (Tom) . Jacob Mandell: Healing cd (Kodama) . Minit: music cd (Sigma Editions) . Vladislav Delay: ele cd (Sigma Editions) -->-Lance--- xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states