(idm) Re: Dark Ambient Stuff

From seofon
Sent Fri, Aug 13th 1999, 18:36

>umm there used to be this dude on the list SEOFON
>who is a huge LOCUST nut (like myself) well he released a dark "techno
>ey/Locust ey influenced" album. I can't find the disc, but I have a 12"
>from it in front of me called PROCESS ep. To me it sounds like Van Hoen
>with a str8 kick drum. It's great stuff!!!!

That's mighty generous of you, Gil.  =)

>Oh yeah, its on Visible, but I think they're long gone....

Too true.  But I do have a couple of CD-R's and that CD & 12" you mentioned
available by direct mail-order.  Also, most of that material--and a lot of
new and much better unreleased stuff--is freely up for grabs at
http://www.mp3.com/seofon
More info forthcoming ... I've been lazy about getting the web pages up
(which will someday be at http://www.a-toi.com/seofon)

>IDM, "we don't like str8 kickdrums now do we"

Only if they're in odd time signatures.  ::wink::

On the warm/dark ambient tip, I'd definitely recommend Locust's "Weathered
Well" and "Natural Composite".  For beat-free dark ambience, the hottest
record I can think of is Paul Schutze's "Surgery of Touch", while MLO's
"Io" is just warm & cozy.  I'm also going to throw Rapoon and
Woob(/Journeyman) out there, for some reason.  I'd also recommend being
highly suspicious of people who use the word 'tip'.


-=Seofon
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