From Simon Walley Sent Tue, Oct 14th 1997, 09:23
From Simon Walley Sent Tue, Oct 14th 1997, 09:23
>From: Joe Rice <xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx> >Subject: Re: (idm) IDM suggestions > >At 4:16 AM -0000 10/13/97, A. Mukerjee wrote: > >>For someone like me that likes intelligent music that Retains harmony and >>alot of synth pads, what would you all recommend? > >Rei Harakami on Sublime comes to mind as well. Oooh yes. I got that six-track EP a while back and it's extremely good. Slow, analogue percussion (blip, ping, tssh) and gorgeous warm bass'n'chord combos. Like Morgan Geist crossed with Austin Bascom. Thumbs up. >From: siliconvortex <xxxxxx@xxx-xxx-xxx.xxxxx.xx.xx> >Subject: Re: (idm) IDM suggestions > >>For someone like me that likes intelligent music that Retains harmony and >>alot of synth pads, what would you all recommend? > >likemind records was made for you.... > >only 4 releases.. but most people on the list will tell you they are some >of the most important modern techno releases ever made. it is home to some >of the best work by stasis, as one and the black dog (under the name of >tura), Well, Plaid. >not to mention the label owner nuron, who, to my knowledge, has never >released on any other label but manages to outclass the others with his >incredible tracks on these eps. All the Likemind stuff is pretty amazing - very much in the UK listening take on the Detroit techno sound. And this is definitely some of the best examples around (along with early A.R.T. and B12 material). What was LM04 then? I must've missed that. >they are, unfortunately, quite hard to get hold of and have been released on >vinyl only. but, i've got to stress, they are most definitely worth the >effort. Being a lucky bastard, I was able to pick up LM01 and LM02 recently at a record fair. That was the first time I'd seen them - anyone know now many copies were pressed of each? I was also lucky enough to pick up Stasis' _Circuit Funk_ on Peacefrog, Stasis' _Point of No Return_ on B12 and a Cemtric 12" on B12. Total OD on smooth UK techno. More smooth UK techno: >Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 14:51:50 -0700 (MST) >From: Eric Frans <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx> >Subject: (idm) insync vs. mysteron > >On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Marie Kacmarek wrote: >} >} btw, has anyone heard or know anything about the Insync vs. >} Mysteron:Android Architect (Tenth Planet) full-length lp? > > This is a *very* solid album. The closest comparison I can make >is Influx's album _Unique_ on Rising High -- moody, well-constructed >mid-tempo IDM. I was ever-so slightly disappointed by it but solid is the word - one or two very good tracks, the rest meander slightly and never have enough bite. But I'm being picky here because I do love the IVM sound - I think the Wookey 12" co-written with IVM (on IVM's Tenth Planet label) is probably the best example of their sound. In a Derrick May/early Carl Craig vein but again with that noticeably UK listening-oriented take on the Detroit sound. A similar release is the Jaime Read 3xLP on Fragmented which is just out now. Also check out Claude Young's _Soft Thru_ LP on Elypsia which sees Claude kick back a bit for some chilled yet warm techno. There's one thumper but the rest come across a bit like Rob Hoods _Internal Empire_ but with a European polish and feel to it. Another thumbs up. || [CiM] || xxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx || -