From Edward Pond Sent Sat, Jun 13th 1998, 14:26
From Edward Pond Sent Sat, Jun 13th 1998, 14:26
previous subject: Re: (idm) jega 12" The following has been said about the new Jega 12"... >the "drum & bass" tracks are boring as hell and really bad. >The other 2 tracks aren't too bad though, slower and much more intense. Are you listening at 45rpm? I rekon this is the intended speed judging by the pitch of some of the percussion and samples and the general feel. > >he should stop producing jungle. he simply is doing a bad job. Jega is NOT producing jungle if what is on this 12" is what you are referring to. A couple of the tracks have mashed up breakbeats but I suppose no-one can categorize this sort of music. I'm sorry but it seems like this record is being wrongly pigeon-holed and then criticised for not being 'good' enough at a particular musical style that I don't think it intended to be in the first place. Well at least I don't think it was intended to be 'jungle' but have some influences possibly from jungle. But isn't most music these days influenced by jungle? Has anyone heard any of Jean michel Jarre's stuff recently? > >Thaddi > >jif wrote: > >> can anyone give me a second appreciation of the new planet-=B5 Jega 12= "? >> from the tidbits of it i heard in the store, it sounded like a very >> sub-adequate effort... >> >> thanks >> >> jif As is usually the case, I've read a message and just spilled out my thoughts as a reaction to it, so please don't take anything personally. The bottom line to what I am saying is don't get put off buying this Jega release if you like Jega. Personally I was blown away by the record.= If you liked the 2nd tracks on each side of Plaid's Android ep on Clear then I rekon you'll like Jega's Type Xero.= Also it's limited so you may not be able to pick it up later. Other IDM recommendations: Wagon Christ - Power of Love Again I'm being blown away by a record. Brilliant Vibert breakbeaty antics with those dreamy melodies that he's so good at. AFX - Analogue Bubblebath 3 (CD with 13 tracks for a tenner) If you haven't got this and you like AFX then do yourself a favour as soon as possible. Classic AFX. Brothom States - Kobn Tich Ey (Available at ftp.scene.org/pub/music/artists/dune/mp3/kobn-tich-ey/) Someone on IDM posted the address and as part of my excitement from discovering mp3land I downloaded this, and it's brilliant. Well for free you can't really complain, but this stuff really gets me going. Very influenced by Autechre. Imagine sublime melodies with really crunchy distorted explicit rhythms and you'll be close to some of thier tracks. There's also a 45 minute live show by them. Does anyone have any info on this group?