From laerm Sent Mon, Sep 13th 1999, 04:53
On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Andrew Hime wrote: > > Listening to Skylab's first album last night I was getting pretty damn enthused, and it dawned on me that I'd heard very little that they had done subsequently. I have the 'Oh Skylab!' ep, which I also enjoy, and heard 'The Trip', which I didn't like at all. > > > > Can anyone fill me in on other releases, and whether they're worth it? (Please explain a bit about what they sound like alongside the latter :) > > > > As a side note, I remember when I first heard 'Skylab #1', that I used to think of it as treading a fine line between cheesey kitsch and "sincere music", while now none of it sounds tongue in cheek to me. Thanks, ironic 90s. ;) > > I asked a while back the grand question, "Whatever happened to Skylab?" > and got no useful answers. What I do know is that they've done a few other > singles/EPs, I've seen ads for "Judas", and I own the creatively titled, > "?" record, which is much in the vein of "The Trip" (which was a cover if > you didn't know). I thought "The Trip" was kinda cool, and "?" continues > that kind of 60s/70s groove beatnik feel (or something) but isn't as > obvious as "The Trip" was. I may yet try mixing it into a set. > > What are they up to now? I remember for a while, _#1_ was in constant > rotation in my CD player, in part because all my friends even liked it > because it was so offbeat and mellow. I need to get on the ball and find > the rest of their work. (now, here's where i reveal my lameness) were they the skylab who did the remix of "home" by depche mode? if so, incredible remix, and i'd be interested in hearing more of their work. * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com ##:# it's only in uncertainty/that we're naked and alive icq:5562209