From PUCKERED1 Sent Sun, Feb 15th 1998, 23:34
In a message dated 02/15/98 5:35:49 PM, xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx wrote: >Philus: Tetra CD(Sahko 15) > Our fine Finnish friend, Mika Vanio's "medical project" [don't >ask me what that means, though i cooould take a guess]. The source >appears to be all sine tones, manipulated and arranged in repeative >patterns. The beats are scarce. And i will admit, the sounds are >cool/experimental/nice/ambient/whatever. Unfortunately, like just about >all of Mika's work, it's not for those with short attention spans. There >is no expansion to that original cool sound. Basically Just a loop. >After a first hint of listening and acknowledging the uniqueness of the >sounds and concepts, one might find him or herself wandering off into the >other room to find something to entertain themselves. The most enjoyable >track is, by far, "Tele", with it's 'morse code' sequences and squelchy >taps. And it is one of the only ones you will remember. The album is >all experiments and no substance. Rather than putting such a large >amount of material out in such a short time, i'd be interested in seeing >Mika put more effort in musical development, as opposed to blind >experimentation. I suggest putting _Tetra_ in your background listening >bin. I was afraid a review of the full length would be exactly that, but the 12" "Kolmio" is great... 2 songs a side... nothing to get bored with. the 12" is supposedly 2 tracks from the full length, and then 2 remixed tracks... could you tell me which tracks are from the full legth? a.1. Ionit 2. Tele-ctro (which I guess is a remix of Tele) b.1. Acidophilus 2. Kuvio 3 I would recommend the 12"! (but apparently skip the 15 tracker, eh?) np: klar - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Karaoke Kalk visual discography http://members.aol.com/volumunits/karaoke_kalk.html -----------------------------------------------------------------