Re: (idm) Re:Views (Philus, Lesser)

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
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