From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Wed, Oct 28th 1998, 04:56
sweden's wildplanet is v. good (on detroit's 430 west; new album out in f= eb 99; interviewing him tomorrow, shall ask him about the gentlemen below= :) ) andrew m. abrahamsson wrote: > >Speaking of minimal, have Cari Lekebusch and Adam Beyer lost > >something. Cari Lekebusch was the putting out some great releases last= > >year! For a while I was buying everything that he released, but the > >last five or so releases I thought have been pretty blah or just ok. > >He was a really good as a dj, when I saw him a few months ago! > > > > lekebusch peaked in quality with his early hybrid years IMHO, nowadays = it's just boring sad drumcodeish stuff with a few exceptions, like the so= mewhat dubby 'stealin music'-album released under the name mr. james bart= h, but that one didn't stick on me either.. so, duh, i'd say he used to b= e more interesting.. hybrid used to be rockin minimal: danijel alpha, ale= xi delano (who these days produces boring stuff too, IMHO), jean-louis hu= hta, crushed insect & sick puppy, ron maney, akilah bryant. stopped relea= sing good music about a year ago when the abstract soul (jana clemen) alb= um and the 'sons & daughters of the rising' 4x12" collection came out.. s= ons & daughters freaked out a bit mixing all kinds of styles like d'n'b (= never ever even released on hybrid before), hiphop and such.. guess that = was what triggered it. after that he changed cat. nr. and the newer relea= ses all sounded like drumcode.. bleah > > -bauri . Musical Standards Destroys Innovation! -- Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition (Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) In The Mix show 575: Richie Hawtin/Neil Landstrumm/Merrick Brown In The Mix show 576: John Tejada/Damon Wild/D.JeRome playing now: John Tejada:Little Green Lights And Four Inch Faders:A13 wor= ld premiere playing next: Low Res:Approximate Love Boat:Plug Research world premiere