Re: (idm)wildplanet lekebusch & hybrid

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!



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