From Dave Colbran Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 10:36
From Dave Colbran Sent Fri, May 7th 1999, 10:36
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ X-ChromoZomes Wemen in electronica Law & Auder Records Present X-ChromoZomes, The 'Female Of The Species' album Launch Party at the 'SCALA' 278 Pentonville road, London N7, near Kings Cross, tel 0171-833-2022. Thursday 13th May 1999, Doors open 20:00 - 02:00 Tickets 6 or 5 concession. Featuring live or djing on the night many of the artists from the album; >*Magz Hall >Sianed Jones >Red Stone >*Shantel >Addie Brik >Apache 61 & Bit-Tonic >*Tasha Killer Pussies >Protean >Hanni Bear >*Kryptonite >*Space Station Mia >*Suki >Starfish & Catalisa >Dodo >Isabel Waidner >Laura B >*Bit - Tonic > >* dj set visuals from raya, the mad knitter and d-fuse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ album info... >Various - Female Of The Species (Law and Auder) > >Strong compilation of global experimental lady-led electronica, proving >that girls twiddle their nobs just as much as the boys. Melting through the >genres from lurching techno to ghostly ambience with plenty of caustic cuts >in-between. This record provides much more than a token nod to plugged in >femmes. It's a killer too. >i-d MAGAZINE >"female of the species" // <law and auder> > >If Thomas' music was considered wild and futuristic in the 60s, then the >current avant-garde can look to Female Of The Species (Law and Auder) **** >for some truly ground-breaking avant-gardism. Genres and sub-genres all >melt together in an abstract canvass of electronic washes, blurps, bleeps, >freestyle breaks, aural battery, collage, plunderphonics, lo-fi, sci-fi >moodscape and dark disassociation. Boys may love their toys but Bit Tonic, >Isabel Waidner, Dodo, Protean, Yasmin, Space Sation Mia, People Like Us, >Addie Brik, and 16 others are coming out to play too. Compulsory listening >for spiced girls and boys everywhere. - Great CD! >Pete Lawrence / Top Magazine / March '99 > > >Various - Female Of The Species (Law and Auder LA13CD) > >Interesting to hear the debate about the death of open-minded headancing >clubs in the UK at the moment. Things are slowly changing. Which makes >this compilation that little bit more special. And quite exciting. Anyone >wanting to give their audio hemispheres a decent pre-spring sonic workout >should look long and hard for this album. Scheduled for March release >"female of the species" lurches from beautiful to manicdeep to polite and >fresh again. Even the production is interesting and 3-d in places. A ball >of noise surrounded by soft stuff. A lurchy thing. Ohhps. No point getting >anal about individual tracks. Enough to say the 24 gathered here are >hitting my intense listening pleaSURE spot, time after time. Big up to the >curators at Law and Auder for having the front to take this project so >seriously. And big up to the musos who twiddle the knobs with such >relentless care and devotion. Thank you very much. File under: Potential >post revolutionary y2k lift muzak. >simon green // raya: atmospheric engineering // <http://c8.com/raya> >Various - Female Of The Species (Law And Auder LA13CD) > >Following a storming showcase of this double album at Raya in January, I >have had time to listen to this compilation in depth over the last few >weeks. And yes it does take some listening to get your head around the >experimental sounds featured on these 24 tunes. Most of the tracks fit into >the off kilter breakbeat range, with some reaching drum and bass tempos. My >personal favourite is a mad breaks workout from the wonderful Magz Hall. >Other female musicians from around the world featured include Hanni Bear, >dj Singe, Apache 61, Kaffe Matthew, Dodo, Bit-Tonic, franziska Bamann, >Isabel Waidner, Laura B, Laurie Spiegel, Mcut, Nina Walsh & Aneta Hurst, >Protean, Red Stone, Sarah Peebles, Sianed Jones, Tasha Killer Pussies, >Vicki Bennet, Addie Brik, Yasmin, Starfish Enterprise, Catalisa. The LP was >compiled by Phil Earle, Maria Nearchou & Kingsuk Biswas and much respect >must go out to them for uncovering such fine work. Big up the Law and Auder >posse! >dave colbran // rumblefish soundsystem // http://come.to/davecolbran >VANGARD ONLINE >Minimalism from musical hinterlands, Female of the Species, is a double CD >compilation of drum 'n bass, lo-fi fusion and weird shit. The idea behind >it and hence the name was to produce an album which made a positive >contribution to countering the blatant sexism that exists within the >electronica music industry. Thus a pre-condition to making a contribution >to the album is that you have two x-chromosomes in each of your body cells. >The album is so variegated that it is hard to make a judgement about it, >and because it's such a jumble it's also quite hard to make an evaluation >of each tune on it's own merit because you're not sure what to evaluate it >against. Nevertheless, it tends to conjure up sounds that frequently fill >late night independent film bars, homages to mouse on mars and other stuff. >I think you probably have to be into all this weird minimalist shit to >fully appreciate it, and as I have a suspicion that the only people who are >into minimalism are the mates of the artists who make this stuff it may not >have such a mass market to appeal to. One thing that can be said about this >minimalist genre in retrospect of listening to the album is this, it is one >thing to be able to generate a decent sounding tune via the help of your >computer, it is another to put creative vocals over it which actually >improve rather than vitiate the quality of the track. >MIXOLOGY >It's late at night , possibly the early hours of the morning, four blokes >sit slightly easy slumped in the comfort of their best mates' armchairs, >listening to the sounds that gently whisper from the stereo in the living >room. What sounds predominantly like the tweaking of an eq pot by male >hands is on the contrary something my friends can't understand. When told >that the dark spectral sounds that ease their way out of the speakers, are >created by women, an air of bewilderment seems to engulf the room. > >In a male dominated music world, it's quite refreshing to actually hear >something which destroys all stereotypes associated with the female gender. >If Alanis Morisette channelled her anguish in this way, then she would >probably make men cry rather than laugh at her constant whining. From the >opening track 'Bloodthirsty', Female of the Species would send a chill down >the most robust of spines. The whole album in engulfed by noises we only >ever associate with the likes of The Future Sound of London. This is >atmospheric, heart-stopping ambience at its best, smothered in samples and >electronic beats, along with the occasional eastern or Gaelic melody. Often >there is the occasional light relief of ninja style trip hop, but whilst >listening it may be wise not to turn the lights off or indulge in a >narcotic substance of any kind. For Female of the Species is no way a >gentle journey to the far corners of the galaxy. CD2 at some points will >try very hard to take you there but the power of the first hour will >chillingly haunt you haunt you for the best part of the night. So instead >of reaching for your nearest Orb album of Metalheadz compilation next >Sunday evening, spend a few quid on Female of the Species and you will find >music that compares on an even standing if not better than its male >contemporaries. MB 10/10 > >HOT PRESS/DIGITAL BEAT >Originally a songwriter and vocalist with experimental Dublin guitar band >'Venus Envy', Maura Horan has a track included on Law and Auder's >forthcoming electronica compilation Female of the Species. Maura now >records as MCUT, the moniker she also uses when Djing at the Vanguard >Ultramack club Phunk City. Law & Auder boss Phil Earle decided on a "female >only" compilation after noticing not one of the species among the 130 >artists who appeared on his label's previous five compilations. The album >is put out on May 24th . All profits on the night paid to a charity for victims of the Kosonan tragedy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sorry for the length of the post... dave colbran 07788 797 830 http://come.to/davecolbran