From Hrvatski Sent Wed, Aug 18th 1999, 01:27
From Hrvatski Sent Wed, Aug 18th 1999, 01:27
>> It is undoubtedly a psych-rock/electronic >> classic, just as amazing--if not better--than anything their >> contemporaries Silver Apples or the United States Of America did. > >I think a more apropos comparison would be to the rather obscure Spoils of >War record, birthed at the University of Illinois in scenic >Champaign-Urbana in the late 60s/early 70s. It has a similar sense of >using electronics in a rock setting to introduce a dramatic element. If >anything, it's more theatrical than the White Noise (in fact, I think some >of the material on the CD was taken from some sort of mini rock opera). >It's fairly interesting, but the electronic studio freakouts feel grafted >onto/btwn the proper songs for the most part. Even though I personally >don't think the album is all that great, it's a pretty singular item and >definitely worth hearing if you're into the White Noise (even though it >doesn't sound similar per se). Rob! I'm surprised at you. the Spoils of War record is sweet, no doubt, but how can you value ANYTHING on SOW over the final cut on 'Electric Storm' (10 odd minutes of Paul Lytton's free-scatter percussion (yes, he of Parker/Guy/Lytton fame) over (under?), some extra-hairy catwerwauling electronic treatments that beat 'Revolution No.9' into fair submission)? Not that Herbert Brun's renegade hippy armada are any less damaged (figured recently that James Cuomo of SOW & James Cuomo of Mormos are in fact one & the same, possibly worth pulling out those records again... 4 recent reissued of Brun's 60's-90's generator/tape/computer suites also whet the whistle...), just that that one track is INTENSE & far more makes up for the few weak bits. Ahh, the Wire would have us believe that Steppenwolf were the original electron-rockers, anyways. Why fight it... -Våt ____________________ Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge PO BOX 382864. Cambridge, MA 02238 http://www.tiac.net/users/sheket/index.html