Rumpleforeskin top 10:
1. Aum 12006-80 Aum Records-White: This is Stadium Style, Mindfuck Doom
Core with some heavy trance cuts, With Some Tweeky and modulating
frequencies (not the 303 for a change, alright!!) 7 tracks make this a
good value for the bargain hunters.
2. Darkside of The Shroom-Tricked out Recordings-White Updated Old
School Techno-Rave influenced 4 tracker samplefest with a heavy hip hop
electro production- kinda like Dj Icee's recent shit-but two tracks
sample the Aphex Twin pretty heavily- sure to piss some people off but
also sure to please others.
3. Auteurs vs U-ziq-Hut: Enough has been said on this one already.
4. Heinrich Tillack-Tick Trax Vol One-u Trax- 5 Tracker from the guy
that records as Sysex on plus 8- Acid Trax and minimal Chicago style
shit, however much better than the standard shit that has been flowing
out of the bowels of so many of these so called musicains and producers
of late-my choice of the 12" goes to Pump track, heavy duty video game
sounding deep ass three o three that pumps in and out-would get me
jacking and possibly jacking off
5. Pentatonik-Anthology-Deviant-I have been hearing complaints that
Weirs by Vibert Simmonnds is cold and souless with no emotion, if you
want all that shit, buy this. Not exactly experimental but some real
good songs that could bring mere humans who have feelings to the emotions
known as depression and or hapiness w/ or w/o tears. One for the
sensitive artist types!! (Good shit, just being a little cynical).
6. Paul Bishop-The End of Eternity-EE volute: Read the title of this
twelve inch, this guy has some mental pictures to create with his music.
Top rate shit! This is his first 12" and this dude is going to rise to
techno starpower quicker than the anti-christ. Excellent deep well
produced sounds and killer melodies (not the melodic hard trance poop,
this is the real shit)
7. Bishop-The last Rung of the Ladder-U-Trax His second 12", not quite
as brillaint as the first but still ranks way high in my techno hall of
fame- imagine Bauhaus style guitar melded with some freaky sounds
produced in 1994 by a guy who knows his shit (sounds much better than it
reads)-I usually do not like guitar sounds unless the thing is being
totured or wacked to shit with some serious distortion and/or effects,
but this one does the job quite well
8. Source Experience-Different Journies-R+S This aint exactly brand
spanking new- but it is one serious motherfucker-this guy takes his time
to make some real cool sounds, some amazing production, some serious
ideas-Nightshift being my fave track- hard tribal space techno
9. Tanzmuzik-Sinsekai-rising High These two Japenese dudes no whats up-
real fucking original sounding it is a constant suprise what sound or
fucked up little noise will happen next with each song-
electro-ambient-techno-acid-industrial-avante garde mushroom space mutant
freakabot zygote muzak
10. Jedi Knights-May the Funk Be With You Hmmmmm..... By Global
Communication/Reload etc.. the band that I would love to like but it
still hasn't really happened....This 12" has some good sounds some good
ideas etc but it doesn't really do it for me...I love the idea behind
Clear records with I hope many goodies to follow however this one sounds
a bit too contrived...I.e. "May the Funk Be With You" "We Want to
Funk You" Vocoder voice,
come on boys can' you come up with something a little more creative than
that...the beat has the right idea but it lacks the force and power that
I love about some electro...but hell this/is going get hyped too hell and
many people will loove it...I sometimes wonder if some of these people
are more concerned with who made the record than how it actually
sounds...hell when I read the press releases concerning the Reload:
Collection Of Short Stories album I got all hot and bothered by the
concept and description of the record, but it was kind of a let down when
I actually sat down and listened to it....I love music, I just get
skeptical of hype....
This is goes for Detroit techno as well (also
applies to a lot of Chicago Acid House and D-Jax material)... I
like some of the shit that comes from Detroit (I have heard at least 300
records from Detroit) so don't flame me by saying "you just are ignorant
or haven't heard the good shit" other flames will be gladly accepted
however....anyway back to the Detroit...I am so tired of hearing
about...."It is the City the makes us write this music"...or "we were all
educated by The Electrifying Mojo (sp)"...these guys all say the same
thing, how about some more individuality boys.... how far would some of
these
peoples careers be if they didn't make mention of the fact that they were
from Detroit every chance they had....As if location made a difference on
musical creative ability....and "Detroit Techno doesn't get the respect
it deserves"...Ha!!! It is mentioned by just about everyone as an
influence nowadays even guys like Kevin Saunderson has said in interviews
that they get treated as godlike mythical creatures in England...Hell,
buy a keyboard move to Detroit and R+S will sign you up for sure....Sorry
to be so fucking pessimistic and cynical, I am just saying what I feel
needs to be said and nobody seems to have anything bad to say about
Detroit Techno....Criticism is very healthy, and don't get me wrong there
has been some incredible tracks from Detroit, the whole thing just seems
like it is and a standstill with no-one trying anything new, or using any
new equipment or recording techniques etc.....the same god-damned
machines over and over....Hell, even Ritchie Hawtin said in December 92
(Under One Sky #8) "I hate to say it, but I am a little sick of the 303
sound. Retire it for a few months or a year." Has he retired it? No.
Granted he is a master of the 303 and creates some of my favorite cuts of
all time, but sometimes the almighty dollar prevails (Robert Armani,
Hardfloor, do these guys have a formula down or what). Minimalism and
use of the 303 is like painting in black and white, there have been some
incredible pieces of art. However, I am ready to hear the sound of
shit-brown,
neon green, piss yellow, flourescent orange, etc..........We have the
motherfucking technology, now would someone please blow my mind with sound!
Derek
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