Phat shit I heard last night on "Headspace", L.A.'s only IDM show (LA, not OC):
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New Wagon Christ LP (sounds much more interesting than "Phat Lab Nightmare")
"Ventolin" (Praze-An-Beeble mix)
Tusken Raiders (track from "Bantha Trax")
I still don't think anybody can touch Richard and Mike when it comes to
inventive beats. Both of these are massive.
Autechre "Garbage"
Link "Antacid"
More good stuff from predictably good people.
Whack shit I heard last night
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Chameleon remix of "The Beast" on Mo' Wax
I don't care how good GC is, they can't save this kind of stuff. Call me an
old fart, but I just can't hang with this piano-y ersatz Jazz and some kinda
sorta breakbeat-y jungle-y stuff. Give me Tusken Raiders any day. I guess
I just don't see what all the fuss about Mo' Wax is all about.
Old shit, always was shit and always will be shit
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Duran Duran
What is this, "I was a teenage Duranie" Guilty Pleasures time? DD were the
2 Unlimited of the New Romantic set, fer chrissakes. "Oh, but the videos ..."
What about 'em? Gee, let's get lots of money and piss off to Sri Lanka on
a sailboat. Whee ... Hasn't anyone seen "Ashes To Ashes"?
You want a good NR band? Try Scars. For that matter, if you want Real IDM(tm)
from 1980/1981, go find John Foxx's "Metamatic" or the Liasons Dangeureuses
LP. "Metamatic" wipes the floor with stuff like "Rockit". "Electro" indeed.
Just happy to hear some current IDM within 2 months of release for once,
- Greg