in regard to the Planet Dog Peel Sessions disc...
CiM writes:
quoted 5 lines I saw this CD only yesterday for ten quid, I think it has
> > I saw this CD only yesterday for ten quid, I think it has
> > 3 tracks by Eat Static, 3 by Banco and 2 by Timeshard (or something
> > like that). Are the recordings good and is it worth buying?
> > I've got stuff by Banco De Gaia, and I recognise the ES tracks but
> > I've never heard any Timeshard stuff...quoted 1 line Worth a tenner would you say?
> > Worth a tenner would you say?quoted 4 lines I might be totally alone here but IMVHO, I think this CD sucks. The
> I might be totally alone here but IMVHO, I think this CD sucks. The
> sounds and songs were drawn-out and pretty unimaginative and
> although I've heard worse, it just totally failed to surprise, inspire
> or move me in any way whatsoever.
I'd say it depends on whether or not you like the acts in question to
begin with, as the tracks that I recognize from the albums are almost
exact duplicates. The Banco de Gaia tracks don't add anything new,
really, making them a complete waste of space (unless you've never
heard them before of course). Not having heard the Timeshard and 2 of
the 3 Eat Static tracks, I have to say they're pretty good. Timeshard
have a weird hippy vibe, sitars and tripped out reggae stuff - nice,
especially if you like On-U Sound. But of course the real reason I
bought it was for the Eat Static tracks and I was not disappointed.
"Bioforms" completely spazzes out in traditional ES style, "Area 51"
is only slightly different from the album, and "Zarbi" is an epic,
twelve-minute mindfuck that boldly goes where no techno track has gone
before.
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