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written on Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:40:03 -0800:
quoted 2 lines can someone provide me a quick
>can someone provide me a quick
>review of this release.
I personally think "Via Nostra" is SE's weakest album. That's not to
say it's crap -- there's some good stuff on there -- but it lacks the
sort of cohesion that made "Kitchen" and "Present" (my favourite) so
damn fine. "Via Nostra" just fills a bit too light and fluffy, with
very little experimentation to speak of.
Anyone curious about Sun Electric is better off checking out
"Present". SE fans who haven't already nabbed "Via Nostra" may find a
few tracks worthwhile. But then Thomas Fehlmann's
"flowing:ninezeronineight" came out about the same time and is a much
stronger release.
quoted 3 lines I haven't heard anything from SE since some 1996 release, it had a
>I haven't heard anything from SE since some 1996 release, it had a
>picture of an asian woman on the cover (title escapes me at the
>moment)
If you can remember the title, let me know. I know they recorded
something with a female singer (Indigo?) back in the early 90s,
although it only saw the light of day as a ZTT promo. I've actually
still got their original "Turn On" ZTT promo from about 1991. Very
strange and nothing like their R&S releases -- sounds a bit like early
Shamen, only slightly more psychedelic.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.headspin.clara.net/
http://pressx.cjb.net/
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