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Serge
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Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:18:24 +0100
Subject:
(idm) Quench
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Well I did allready hear the new Quench release :) and it's way different from there CD release (wich was really experimental) The EP contains 4 tracks with a clear line. The tracks are pretty laidback and those R&B influences are not really obvious , but the beats are "advanced" but still clear enough to let your head go up and down the whole track (like Method man and Mary j Blige is the "all I need" video :). Its not as easy going as Arovane ,it has that relaxed atmosphere but there is some hidden energy wich wants to come out. I think its really fresh.... Serge
quoted 24 lines While I haven't heard this 12", if it sounds anything>While I haven't heard this 12", if it sounds anything >like the Quench CD on U-Cover this description is >unbelievably misleading. The Quench CD sounds a lot >like a mix of the worse aspects of Reload's A Collection >of Short Stories and Autechre's Chiastic Slide: the interesting >melodies are completely submerged behind clanks and >harsh metallic scratches (like Q-Bert using bricks, mortar >and hacksaw blades). The beauty (I think) of Ae's work >is that the tracks always snowball: they start small and >just keep accumulating parts that add to all aspects of >the track. Quench's tracks on their CD go somewhere >for about thirty seconds and then change direction, sound >and time sequence entirely. I also mentioned Reload's >classic LP because I think the Quench CD has some of >the same elements in the more industrial sounds and the >dark, anti-human futuristic atmosphere it tries to create, >but I think that unlike Reload they never let the sun shine in >and the atmospheres they create they break just as soon >after so you are never totally drawn into the mix. I absolutely >loved Funckarma's material on DUB, which is why I >find it hard to believe Quench could be the same producers. >Oh well. Hopefully this new Quench 12"+7" will see them >returning to the unbelievably skilled and innovative sound we >remember from the Funckarma 12"s.
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