Hello listers-
a bit late (im just starting to really get back to email), but I
just wanted to thank everyone who gave me pointers for
portland/seattle activities during the winter break. weather made
things interesting, and stressful, but still manageable. made a
mega visit to ozone records, who treated me right :) bought
*alot* of music, which is both wonderful for the imagination,
and not so good for the checkbook. ulp. (hence my upcoming
sale/trade purge listing- look out for it! :)
anyhow, of everything i've obtained over the past couple months,
and even though its typically a challenge for me to put my
thoughts about music into words, i gotta share a few comments on
a couple of releases that in my opinion deserve attention...
(im posting to both lists because there's a little of both, and i
feel that a couple of them overlap into both catagories- part of
the reason i like em so much! :)
Farmers Manual: Does Not Compute- (Mego)
fantastic. love everything ive heard by these guys. one side
takes jungle to places it never was meant to be (until now!), and
the other is ambient/experimental with a subliminal rap at one
point. fitting title. anyone care to let me know how to join
their mailing list?
In Memorium Gilles Deleuze: Compilation (mille plateaux)
everything youve heard about how incredible this is is true.
gets squeezed into my top ten of last year. wow!
Windsor For the Derby: TR54 ep.
the first and last tracks are excellent ambient, the first
sounding exactly like oval (perhaps better?) out rock in between.
Prince Charming: Psychotropical Heatwave
weird release on wordsound (that goes w/o saying, it seems)
dark atmospherics mixed and tumbled with eclectic jazzy rhytms
and melodic meanderings. the most original appropriation of jazz
vibes ive heard in awhile.
The Unfinished: Compilation (sub rosa)
features 2 tracks from locust, which are by far the best on the
comp. also feats. mick harris, lilith, and david toop.
what all has locust done besides weathered well? incredible
stuff!
The Resonance Found At The Core of a Bubble: Compilation
lo fi experimental "illbient", though i hate that term.
heavy on the lofi and the experimental, which are the reasons i
like it. tracks by #1 dog, dj spooky, adam pierce, the dylan
group (who are these guys?), n20, squelch, bob brass, frank
heiss, others. on Bubble Core Records out of New York (is this
the labels first release?)
Oval: 94Diskont (lp version)
the remixes are worth the xtra purchase, even though i already
had the cd. excellent.
Control Panel 02 ep
wow! very experimental beats with weird phased violin (?) melody
lines. shifts layers/effects as it evolves, which it does btw.
who are these guys and where can i get more?
Christoph Heeman: Retrace 7"
excellent subtle ambience. cool cover art :)
Jack Body: SUARA- Enviromental Music From Java (on Manu)
very interesing here. experimental environmental
layering/looping that evolves instead of playing out flat.
excellent.
well, thats my .02 worth for now.
any additional comments/criticisms/info welcomed.
-Thad