Aw, SNAP! I've been waiting for a WE disk for ages!!
Their track on Crooklyn Dub Consortium Vol 1. still gets plenty o' play
in my house. I just got new speakers to replace my cat-ripped woofers
and I never knew that the fucking bass on that shit is so hard! That
song is lush dubadelic typhoon in slow-motion, and the climax with the
(arabic?) singing is like an aural speedball. I could listen to a 20
minute mix of the main loop alone.
I've only heard one other we track on some other Williamsburg-based
compilation, but the day I heard it I only had a dollar and the store
only had one copy. Now it's gone. Anyone know the name of that disk? It
had four sections on it, each with like 4 tracks fro NY Illbient godz.
Needless to say, DJ Spooky was involved too. Was that Incursions in
Illbient?
I can't fucking wait until March 25. I want it now! I'm a WE evangelist!
-Chris Fahey
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> From: idm-owner@hyperreal.com [SMTP:idm-owner@hyperreal.com] On Behalf
> Of asphodel@interport.net
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 1997 10:19 AM
> To: asphodel@interport.net
> Subject: (idm) WE - As Is
>
> WE - As Is
>
> Street Date: March 25 1997
> CD & Double Gatfold Vinyl
>
> DJs jump into aliases like actors get into character. Some have many,
> some
> have only one. We, instead, have three characters (DJ Olive, Lloop,
> and
> Once 11) interacting simultaneously. This aspect of
> multi-interrelations
> within the DJ construct not only has more faces to to show the world,
> but
> there are also more points of view in introspection. Consequently, As
> Is,
> their first album as collaborators, yields a mysterious dichotomy, one
> of
> minimalism (peace) and ridiculous complexity (turmoil!).
>
> They balance placid, bell-like keyboards against frenetic drum
> patterns,
> languid, deep, ascending tones with indecisive beats: are We hyper
> jungly?
> are We jazz? are We drum and bass? are We hip hop? Ultimately, As Is
> resolves itself as muscles when being massaged--after being pummelled
> and
> pummelled, halfway through, you're somehow strangely relaxed.
>
> The members of We collaborate often and with many different musicians,
> Olive and Lloop are also 2/3 of the group Liminal. We have also
> appeared on
> a number of compilations, including Home Entertainment, Axiom Dub and
> Asphodel's Incursions in Illbient. They've remixed and been remixed
> by
> others plentifully.
>
>
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