On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Maarten D. Schermer wrote:
I wrote:
quoted 6 lines Produced with Adrian Sherwood. It contains a cover of the theme song from> >Produced with Adrian Sherwood. It contains a cover of the theme song from
> >_Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (sp?)_ which starts off distorted and
> >creepy. By the end it has fallen apart, into a mess of tangled tape. You
> >can't go wrong.
>
> The track is called "Stranger Than Love", from his third (superb) album
Actually it's "Forbidden Colour". "Stranger Than Love" is the single,
which mixes a melody from Erik Satie with a distorted version of New
Order-ish pop.
quoted 3 lines "As the veneer of democracy starts to fade" (HEAVY dub,> "As the veneer of democracy starts to fade" (HEAVY dub,
> extreme Sherwood (over)production, you can hardly hear the songs for all
> the reverb, and it was mastered on a Betamax cassette - excellent),
This is the essential one to get. I mentioned the 3rd album because the
Portishead single reminded me of a much-tamer version of some things he
was doing there.
quoted 3 lines "Metatron" (good album, some groovy tracks with David Harrow) and "Control> "Metatron" (good album, some groovy tracks with David Harrow) and "Control
> Data" (sounds a bit dated, lot of Underground Resistance influence on some
> tracks).
These are both a bit tame compared to what came before -- but that may be
an advantage for the uninitiated. People always said _As the Veneer of
Democracy Starts to Fade_ would give you brain damage.
--Mark