On Sun, 09 Nov 1997, lwtcdi <graham@lwtcdi.prestel.co.uk> wrote:
quoted 6 lines someone wrote...>someone wrote...
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>> anyone have an opinion/review of
>> This Touch Is Greater Than Moods?
>
>I second this. Please, someone review this.
long-timers have already seen this, but...
GERD
This Touch Is Greater Than Moods
Universal Language UK EVOGD 03 CD
[first crisium appearance
nautiloidea
quare scent spangled arcanum
vulcan princess (sensurreal new funk mix)
carxan 7.1.
carxan 7.2.
century city (sensurreal new funk mix)
trendor vualda
austaris solalia (sensurreal new jazz mix)
osiris' starshaft]
From Universal Being to ... Universal Language, without abandoning that gorgeous
skyscape vista. Gerd (Gert-Jan Bijl from Sensurreal) has jumped around from
label to label, but he has picked the ideal landing strip. TTIGTM feels like an
extension of Reload's "Le Soleil et La Mer," or a textural cross-pollination of
the Jedi Knights' lewd electro-funk and Global Communications' schizoid spectral
ambient drift/groin-slammin' Deep House moodswings. Gerd marks his own sound
with intricate bass and beats, just this side of 'artcore' Dn'B and inflected by
Acid Jazz, HipHop, and the deepest shades of Detroit and Chicago. the album has
a cumulative effect, becoming more attractive with every new track. two tracks
co-written with Dirk-Jan Hanegraaff ("Vulcan Princess" and "Century City") are
the most immediate grabbers. Gerd's basslines perform tirelessly throughout,
like acrobats dazzling the crowd with sweeping high-to-low-and-back uneven bar
manuevers. "Austaris Solalia" adds filtered Fender Rhodes and live bass (by
Jarno Verhoeven) to Gerd's lucent electric piano and synths. TTIGTM really does
get better as it progresses; and by the time "Osiris' Starshaft" rolls in, 14+
minutes long and a glistening nova of extraterrestrially funked-up 'epic' House,
it's a pretty damn impressive album. (gg/ exclusive to IDM-L)
cheers!
GuerillaG2-G4/ gg
np: audio: "Ring My Bell"
video: Burger King commercial