At 07:08 PM 4/30/98 +0000, you wrote:
quoted 14 lines On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Britton-James wrote:>On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Britton-James wrote:
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>> > B12 - "Electro-Soma" (MINT original colored vinyl 2xLP on Warp Rec)
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>> Anybody know anything about this release. How does it sound?
>>
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>Detroit techno wannabee with kinda boring beats - they didn't seem to have
>any concept of how to program dynamics into their Roland digital drum
>machine (what was it, an R70? I haven't heard it in years). Of course,
>since it's in Warp's "Artificial Intelligence" series, it seems to be
>regarded as a must-have on this list. I think the Soma in the title was
>more true than intended. It puts me to sleep.
>
I have to disagree with che. Electro-soma is an all-time favorite
of mine. it wears its detroit influences well while still maintaining
the signiture b12 sound. imho, all the tracks are superb - especially
soundtrack of space, bio dimension, obtuse, telefone 529 and static
emotion. there is only one track on electro-soma that i don't like:
metropolis which sounds a little ravey to me. In closing B12's
Electro-Soma is one of the few A.I. releases i still listen to with
regularity. Count me as one who considers Electro-Soma a must
have release.
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