I traded in some old cds I wasn't listening to, and went on a major idm
benge up in Berkeley yesterday. Thanks to everyone on the rma newsgroup and
idm list for the recommendations. I'm happy with everything I picked up, but
I listed these in order from favorite to least favorite to possibly stir up
some friendly debate =)
On CD:
1. Arovane "Atol Scrap"
2. Schematic Compilation "Lily of the Valley"
3. Solvent "Solvently One Listens"
4. Ko-Wrecktechnique "Ko-Wrecktion"
5. While "Lock"
6. Mira Calix "One on One"
7. Push Button Objects "Dirty Dozen"
On Vinyl:
1. Autechre Envane (Both 12"s)
2. Autechre ep7 (Both 12"s)
3. Michael Fakesch "Marion"
I can't believe all of this great idm that's been coming out lately. When
the older, jaded idm'ers say that all the new idm sucks, I wonder if they've
heard any of this stuff. Arovane and the Schematic comp are my absolute
favorites followed closely by Ko-Wrecktechnique, Fakesch, and Solvent which
are all really great too. While is also good, but not quite as good as
Arovane.
Mira Calix and Push Button Objects are still growing on me. My being
slightly underwhelmed by PBO is surprising to me since I loved their
collaberation with DJ Craze on Ko-Wrecktechnique. I love minimal stuff like
Panasonic and Consumed, but some of the tracks on Dirty Dozen seem to be
missing some melody or rhythmic variation. Something. Michael Fakesch's
"Marion" seems to have the perfect balance of melodic minimalism. Fakesch
gets it just right for my tastes. Perhaps I'm just spoiled by the
hyper-melodic styles of Arovane, Solvent, and the Schematic comp right now.
Anyway, I think I'll grow to love PBO and Calix in time. Someone said that
Calix was their favorite idm release of the year, but my vote goes to
Arovane or the Schematic Comp for best idm of 2000 so far. Fakesch will
probably make my top ten list this year, but who knows if more idm of this
quality keeps coming out. Don't get me wrong. Solvent was awesome, but I
think it came out in 1999. Definitely one of my favorites though.
Also, I looked for, but wasn't able to find the following:
Mille Plateaux: Clicks and Cuts 2CD comp
hia & biosphere: birmingham frequencies
L'usine: the s/t release on Isophlux
Please tell me if you know where I can get these online.
Thanks!
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clever mc-noahdeeakili-jamal amin-shep
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