some recommended new releases:
Mr. Curtin's first release on his own label since 1993:
Dan Curtin--Spatial Relationships EP (MET0C011)
A Crazy Life
B1 She Thinks She's So Smooth
B2 An Up The Wall Drive
I've only had a chance to give it one quick listen, but it's prime
Curtin--tricky rhythms with quirky electronics wrapped in plenty of
warmth. Should be out in December sometime.
Same thing for the two new Metamorphics (only had a chance to give a
quick spin so far):
Morgan Geist--Nebula Jersey Volume One (Environ) ENV004
A1 Ventriloquism
A2 How Beep Is Your Love
B1 Roboho
B2 Evawen
*Geist excels with a variety of moods and plenty of dancefloor
abstraction
Daniel Wang--Mechanical Birds EP ENV005
no tracker; i don't have any song titles for this
***that unmistakable Balihu funk; sorta like an I Feel Love-era Moroder
slowed down and freaked up. Groovy. Not sure when the Wang is out.
Geist is out now.
the latest in the limited release series:
Dan Bell's Elevate Special Projects ELVSP2
out now
A Subterranean
B1 The Wild Life
B2 Berserk
A1 has a laidback bouncing kick with an occasional one-bar reversed
keyline and another keyloop that appears half way before being joined by
some low in the mix perc to drive the track to a finish. the B side is
more energetic with a continuous background synth wash building to a
combination 4 note low bass line/single synth sweep and intermittent
synth washes. B2 is a busy percussion arrangement with chopped
"everybody get" samples that follow their own rhythm. Bell doublepack
should be out in spring; should be another ESP before 99 hits; DBX will
return in 1999; look out!
Kurbel newies:
Kurbel follows up label owner Bartz' The Traveller with
Daniel Lodig's Santora EP (Kurbel013), a gritty 6 tracker that has some
Sahko/Dum style gritty 4:4 and a few dark electrofied #s as well.
Traveller is out now. Santora is supposed to be out now but I haven't
seen it anywhere yet.
Thanks. Andrew
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Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks
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http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition
(Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix: listen : read) --online now:
Juan Atkins' Infiniti-Skynet (BML version) world premiere
In The Mix show 576:John Tejada/Damon Wild/D.Jerome