On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:
quoted 1 line Anyone know more about this evidently Czech project?
> Anyone know more about this evidently Czech project?
A thousand pardons for the incompleteness of this message, but I'm so
psyched that I'm not a week late on this discussion, I can't resist.
A relevant (to this list) discography can be found at
http://www.hyperreal.org/music/library/discogs/ecstasy_of_st_theresa
which lists the "fluidtrance centauri" CD5 (the page doesn't mention this,
but it's from a Peel session)- the opening track on that ("Fluidium") is
about as appealing as anything late-80s 4AD flavored gets to my ears;
_Free-D_ (feat. the mighty Sooper Kosmos); and the obligatory remix
single. These are all from the "Guy Fixsen" years of 93/94, when the
former Moose associate was producing them and presumably hooking them up
with people like John Peel. I remember the line-up being an extended
family tree (like Belle and Sebastian or, uh, Marble Sheep and the Run
Down Sun's Children). If you've been dreaming of an Ivo Watts-Russell
version of the early Seefeel sound, you might've just hit the jackpot.
They had an album prior on a Czech label- haven't heard it, but sources
indicate that it was more rock-oriented. Given the climate of the time,
I'd pin the shoegaze bet at 3:2, for.
I had assumed that they rode off into the sun until I saw them listed for
a CMJ showcase a month ago. Apparently they have had personnel changes to
the tune of two remaining members and are now eeking out tedious
Enigma-style dirges. Take that for what it's worth, I guess.
-rob