On 12 Oct 2000, gweinstock@HWS.EDU wrote re [idm] chicks on
speed:
quoted 1 line good profan style dub ("euro trash girl"),> good profan style dub ("euro trash girl"),
For the record, on his Heavenly Social set (Live at the Social Vol. 3),
Richard Fearless kicks off the mix with this track - what a goodie !
Errm, he's also got I-F's Space Invaders on there...
In fact, of the double bill he does with Andrew Weatherall, Mr
Fearless gets my vote (which surprised me, being a Weatherall fan
of old. His set here disappoints. Maybe he was pandering to the
Social masses?)
Back to the Chicks, though. I'm quoting loosely from a review in
Select, May 2000: "Debut album from Munich based American /
German / Austrian trio." It goes on to say something about them
being 30-somethings, "for rebellious 'adultescents' such as ATR's
Alec Empire teen-flavoured petulance is the ideal vehicle for anti-
corporate rage. Cicks on Speed are of a similar ilk." (cut)
"Over clattering analogue sysnths and robot stutterings, COS's
punkoid techno can be briefly thrilling and often distracting." They
do a cover of B52's "Give me Back My Man" (hey, what's that like,
anybody who's heard it ??) and these covers are said to 'outshine
their own threadbare efforts'.
They get a 3* rating out of 5.
They also did a track on Plug Research's Voices in my Lunchbox
comp: Chicks on Speed vs. Potuznik & Bauer 'Lisi, this is house
Music'.
I
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