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From:
Philip Sherburne
To:
'idm@hyperreal.org'
Date:
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:47:48 -0800
Subject:
[idm] luomo
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<8EF2E9ED35FFD411BACA00508BCF57C21CC194@sagan.ask.com>
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quoted 30 lines Luomo is decent techhouse, but for me it doesnt> > > >Luomo is decent techhouse, but for me it doesnt > >hold up as an album over time, sounds like trax. > >VD's other releases are much more interesting. > >If you want techhouse >>there's better out there.<< > >how about axus 'soundtracks for life' on guidance, > >or matos & mateo on glasgow underground. > >d.digglers fulllength on raum is > >awfully good, as is icube's work. > > sure, but i don't think luomo is simply trying to be by-the-numbers > tech-house. i think it's actually attempting (and accomplishing) > something quite different in its use of fragmented vocals, buried blips > and nuances... axus and mateo & matos may be "deeper," but they're going > for a much more traditional deep house sound. d. diggler, similarly, is > much closer to traditional dub-techno/tech-house. the pleasure, for me, > in luomo is that he managed to achieve a very different sound; i wouldn't > look at it as a failure to recreate proper tech-house. > > phil > > > > > > > > >
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