On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Brian M. Cass wrote:
quoted 5 lines I'm planning on ordering the new Aphex single from Warp and I was thinking> I'm planning on ordering the new Aphex single from Warp and I was thinking
> about ordering a Planet Mu release or two with it. I was hoping I could
> get a few recommendations for the best Mu release from the list. thanks
> in advance
>
I'm really fond these days of Venetian Snares "Songs about my Cats."
Matt, my record store IDM fanboy friend described it as 'a more chaotic
Squarepusher mixed up with Ornette Coleman.' This is apt, and not
just because of the free jazz saxaphone on 'Pouncelot'. Throughout
there's a sense of real expressive abandon to it. The closest
analog would be early Kid606 and 'Feed Me Wierd Things' Squarepusher,
but he's not as arch as the former, and somehow looser (in the best sense)
than the latter.
What's refreshing about it too is that he really doesn't seem contaminated
by the bloodyminded cynicisim that seems a big part of Squarepusher. He's
not trying to take the piss out of anyone -- he's just writing tracks about
his cats.
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