quoted 8 lines From: "Dr. Angel F. Olivares" <aolivar@prtc.net>
>From: "Dr. Angel F. Olivares" <aolivar@prtc.net>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: [idm] Metamatics, Venetian Snares, Twine, Safety Scissors
>recommendations
>Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:22:55 -0500
>
>Hi, i've been reading about these artists for a long time now but still I
>don't know which are their best CDs. Any suggestions?
Metamatics: "From Death to Passwords" on the Neo Ouija label... really
essential stuff. Very melancholic, pretty IDM instrumentals, with a few
little vocal samples and spoken bits in between tracks. I'd heard previous
Metamatics releases and not been particularly interested by them (especially
the one on Dot, which I've heard is the least successful of the lot). Also,
the side-project Norken, which is more along the lines of light Detroit
techno, is worth checking out, too.
Safety Scissors: "Parts Water" (Plug Research) From what I know this is the
only Safety Scissors release available on CD. He has several releases on
vinyl, though. SS is pretty much stripped down tech-house sounding stuff,
with some more downtempo moments. "Parts Water" crosses over between these
sounds continuously over the course of its duration. My favorite material
from SS are the tracks on which he sings, in a not-so-great voice, but it
seems to work really well for whatever reason!
Venetian Snares: I've heard "Songs About My Cats" which I thought was
alright. I'm not really wise to the hype that VS has been getting on this
list... pretty crazy typical Planet Mu type stuff, verging on irritating. I
thought the release with Speedranch was pretty interesting though, because
it took the noise/hardcore aspect a little further (from what I recall, I
only heard it once).
Twine: they've definitely changed a lot since their first release. I would
highly recommend going for the "Circulation" LP on Komplott, or if you are
limited to CD only, I would hold out and wait for the "Recorder" disc which
should be released by Bip-Hop any day now. The early stuff is a lot more
conventional and touches much more heavily on typical electronic sounds of
the time (1998-99) and drum&bass breakbeat... they've more or less
completely ditched any references to these types of music and are what I
only really could call melancholic, abstract avant-garde... You can get a
sense of what the Komplott release sounds like if you check out the Hefty
Immediate Action series, the 3rd 12" of which was done by Twine (this is
compiled on the IA 2CD set too).
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