Thanks for sharing, Thorsten.
I wish all IDM-l posts were like this.
I, too have been enjoying Modeselektor. Reminds a bit of Funkstorung in the
late '90s, but updated.
I have been enjoying the music of another duo even more: Bitstream. Really
good modern electro. fans of Tri-Repetae and Schematic(as in Phoenicia at
their funkiest) are advised to take a listen. Really booty shakin' but with
experimental elements.
Also, the track "Leraine" (a collaboration w/Kettel) on Secede's new album,
Tryshasla, is an instant classic, in a very upbeat BoC kinda way. Solid beat
with gorgeous synthlines.
----- Original Message -----
From: "thorsten Sideb0ard" <thorsten@highpointlowlife.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 12:17 PM
Subject: [idm] some new records..
quoted 69 lines Ah man, this is so nice, i actually have a night at home, and for the
>
> Ah man, this is so nice, i actually have a night at home, and for the
> first time in so long, i have nothing to do but relax and listen to music.
> Its excellent! Supping my beer and smoking my *ahem* cigarette, heres some
> thoughts on recent musics i been listening to..
>
> Monolake - Polygon Cities - this is by far the best purely electronic
> record i have bought or listened to it in so long. Its not trying to be
> clever or different, just nice clean and new sounding
> analog and digital noise and in a completely classic sorta techno
> structure. You know someone has some magic when they can still sound mind
> blowing original while working within a quite distinctive genre.
>
> Modeselektor - Hello Mom! - I was really interested in hearing this after
> the recent discussions on here, and have to agree that its excellent as
> well, also very fresh sounding, sorta mashup but in a more
> refined manner. For the people that havent heard it, its like a melting
> pot of comedy skit intros, chunky tech breaks, ragga sounds, hip hop
> stylings, and low down dirty techno basslines. Entertaining
> and excellent. [ i have this annoying habit of heading up to Glasgow for
> excellent gigs and then missing the headline band - Autechre a few months
> back, and this time Modeselektor!!! argh ]
>
> Murcof - Remembranza - I only bought this a few days back and havent given
> it much chance yet, but i kinda feel like i want my money back! Its all
> quite nice and well done, but it sounds like outtakes from the
> first album, same formula to it all, but like big long 10 minute ambient
> tracks that just seem to meander.
>
> Small Melodies - this a compilation on Spexx records out of Japan, more
> microsound, featuring Sogar, Taylor Deupree, Oren Ambarchi, Fenton (whose
> album i loved), Anderegg, Stephan Matthieu, and a few others. I've heard
> lots of ace things about it, but i have to admit, again, i feel like i
> wasted my money. Its all nice and its exactly what you would expect from
> the artists, but somehow i just felt it was going to have some progression
> to it, or something new, but its just so predictable.
>
> sun0))) - Black One - I fucking love this band! they're just nuts. I
> really liked that thread on here last week about noise bands, and wanted
> to join in, but just didnt have time to type. Theres a massive
> crossover here in London and Brighton for noise and electronic shows, and
> i really think its the way forward. So much electronic music has become
> too clean, the sound pallette to easy to digest and not very challenging,
> all the things that made electronic music so appealing and original in the
> early nineties, after being repeated for 15 years lose a lot of their
> appeal. I think a classic good example of crazy punk noise and electronics
> mixing well in a live environment is..
>
> DJ Scotch Egg - KFC Core - amazing live, so bloody entertaining and fun.
> If you havent seen or heard this guy, basically he has two gameboys and a
> mixer, producing some seriously noisey 8bit gabba beats and
> feedback, while he has a megafone and a mic and shouts fuck-off a lot
> while jumping around or fiddling with the gameboys (oh yeah and throwing
> Scotch Eggs at the crowd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_egg)
> sometimes). Don't get me wrong, its definitelty novelty value, but
> Shige/Scotch Egg has a million other musical
> projects going on, and hes just having fun. I think i posted the link for
> his video before?
> http://www.nothing-to-see-here.com/scotchegg.php
>
> what else? *flicks to itunes*
>
> Oh yeah, speaking of sun0))), theres another really good Stephen O'Malley
> project called Khanate, which is kinda similar to sun0))) but with, i
> dunno, its sorta different but not that much, itsa bit more slightly,
> slightly uptempo! maybe more evil or something..
>
> Danger Doom -The Mouse And The Mask - DJ Danger Mouse and MF Doom
>......
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