trying to get my hands on a vinyl copy of Air Liquide's latest
'Nephology'. A limited run of 500 on clear vinyl- includes a 12" and a 2
track 7"- the CD i can get its the *VINYL* i need......Any one able to find
one for me?......I listened to bits of it and seemed darn fine to me, right
in there w/ my aqueous tendencies....the girl who does the spoken word on
their albums has THE most amazingly rapturing voice...the instant the
words poured out of my cd saying "this is not a mind trip, this is a body
journey...journey...journey...journey...." i was totally transfixed. I've
only seen, and purchased a single CD full length called 'Liquid Air'
suprisingly, last summer....I've heard rumors of a double CD version of
this album????? Any remixes anyone knows of? If you liked the Terrence
Mckenna sampled track on 'dreamfish'(all knowing male deity one) then check
Air Liquide... I've never heard them mentioned before(alas i only
discovered this list a couple of months back)so i'll venture into some sort
of review....
its a very strange mix of sounds and speeds... the best tracks to me are 1,
2, 10....
No.1 is a short bit with a hiker explaining his encounters w/ bigfoot and
ufo's, wafting synth lines in bkgrnd, grreat sample....
No.2 lives up to the group's name....floating in a rhythmic sea of bass,
definite trance...all i can describe it as is the sound of the dark almost
still water in the very depths of our ocean, stirred ever so slightly by
the ethers, absolutely beautiful...
No.10 is the best on the CD(those of you who live in Canada, its availiable
on Chris Sheppards Techno Trip 4<gasp>) - the original mix of 'liquid
air'-starts w/ that star infested voice leading you into an 8 minute trip
of the 'senses'.... however i've never received more mental imaging from
another track as of yet(waiting for The 25th in SF)...perfect reverb on her
voice... feeling high strung- pop this in and close those eyes...the 303
starts in softly and then lifts you away..still gets my vote for best use
of that little box....the voice returns to bring you back into a
functionable state...talks of bodies and minds fusing...'there is no other
reality but our own, where does my body end and yours begin....'...can't
talk about it enough.
The rest of the Cd is a mix of reeeeally strange ambience, and 2 faster
skippable tracks imho. The ambient ones go heavily into screwing w/ an
effects processor-telephone rings, some guy that likes plants and an plug
for entertainment tonight.....high wierdness but overall the cd flows end
to end, definitely worth whatever you have to pay for it(+ if you buy vinyl
you get it on nifty blue marble)...
This talk about Mckenna and STC has led me to reinforce an old point
Go forth and buy the 'fluresence' EP,and alien community (jonah
sharp/petenamlook) once you've heard the first track on the hologram side
of 'fluresence', you'll be hooked......availiable @ Gaia Mantra Records
(mantra@netcom.com)in SF...any questions regarding STC ask them, i
guarantee they'll know hmmmmmmmm....if you vist SF check the holographic
wallpaper, my, my, my....
anyone picked up Beaumont Hannant's full length 'basic data manipualtion',
my friends can't stop talking about. They keep telling me its the best
thing they've heard in a loooong time- its the future they say.....i still
have yet to hear it....
and to the guy in norway your copy of 'tango n'vectif' will be dubbed and
sent tomorrow.......
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