Title: Vibert & Simmonds: Weirs
Label: Rephlex Records (CAT 016)
Released: Nov 1994
Tracks: Tinned Deardrop
Mevdonique
Path T'Zoar
Reservior
(This Can) Robotic
Indel Rooks
Aple
Thing Bounces Back
Weirs
Submarine
Chamber No. 364
:::The latest from Rephlex, this record brings together Luke Vibert (aka
Rising High's Wagonchrist) and Jeremy Simmonds, two friends of Rich's from
Cornwall. When I first got this home, I put it on the turntable amd skipped
through it but wasnt too impressed as nothing stood out. On a complete
listening however, I was floored - it hasnt left the turntable since. The
style is hard to describe; it has a laid back, avant garde, almost 'hiphop'
feel to it at times and is served with electronic pulses and all the
trimmings. The fourth track, reservoir, is a bizarre melodic arrangement of
transforming tones and electronic pulses which create quite a disturbing
but somehow pleasing sound - I imagine this is what madness would sound
like if written in musical notation. With the beginning of side three, we
return to the smooth upbeat flavour as heard in Tinned Teardrop and the
dissonance created by the clashing of major and minor chords. Overall, its
a nice collection of tracks covering quite a broad range of flavours, the
kind that might result if you put B12, Drexciya, and Black Dog Productions
in a bag and shook them around for a little bit. With another strong release
from the Rephlex stable, i'm led to believe that next year will be a
big one for them with the amount of releases waiting to come out. Weirs
comes highly reccomended. Very good. Very Rephlex.
:: Alan M. Parry
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