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1995-01-07 06:38Jeff KihnGosh. I've only been gone for a few days and so much has happened! Anyone in the Bay Area

From:: Jeff Kihn <visible@calon.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 22:38:46 -0800
Subject:: Potpourri

Gosh. I've only been gone for a few days and so much has happened! Anyone in the Bay Area go to Planet New Year at the Cow Palace? I spent my evening in the ambient arena with ATOI Mystery School and the Freezer/BPM0 boys, and an intense ritual from IAO Core. Pretty out-there! Finally got a chance to listen to my copy of ISDN. Man, is it cool. Definitely lacks the self-indulgence of Lifeforms, though I do keep coming back to "Vertical Pig". I keep thinking back to a year or two ago when I read interviews with FSOL saying "Gosh, Papua New Guinea sure is cool. What are you guys doing next?" and they went on about video stuff and radio uplinks and I laughed at their pretention. Who's laughing now? They are on the ball. Just to echo the reviews of Silent stuff: 23 Degrees is terrific. I've heard nothing but rave reviews. Light ambient dub, tastefully sample-laden, not too dancey. Look for a 12" soon, too. The new HMC is rather IDM influenced, while the first album is more straight-up ambient, all very clean and nicely done. I would recommend the first, and mention that the upcoming _Lunar_Phase_ is a return to the ambient of _Eden_. The ATOI Mystery School is denser and heavier than much recent Silent stuff, with some cool psychedelic guitar, educational spoken-word snippets, rich synths with heavy processing. Interesting stuff. And I'd recommend the new Closedown album to anyone who likes Slowdive or any of that swoony guitar stuff. And with all the talk about Robert Rich and Steve Roach, if any Roach fans don't have _Solitaire_ they should run-don't-walk. Great dark-ambient-tribal.... And...Autechre. I still have yet to like Autechre, as much as I'd like to like them. "Bike" is fun, "444" is terrific, but _Incunabula_ just didn't grab me. So would anyone care to advise me on _Amber_? OnNow: Alcove _Universal_Implication_ (new one on Barramundi...very Biosphere-ish) --Jeff Kihn Visible Records LastRelease: >>Aonox<< by Joey Beltram NextRelease: Not Breathing >>Event Horizon e.p.<< Odyssey Nine "Forklift/Drama 20" (ltd 10" pic disc)

1995-01-07 07:17Jonathan TakagiIf you didn't like Incunabula, I don't really think you'd like Amber. Amber is basically m

From:: Jonathan Takagi <eabu751@ea.oac.uci.edu>
To:: Jeff Kihn <visible@calon.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>, <eabu751@ea.oac.uci.edu>
Date:: Fri, 06 Jan 95 23:17:29 -0800
Subject:: Re: Potpourri
Reply to:: Potpourri

If you didn't like Incunabula, I don't really think you'd like Amber. Amber is basically more of the same. The one that really stood out for me on Incunabula was "Lowride" with the Kool and the Gang piano sample. Jonathan

1995-01-07 09:05Matthew CorwineOn Fri, 6 Jan 1995, Jonathan Takagi wrote: > If you didn't like Incunabula, I don't really

From:: Matthew Corwine <mcorwine@u.washington.edu>
To:: Jonathan Takagi <eabu751@ea.oac.uci.edu>
Cc:: Jeff Kihn <visible@calon.com>, <idm@hyperreal.com>, <eabu751@ea.oac.uci.edu>
Date:: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 01:05:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: Potpourri
Reply to:: Re: Potpourri

On Fri, 6 Jan 1995, Jonathan Takagi wrote:

quoted 4 lines If you didn't like Incunabula, I don't really think you'd like Amber.

> If you didn't like Incunabula, I don't really think you'd like Amber. > Amber is basically more of the same. The one that really stood out > for me on Incunabula was "Lowride" with the Kool and the Gang piano > sample.

Actually, Amber strikes me as a more minimal work. They're both structured similarly, but the sounds and textures of Amber are hazier and darker. I haven't listened to Amber enough to fully absorb it, but right now I still prefer Incunabula. Although some of the sounds used on it are downright annoying, it's interesting to listen to as it is highly complex and rhythmic, yet simple in form. Yadda Yadda Yadda. Matt

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