Brian Long, Astralwerks guru extraordinaire said:
quoted 11 lines While in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to discuss his future release
> While in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to discuss his future release
> plans as Astralwerks will be releasing his new material domestically.
>
> - there is a u-ziq EP to come out in June, I believe it has six songs on it.
>
> - A u-Ziq album will be released in the late-summer/early-fall.
>
> - There is an album under the name Gary Moschelers which is going through
> sample clearance as we speak. It is a brilliantly wacked-out take on
> acid-jazz (w/ some awesome takes on old school hip-hop thrown in for good
> measure -- I have a copy). If all goes well this will be released...sometime.
as sort of mentioned before, there's also an album coming on clear called
jake slazinger makes a racket. (how british!)
quoted 10 lines All this sniping about Michael's personality make IDM sound like the National
> All this sniping about Michael's personality make IDM sound like the National
> Enquirer...really lame. Michael seems to be a quiet and reserved individual
> who is REALLY into making interesting music. That he made his debut U.S.
> performance on a boat with a P.A. not strong enough to handle the power he
> was trying to force through it; that he had to physically hold two of the
> leads to one of his keyboards -- thus leaving him with one free hand to push
> all buttons and play melodic bits on one of the other keyboards; that he was
> using borrowed equipment and just didn't work exactly as it does at home, I'd
> say that Michael played a great show. The track w/ the sampled guitar
> mentioned a few posts back was truly astounding.
indeed it was. mike battaglia asked about the slow funky track and that will
be on the clear album.
i would also like to provide another defense of mike. i had the pleasure of
hanging out with him and interviewing him this evening before he spun at
the gardening club (more on that in a minute) and i found him to be a really
polite and considerate man. he really had an unfortunate time on the boat,
especially for his first performance and first visit to america.
i couldn't stay for his whole set at the gardening club, but i really liked
what i heard. (i know this won't be detailed enough for the trainspotters
but i wasn't familiar with any of the music). he started out with what sounded
like what could have been some of his own tracks - they sounded very aggressive
and assaulting compared to the previous dj (who played more traditional
IDM like autechre and skylab). he eventually worked himself into a real
electro-lovers' wet dream kind of groove and sadly i had to leave him there.
Brian continues:
quoted 6 lines Things to look forward to:
> Things to look forward to:
>
> Single Cell Orchestra's - "Dead Vent 7" (Reflective - CD)
> Miguel played me a track which ripped my head off...when I mentioned how
> sonically deep the bass tones are, he quipped, "Miami bass in space". Uh,
> yeah...and much more.
thanks, brian, you saved me a post! i also interviewed miguel and heard dead
vent 7 in its entirety - fucking shit! (yes, how eloquent for a writer) what
this is is an original science fiction narrative (co-written by miguel)
backed by a number of varying tracks - delving into electro, jungle, dark
spacey ambient and much more. this is a very special album and it should be
out in june.
(i haven't posted to idm in ages but tonight i'm fueled by a particularly
potent thai iced tea)
what i wish was On Now: hmmm....nah, actually, my ears are still ringing from
mike's set :)
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