Bedouin Ascent-Music For Particles
RSN LP 36
fearful symmetry
swarm
gait of power
trace
living stream
music for particles
trace(?)
crouched on broken glass
clusters
close
waves of grain(what?)
falling
On sickening white marble vinyl(similar to SAW II), Bedouin Ascent
returns for a 2nd attempt to shatter eardrums. MUSIC FOR PARTICLES is
nothing at all like his previous lp SCIENCE ART & RITUAL(LP 27).
Mr. Biswas gives us 12 tracks of off the wall hedfuq percussion,
melodies & digital noizes.
Some of the tracks are reminescent of the 'ancient ocean' trilogy, but no
ambient moments at all to shake a stick at.'living stream' and 'swarm' are but 2 of the really nice tracks on the
album. Very inaccessable at times, but would mix well with just about anything experimental/ambient.
My white vinyl copy sounds terrific, but for good measure, I used rubbing
alcohol to clean up the pressing plant spots, now it sounds even better...
VARIOUS-THE ELEMENTAL PHORCE OF PHUNK.EEE NOIZE
RSN LP 35
I left the house without writing down the tracklisting(e-mail me if you
need it), but this has to be one of the best "acid" compilations this
year. Jammin' Unit & Co. combine to give us 12 tracks of fresh sounding
"new school/old skool" acid. Most of the tracks are under 6 minutes, but
well worth every second. My favorites are 'Suzanne Goes Shopping' by
Bizz O.D., 'hear the plumber get screwed'(just because of the title), the
outstanding 'redlight district III', and an "intelligent" little
acid-trip from jammin' unit called 'business card'. A little softer than
ACID BURNS EUROPE from Force, Inc., but stands out more than the harder
material on Rising High, and this is only Volume One...
WAGON CHRIST-THROBBING POUCH
RSN LP 30
Intro
Reedin
Down Under
Phase Everyday
Throbbing Pouch
Rexcist
Floot
Intermission
Pull My Strings
Spotlight
Scrapes
Night Owls
EZ Listener
Vibes
Underground Level
Ring Piece
All My Fingers
Luke Vibert definitely caught me by surprise with this LP. I had missed
the 'at atmos', 'rissalecki' & 'plug 1 & 2' EP's, so after hearing vibes
of Luke doing "trip hop", I was reluctant to get THROBBING POUCH. I
wasn't dissapointed. All I can say is that he did a really good job with
the jazzy bass, r&b/funk samples & slow, lingering groove through all 17
tracks.
'reedin' comes out at me like a skanky lil' british b-boy hip hop
groove(are there b-boys in Britian?), 'down under' to me is a PHAT LAB
NIGHTMARE flashback, with a little 'trip hop' flair to it. 'phase
everyday' is a fresh new look at an old jazzy bass sample. To quote
Cypress Hill:"light it up, roll it up, smoke it up, inhale, exhale..."
'throbbing pouch' again has shades of P.L.N. but the little melodies
sprinkled throughout the track lead you out of the darkness.
'rexcist' is one of my favorites, because it has that dubby, smoky sound
similar to Richard Kirk's 'World War III' track from VIRTUAL STATE.
'intermission' has to be from PLN. 'pull my strings' with it's violin
sample gets a little stale after 80 seconds, but a nice thought,
though...'spotlight' has the best musical arrangement, with what sounds
like an electronic "kitten" and a drunk Darth Vader voice. The melody is
real vibey, too. I can dig it, man.
'scrapes' is also cool as well, with the sampled voices, but 'night owls'
caught my attention more with the funky guitar sample, and sounds just
like something from the '70's TV show BARETTA, or just about any Quinn
Martin production. I am still laughing at one of these two tracks,
because of the way it sounds...it's a little TOO 1970's for me. 'ez
listener' is very weird(is that luke doing the vocals?) 'vibes' sounds
like a good start for a smooth Mary J Blige ballad. 'underground level'
and 'all my fingers' didn't move me much, but 'ring piece' definitely hit
the spot. I was nodding my head through the entire track. Couldn't it
have gone on for another hour or so? I guess i'll have to buy another
copy and make it so!
Derek Jordan
on now-Balil-'avidya'