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Has anyone heard the new album by David Holmes? If so, what's it like? I heard the NME call it "indie-techno" (????). Just curious, Michael Baspaly

On Sat, 22 Jul 1995, Michael Baspaly wrote:

quoted 6 lines Has anyone heard the new album by David Holmes? If so, what's it like? I

> Has anyone heard the new album by David Holmes? If so, what's it like? I > heard the NME call it "indie-techno" (????). > > Just curious, > Michael Baspaly >

Yes, and I love it. It's not all banging techno anthems - in fact hardly any of it is. The first track, No Man's Land, is an atmospheric piece evoking prison life, starting with church bells and someone being locked up, lots of heartbeats and military drums, top-drawer stuff. I haven't really got beyond this, not to be able to review, anyway, but one track was co-written with Jah Wobble, and another has vocals by Sarah Cracknell ( from St. Etienne). Most of it is quite mellow, and if someone else doesn't beat me to it I may have a bash at reviewing it proper. This is a threat, boys and girls, you'd better get your skates (and reviewing hats) on :-) Rob. I think I need to update my spellcheck - this one doesn't recognise "techno".

Hi there, Can anybody tell me the actual title for this album as well as the label. Sounds interesting, maybe somebody can review more ...... ;) cheers to all clarence soh csoh@temasek.teleview.com.sg On Sat, 22 Jul 1995, Michael Baspaly wrote:

quoted 1 line Has anyone heard the new album by David Holmes? If so, what's it

> > Has anyone heard the new album by David Holmes? If so, what's it

like? I > > heard the NME call it "indie-techno" (????).

quoted 11 lines Yes, and I love it. It's not all banging techno anthems - in fact hardly

> > Yes, and I love it. It's not all banging techno anthems - in fact hardly > any of it is. The first track, No Man's Land, is an atmospheric piece > evoking prison life, starting with church bells and someone being locked > up, lots of heartbeats and military drums, top-drawer stuff. I haven't > really got beyond this, not to be able to review, anyway, but one track > was co-written with Jah Wobble, and another has vocals by Sarah > Cracknell ( from St. Etienne). Most of it is quite mellow, and if someone > else doesn't beat me to it I may have a bash at reviewing it proper. This > is a threat, boys and girls, you'd better get your skates (and reviewing > hats) on :-)

On Mon, 24 Jul 1995, clarence soh wrote:

quoted 2 lines Can anybody tell me the actual title for this album as well as the label.

> Can anybody tell me the actual title for this album as well as the label. > Sounds interesting, maybe somebody can review more ...... ;)

It's called _This Film's Crap, Let's Slash the Seats_ and is on the English label Go Discs. I haven't heard it yet so...sorry, no review. :( - Matthew "I grew up thinking that techno music is actually something that you can't imagine. That is techno at its best. If you hear something that you'd never expect to hear - that's techno. If you hear something that kind of sounds like you've heard it before, then it's not techno." - Jeff Mills

quoted 4 lines Hi there,

> Hi there, > > Can anybody tell me the actual title for this album as well as the label. > Sounds interesting, maybe somebody can review more ...... ;)

"this film's crap, let's slash the seats" on Go Discs title sounds good, let's hope the music's equally good Kuri