quoted 1 line ===== Original Message From Mark Stevens <mark@headspin.clara.net> =====
>===== Original Message From Mark Stevens <mark@headspin.clara.net> =====quoted 2 lines Here's a reply to the message "(idm) Sun Electric: Via Nostra LP"
>Here's a reply to the message "(idm) Sun Electric: Via Nostra LP"
>written on Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:40:03 -0800:quoted 2 lines can someone provide me a quick
>>can someone provide me a quick
>>review of this release.quoted 5 lines I personally think "Via Nostra" is SE's weakest album. That's not to
>I personally think "Via Nostra" is SE's weakest album. That's not to
>say it's crap -- there's some good stuff on there -- but it lacks the
>sort of cohesion that made "Kitchen" and "Present" (my favourite) so
>damn fine. "Via Nostra" just fills a bit too light and fluffy, with
>very little experimentation to speak of.
Ok, my take is that it's a really worthwhile release. In terms of
experimentation (or divergence from earlier SE stuff) there're many more live
sounding drum sounds, an entire absence of housey/four-to-the-floor numbers,
and then they get some woman in playing dulcimer and providing vocals via a
vocoder. I love that track. :) Rhythmically things get quite drum'n'bass-y. In
some ways it reminded me of
The characteristic melodies and big whooshing chords are all there in
abundance.
I would agree with Mark that 'Present' is still their strongest release to
date, and that it's the consistency of mood that makes that release for me.
For some reason I've always thought 'Via Nostra' sounds like Sun Electric
trying to cover the kinds of sounds found on, say, a 'Future Sounds of Jazz'
comp all by themselves.
quoted 3 lines I haven't heard anything from SE since some 1996 release, it had a
>>I haven't heard anything from SE since some 1996 release, it had a
>>picture of an asian woman on the cover (title escapes me at the
>>moment)quoted 1 line If you can remember the title, let me know.
>If you can remember the title, let me know.
It sounds to me like 'Present'. My copy has a cover with an edited photo of a
young Asian woman, looking quite reminiscent of As One's 'Art of Prophecy' on
Shield. Well, except it's predominantly pink, not white.
Michael
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