Various Artists
EXTREME POSSIBILITIES
Lo Recordings (LLP 001)
Double Vinyl Version
TRACKLISTING:
Bedouin Ascent-'composition c for neutral space'
Scanner-'brittle'
Omni Trio-'session pt. 1'
David Cunningham-'chapare b'
Wagon Christ-'flip flop'
Starfungus-'intalude'
David Toop-'stones, bones, & skin'
Vibert/Simmonds-'knaim & no'
Peet-'lapin'
Starfungus-'dancers in halflite'
Psyche vs. Boymerang-'x=x'
OBX-'believe'(in dub)
Omni Trio-'session pt. 2'
MLO/Jonah Sharp-'prong'
Voafose-'threpton'
Friends, Lovers & Family-'homecoming'
Daniel Pemberton-'sunset'
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Debut LP on MLO's John Tye's label. A mixed bag of all kinds of
underground music genres:Ambient, Ambient Jungle, Dub, Reggae Dub, Perv
Beat, Hip Hop, Trip Hop, Techno, & just plain fucking headphuq!
The shorter tracks on the album, 'comp. c for neutral space',
'session pt. 1 & 2', (pt. 1 is an acoustic scat jazz thing, pt. 2 is a piano
solo, my favorite of the two) 'intalude', 'sunset', & 'lapin', are more
"set starters/enders" for dj's, and "smoke breaks" for you home
listeners. Nice touch.
The real tracks, though, are absolutely "out there...". 'brittle' is a
real moody dub-techno track from Scanner, no cellphone conversations, but
extremely disturbing, even for me, it also has a triphop feel to it as
well, and I think this may have been an precursor to 'patino', reviewed a
few weeks back, with a 909 kick interspersed through the mix. Luke
Vibert contributes two perv beat hip hop moments, easily taken off the
THROBBING POUCH album, 'flip flop', really smoky, trippy track with a
processed voice repeating the track title, and 'knaim & no', with Gez
Simmonds(from WEIRS), same vibe, but more of a weird retro '70's slick
feel to it. You also get pitch bends & all the bells/whistles that made
THROBBING POUCH so innovative.
'dancers in halflite' is very tribal trance sounding, and 'homecoming' is
(as mixmag so eloquently put it) music for "space cowboys" with its
childlike "skippiness", and definitely unlike FLF's material on Rising
High. 'x=x' is PURE drum & bass for you jungle heads, and surprisingly
enough, would go very well in one of my sets.(I don't usually use drum &
bass, but I liked this one enough to probably make use of it...)
'believe'(in dub) is PURE reggae dub with echos, reverb, bass,
delay...the usual formula for some decent reggae dub musik. Not too
watered down(as most dub reggae being released these dayz), and ideal for
lighting up a nice big spliff full of the good stuff!
'prong'??? I'm not sure on this one, let me get back with you, damn
needle stuck! dammit! Finally, 'threpton' is EXTREEEEMMEEELY
disturbing, and if you buy EXTREME POSSIBILITES, please listen to it with
someone else in the room! Save your sanity! Very, Very good "extreme
ambient" in a Aphex Twin-SAW II style. It sounds like someone repeatedly
"choking" a noisy bird, or parrot(as mixmag has stated)...
10.9/10!!!
An excellent album, worth every pence/cent/peso!
Derek Jordan
can't wait for Volume Two!