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From: SPRAGUE, JEFF
To: idm-owner
Subject: RE: (idm) Flying Saucer Attack
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 1996 5:08PM
Where are you from?
The Flying Saucer Attack records have been released domestically in the US
by
DRAG CITY and by VHF there have also been many 7" releases by them as well.
In fact they are probably the most prolific of bands. In their 2
year(approx) existance they have put out 4 albums a singles collection and
contributed many a track to compilation records etc.
They are from England(Bristol I believe). E:mail me personally for a full
report, I don't have access to my reading material on the subject.They have
a track on DISTANCE the singles collection that is definitely IDM, the remix
for 'Ocean'
If you like FSA check out the following bands that skirt the IDM / Indie
rock boundaries
Jessamine
The DEAD C
Bardo Pond
Bowery Electric
Bugskull
Labradford
JAHKNEE could fill you in on somemore
you should be paying domestic prices for most of this stuff as it is out on
US Labels( if that's where you are??)
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From: idm-owner
To: idm
Cc: ambient
Subject: (idm) Flying Saucer Attack
Date: Tue, Jan 16, 1996 3:05PM
I've got a reccommendation, but as it isn't strictly idm or ambient, I want
to
justify it just the slightest bit.
One of the stepping stones for my departure from crap music (hehe well,
let's
just call it 'traditional') was the brilliant noise of shoegazing bands out
of
england in the late 80s. In particular, I'm thinking of My Bloody
Valentine.
From there, I began to redefine what I thought music was, until a point now
at
which I love electronic ambience in all its beastly forms.
So, my bloody valentine. I know there are tons of fans out there, many
perhaps on this list, who are STILL waiting for kevin to release a new
album.
Of course, many of us have moved on to different musical appreciation, but
as
I have no doubt I'd be eager to hear a new MBV album, I imagine there are
others.
Well, NO new MBV. But, I've found something very close. Flying Saucer
Attack.
I don't know where they're from, England perhaps? My cd's were imported
from
Canada, but I don't think they're actually canadian. ANYWAY, let's get on
with it. This stuff is awesome. Brilliant walls of sound eerily
reminiscient
of MBV. In fact, the first time I heard one (on the radio, no less), I
thought it was MBV.
They do have their own identity, however. As MBV is more traditional in
time
and beat, Flying Saucer Attack are a more mellow-paced band. You can hear
the
progression of sound under the distortion clearly enough to make the
distinction. Strictly as sound, which I'm sure my parents would say is
warped
shit deserving of a trip to the trash, the music is similiar to MBV. As
music, it's much more subdued, more ambient even. The tension of MBV is
often
replaced by the relaxed atmosphere of these two (or three?).
I have the albums "Further" and "Chorus", both of which I recommend to
anyone
who loved My Bloody Valentine, but has since moved on to ambient/listening
music. I'm not connected with the band (as my obvious lack of information
ABOUT the band shows), I just love this stuff.
If you think this message is out of line for the list, I'm sorry, but I had
to
tell someone who might understand.
---brian
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