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About reviewing the Endpoint 01 Comp. - I'm not that good at reviewing either... but I think the entire Comp. is really good w/ some definite stand-out tracks. From what I understand, Salvo Beta will be the next release from Endpoint (I heard it would be this month) and .Diminish will be the next (within the next few months). It seems like a label worth paying attention too. dsmith@spindlex.com ----------------------- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:56:36 -0500

quoted 31 lines To: "Steve Briggs" <steve.briggs@terraglyph.com>

> To: "Steve Briggs" <steve.briggs@terraglyph.com> > From: "Lance @ Inaudible" <lance@inaudible.com> > Cc: idm@hyperreal.org, inaudible@makelist.com > Subject: Re: (idm) Endpoint compilation? > Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000131234214.00abc980@mail.nacs.net> > > At 05:01 PM 1/31/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Anyone care to review the Endpoint 01 Compilation? >I'm realy digging this but I'm terrible at reviews so >could someone please review this so others might >get to enjoy it too? > > The Endpoint 01 compilation is the first release on the > Dust Traxx experimental sublabel also called Endpoint. > I dont personally have the Endpoint comp but I've > always heard good things about it. Artists on the > Endpoint label roster include Rehab vs. Skycraft, > Second Man, Kush, CNS Engineering, Nudge, Solenoid, > Salvo Beta & Diminish. Endpoint have three releases > currently out with two more coming soon. For more > info on Endpoint or any of it's artists & releases, > check the official Endpoint website at: > http://www.dusttraxx.com/end/index.html > > -->-Lance--- > lance@inaudible.com > p.o. box 450715 > westlake, ohio 44145 > united states > >

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Here's a review of it done by Rob...from the 3.99 issue of "The Technotic Times", available on line at www.technotica.com ... ---------------- ENDPOINT COMPILATION 01- ENDPOINT/DUSTTRAXX…This is "Chicago's newest independent label, signing avant-gardists from around the world, and releasing some of the most innovative and provocative experimental sounds being produced today." Here are Restless Rob's takes on the tracks- -Rehab. Vs Skycraft 'How Many More Times Can We Fuck This Up?' - Is there something wrong with my CD player….? No, this is just an oddly mechanical texture.Maybe there is something wrong with my CD…. -Second Man 'Bound' - Mysterious Casio Funk with a TickTock beat and electronic squiggles. More of a doodle than a full-fledged track, but, "hey Mon, is interesting. Know what I’m saying?" Check out the Koto-esque breakdown. -Kush 'Moon Boots' - More space/arcade sounds…then what sounds a heck of a lot like a 606 snare… A pleasant journey, even if not to anywhere in particular. -CNS Engineering 'Queuefa' - Snip snappy, cool outa-space, low key funk jive. A fun, minimal mood maker. -Nudge 'Sprung' - Something’s slinking, it’s electric, I think, with a minimal feel. Not my favorite. -Solenoid 'M-Box' - Ah! Something funky - with a distorted bass kick - that you can sink your teeth into. -Salvo Beta 'Eating the Last Marshmallow' - Phase sampled distortions that sound a lot like Godzilla taking a stroll to me. -Skycraft vs Rehab. '#5(Superdope) - Can you get beyond that fingernails on blackboard sound? If you can, you might enjoy those electronic horn riffs. -Nudge 'Still Life with Crack and Rainbow' - Wow…and flutter! Minimal, pleasant, but not very involving. -Diminish 'Stuntfellows'- Percolating, musical humor…some kind of circus-oid travelogue. -Solenoid 'Cowberd II" - Is this darned CD skipping again? No, it’s just more kamikaze sound assault. -Salvo Beta 'Crossing the FM Marsh(a Remix)' - Spacey, ethereal, and quite demented, sort of like banging you head by accident…over and over again. -Second Man 'Abusing Rob' - Sampled, sliced and somehow scary, while at the same time silly. Fun, but is it music? P.S. Don’t answer the phone!!!!!!!! (-<) Linda --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org