Bonjour -
Just discovered a great record. Digging through the bins for the
Ukrainians, I found a real fist-in-the-eye (to steal a picturesque Italian
expression), red cardboard CD-jacket with chaotic gold type plastering
front and back. Eventually determined (with assistance from the hip cats
at Discovery Discs) that this is a remix record of Ui, titled
"Unlike-Remixes Volume 1".
First of all, who the hell is Ui?
Listening now through the other PowerMac's CD-ROM. Well, mixes a sample of
Trio ("Da da da", just the bleeps please, no vocals required) with some
overdriven noise bass and new rhythms. Sounds like some live drumming
filters in and out over dubby rhythms throughout the six long cuts. Fans
of Tortoise would do well to check this out. I actually prefer this set to
the Tortoise full-length. Also the non-literal FSOL connection is there,
in the sound.
Hey, what's the deal with unpronouncable band names? Look to your own
consciences, Autechre! Is it copyright law? Are we running out of
reasonable band names? Will artists eventually only have serial numbers to
their credit?
Back to the noise. Backwards drums make me dizzy (a compliment), and
these are being unstruck and or unprogrammed all over this shiny plastic.
Remixes are by, among others:
Sasha Frere-Jones and David Linton at Haus of Ouch
John McEntire at Chemical Sound
Hissy Boy, Ian Blurton
David Dacks and Nick Holmes
Some of this is danceable, most is ambient in a trippy noisy way, and the
rest is just for listening. Bring a metal container so you can bang along
to it.
Will I still love this in three days? I don't know, but right now, I wish
I had thought of it.
Zenon M. Feszczak
Jealous Guy