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1996-06-28 12:35Ashok DivakaranAnyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews, foamings-at-the-mouth reque

From:: Ashok Divakaran <adivakaran@worldbank.org>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:35:18 +0000 (GMT)
Subject:: (idm) G Man (on Swim)

Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews, foamings-at-the-mouth requested. Thanks, Ashok

1996-06-28 17:11Aaron MichelsonOn Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Ashok Divakaran wrote: > Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim?

From:: Aaron Michelson <amichel@io.org>
To:: Ashok Divakaran <adivakaran@worldbank.org>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:11:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: Re: (idm) G Man (on Swim)
Reply to:: (idm) G Man (on Swim)

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Ashok Divakaran wrote:

quoted 2 lines Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews,

> Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews, > foamings-at-the-mouth requested. Thanks, Ashok

It's a great disc, though not exactly what I'd first expected. Essentially, it's several tracks all beat mixed together, or for the slightly pessimistic, it's simply one long 4/4 track with a little bit of tweaking and rhythm alteration to keep the listener entertained. It's well done, but just a tad long... 60 minutes of the same one track. Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong." For reviews, interviews, art & trash http://www.io.org/~amichel/ amichel@io.org

1996-06-28 14:38Neal Thomas---------- From: Ashok Divakaran[SMTP:adivakaran@worldbank.org] Sent: Friday, June 28, 199

From:: Neal Thomas <medi8@manglobe.com>
To:: 'Ashok Divakaran' <adivakaran@worldbank.org>, idm@hyperreal.com <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 09:38:27 -0500
Subject:: RE: (idm) G Man (on Swim)

---------- From: Ashok Divakaran[SMTP:adivakaran@worldbank.org] Sent: Friday, June 28, 1996 7:35 AM To: idm@hyperreal.com Subject: (idm) G Man (on Swim) Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews, foamings-at-the-mouth requested. Thanks, Ashok I picked this up last week, and I was a little underwhelmed. 'The guy from LFO, you'll love it.' says my music store guru pal. The back cover shows these bars with times, indicating that there's all these songs that cross over each other in the mix. This may be the case, but to my mind it's maybe a total of five long songs. I paid a lot of money for something that is quite repetitive, and sometimes uninspired. There are *some* tracks on it that fade in that are really really cool, but you might listen to big chunks of it and go, "hunh... Trance... So what?"

1996-06-28 15:06Dave WalkerAshok asks: : Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews, : foamings-at

From:: Dave Walker <marmoset@mich.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: 28 Jun 96 11:06:38 -0400
Subject:: Re: (idm) G Man (on Swim)

Ashok asks: : Anyone heard the G Man full-length on Swim? Opinions, reviews, : foamings-at-the-mouth requested. I've got it. I'd have to say it's probably not for everyone (tp, stay away!) but if you like it dark, minimal, and relentlessly monochromatic this is for you. It's got all the "hits" (at least around here "Turtle", "Sparticus", "Quo Vardis" and "Mars" have been DJ staples), in a continuous digital mix courtesy of Mark Gage. It's all echoey textures and massively 4 on the floor [hence my warning to Aran ;) ], but it booms like a monster. There's a _major_ Basic Channel influence, too, though Gez's timbres aren't as deep (IMO). -d.w.

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