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Chimera - Valley of the Spirits CD (Rephlex - Cat 012CD) 1. Valley of the Spirits 2. Secret Desire 3. En route 4. Destination Unknown 5. No Man's Land 6. The Future is Upon us 7. The Seer 8. Crown of Light 9. The Shores of Destiny All tracks programmed by The Kosmik Kommando I picked up this new Rephlex gem earlier this week & I'm very suprised that nobody else has mentioned it yet. It is excellent! Not as "unique" or "klangy" as some of the more recent Rephlex releases and nowhere near as acrid as last year's Mike Dred CD. Just beautifully smooth techno, polished & maticulously programmed with just a hint of acid on some tracks, ambience on others. The Detroit influences are quite noticable as well. I expect this release to be a big hit with the admirers of good solid techno but I'm not sure how the AFX/Sqpshr/Kinestesia crowd will like it. With the strength of this release I'm eager to hunt down Mike's Machine Codes 12"s. My rating: 9/10 -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145

Aran M. Parillo wrote:

quoted 9 lines At 12:28 PM 7/26/96 -0400, Lance C. McGannon wrote:

> > At 12:28 PM 7/26/96 -0400, Lance C. McGannon wrote: > >With the strength of this release I'm eager to hunt down Mike's > >Machine Codes 12"s. > > and the 12" by "Chimera" which was just released as well on rephlex... > it's a 2 tracker, details when I get home... > > tp

Wasn't the 12" just 2 tracks off the lp? I seem to remember comparing the two and coming to that conclusion. But that could have been before my morning dose of Coca-Cola Classic, so I might be mistaken. -->-Lance---

In a message dated 26/07/96 19:35:15, mclance@en.com (Lance C. McGannon) writes:

quoted 13 lines With the strength of this release I'm eager to hunt down Mike's

>> >With the strength of this release I'm eager to hunt down Mike's >> >Machine Codes 12"s. >> >> and the 12" by "Chimera" which was just released as well on rephlex... >> it's a 2 tracker, details when I get home... >> >> tp > >Wasn't the 12" just 2 tracks off the lp? I seem to remember comparing >the two and coming to that conclusion. But that could have been before >my morning dose of Coca-Cola Classic, so I might be mistaken. > >-->-Lance---

also check out Mike's new 12" on his own Chimera label (CHIME2T) ,credited to Chimera and entitled "Totem Pole" , orig. meant to come out on R+S , but guess Mike got fed up waiting!! , Machine Codes titles currently avaliable Mike Dred - Kosmik Knonondrum (CODE B) Mike Dred - EP (CODE C) Mike Dred - EP (CODE D) sonic assassin@4th World Records http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/4thworld --------------------- Forwarded message: From: mclance@en.com (Lance C. McGannon) Sender: owner-idm@hyperreal.com To: aran@MIT.EDU (Aran M. Parillo) CC: idm@hyperreal.com Date: 96-07-26 15:35:15 EDT Aran M. Parillo wrote:

quoted 9 lines At 12:28 PM 7/26/96 -0400, Lance C. McGannon wrote:

> > At 12:28 PM 7/26/96 -0400, Lance C. McGannon wrote: > >With the strength of this release I'm eager to hunt down Mike's > >Machine Codes 12"s. > > and the 12" by "Chimera" which was just released as well on rephlex... > it's a 2 tracker, details when I get home... > > tp

Wasn't the 12" just 2 tracks off the lp? I seem to remember comparing the two and coming to that conclusion. But that could have been before my morning dose of Coca-Cola Classic, so I might be mistaken. -->-Lance---