quoted 12 lines The Table - "Infinitino III" (Demo CD)
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> The Table - "Infinitino III" (Demo CD)
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> Suigeneris / Maclife / Stargazer / Werther / Meetchow /
> Goblet / G.I.G.
> Plus Interactive CD-ROM.
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>This is a disc which I received some time ago now and
>somehow, for reasons which I won't go into, have never got
>around to reviewing. I feel particularly bad about this as
>they are an unsigned group (or were at any rate!)
and still are
quoted 39 lines and presumably need all the publicity they can get. They
>and presumably need all the publicity they can get. They
>refer to themselves as an "independent multimedia entity"
>and have been involved in the production of a number of
>films and videos since 1988. The CD-ROM component here is
>interesting by virtue of its novelty, but that aside is
>little more than a bit of fun which I can take or leave;
>my feeling is (based on this CD) that the technology needs
>to progress further before such things become really
>viable. These people can be contacted at gcleis@tinet.ch
>and they have web pages at http://www.tinet.ch/table.
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> On to the music then, which after all is the most
>important aspect. Overall, this is a competent record,
>although it does very little (if anything) that could be
>called new or innovative. The sound is fairly familiar:
>easy-listening, sugared techno with an indefinably euro
>feel about it (they're from Switzerland). Warm and honeyed
>with a smooth, polished veneer; muffled heart-beats and
>soft, soothing keyboard sounds abound. This music would
>probably feel most at home on the next Cafe Del Mar
>compilation. Particularly nice is track number two
>"Maclife" which subtly combines all of the above
>ingredients with a constantly mutating stream of (acid)
>chirps and squirts. "Stargazer" features a
>drum'n'bass-style sampled snare drum loop and a rather naff
>female vocal sample (English, but with a foreign accent -
>like the lyrics to any one of the thirty odd thousand songs
>Stereolab wrote last year) whereas Werther" has a loose,
>laid-back, rather casual feel about it.
>"Meetchow" is the only number which really lets the side
>down, and its the vocals here which are almost wholly
>responsible, since other elements of the track are quite
>nice: purring cat noise and more sampled drums. The refrain
>"I don't want more time, I don't want more time, I
>don't want more time" is truly, truly rubbish. The last two
>tracks are again competent enough with "Gobelet" probably
>taking second place after "Maclife." A hidden track at the
>end seems to amount to a reprise of the last listed track
>"G.I.G." which is a funky, quasi-ambient affair.
I got this CD a while ago, and i think it's really cool.
The reprise is 'Stargazer' i think, not G.I.G.
The CD sounds extremely well put together and produced. An
unsigned band to put out demo CD rom combined audio cds is
extremely rare in itself.
If anyone finds (or has found) any reviews/mentions of this
CD 'Infinito III' in any UK dance mags/fanznes could they
mail me the info.
Best Wishes,
Nick.