At 12:26 AM 8/13/96 -0800, Sean Cooper wrote:
quoted 42 lines down-tempo, ambient-leaning electro ala hia or some atom heart (but nowhere
>>> down-tempo, ambient-leaning electro ala hia or some atom heart (but nowhere
>>> near as interesting or detailed)...from what i've heard the pharma twelve
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>>a friend of mine lent me some atom heart stuff he got in germany (where he
>>used to do record covers, etc - he has some sick stuff!) including a cd
>>called 'atomu shimozu' or something like that ('atom heart' in japanese of
>>sick, nasty, fucked up, distorted breaks that i can't stop listening to.
>>as soon as i can take it home from work (ie - stop listening to it when
>>i'm coding...) i'll post a track listing.
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>>does 'atom heart' still release stuff?
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>as eylon pointed out, atom heart continues to release a steady flow, and
>much of it of mindbogglingly high quality. although he reserves the harsher
>edge to which you describe an attraction for his atomu shinzo/mike
>mccoy/lassigue bendthaus and early pod atom heart material, anyone with a
>deep love of electro will find much to connect with on any of his recent
>releases on his own rather interesting label, including:
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>vsvn
>semiacoustic nature
>silver sound 60
>bass
>machine paisley
>hat
>mono trademark
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>all, with the exception of _vsvn_, are cd-only (a _hat_ 12-inch is,
>apparently, to be released on harmuomi hosono's daisy world label, but i
>haven't heard a release date yet). a nice introduction to his rather
>interesting work exists (and on vinyl, too!) on _real intelligence_, a
>compilation combining tracks from the first 10 or so ri releases, as well
>as a few new goodies. as i said, it isn't really electro per se, but the
>centrality of electro in much of atom heart's work (in combination, most
>often, with ambient, jazz, and jungle) is evident to even the most casual
>of observers. atom heart is also--and despite all the great music being
>made even today that i wouldn't necessarily characterize this way--one of
>the few true innovators in electro, pushing many of the style's accepted
>compositional attributes into new, unexpected areas and combinations.
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>a question of my own: has anyone heard the biochip c cd called, i think,
>_inside (chapter 2)_, on anodyne? quoted 2 lines wondering if it's electro or not (and, if so, if it's available on
>wondering if it's electro or not (and, if so, if it's available on
>vinyl)..quoted 3 lines the anodyne stuff is pretty cool, and i'm wondering how this rates. also,
>the anodyne stuff is pretty cool, and i'm wondering how this rates. also,
>to whomever said pharma is biochip c's label: is this a guess, or do you
>know this for a fact?quoted 7 lines thanks,
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>thanks,
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