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1997-02-18 18:49Christopher William NiemitzI just spotted a disc (2disc?) on the Japanese Thrill Jockey label & was curious if anyone

From:: Christopher William Niemitz <niemitz@cats.ucsc.edu>
To:: ambient list <ambient@hyperreal.com>, idm list <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:49:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: (idm) How is Trans-am?

I just spotted a disc (2disc?) on the Japanese Thrill Jockey label & was curious if anyone heard this & can review it...

1997-02-18 23:32ryan|b|shawOn Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Christopher William Niemitz wrote: o}I just spotted a disc (2disc?) o

From:: ryan|b|shaw <rybesh@leland.stanford.edu>
To:: Christopher William Niemitz <niemitz@cats.ucsc.edu>
Cc:: ambient list <ambient@hyperreal.com>, idm list <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:32:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) How is Trans-am?
Reply to:: (idm) How is Trans-am?

On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Christopher William Niemitz wrote: o}I just spotted a disc (2disc?) on the Japanese Thrill o}Jockey label & was curious if anyone heard this o}& can review it... first off, thrill jockey is based in chicago, not japan. in the past year they've been putting out incredible stuff including domestic releases of oval and microstoria. as for trans-am: their first LP, which is self-titled, is decent--to me it sounds tortoise-ish with less effects. they are definitely recognizable as a band with guitars, unlike tortoise most of the time, yet the song structure is minimal and hypnotic, so don't let the word "guitars" scare you off if you're a hard-core IDMer. the songs on this album are all pleasant but tend to run together. on their compilation appearances, trans-am tend to be more experimental, for instance, check out their track on the mille plateaux _gilles deleuze_ comp. this is definitely the way they have headed with their new LP, _surrender to the night_, which i would highly recommend if you want to get some transam. my girlfriend got it a couple of weeks ago--it's the bomb. styles are all over the place, from noise collage and g-funk slink to metal crunch and soaring harmony. plus, it's not an import, so you can get it cheap... she got it new for $10, and it is full-length. this new one is also far more electronic than the last, and has several tracks i am planning on spinning out. "cologne" in particular. r|b|s

1997-02-19 00:40AndyI;ve never heard of trans-am before these posts. frankly I don't know what they have to do

From:: Andy <ajsolomon@wesleyan.edu>
To:: ryan|b|shaw <rybesh@leland.stanford.edu>
Cc:: Christopher William Niemitz <niemitz@cats.ucsc.edu>, ambient list <ambient@hyperreal.com>, idm list <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 19:40:58 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: (idm) trans-am live for 3$ this weekend
Reply to:: Re: (idm) How is Trans-am?

I;ve never heard of trans-am before these posts. frankly I don't know what they have to do with IDM/electronica other than they sound "hypnotic"(see below)etc... Anyway, I saw a flyer at my school for this coming weekend and "Trans-Am from the Jockey blah blah blah label" WILL be playing here(with some other bands), it's 3$ and at Eclectic House( a pretty neat place to see a show I guess cause its real small but not claustrophobic). I'm in CT(that's Connecticut), USA, if you care, I can tell you how to get here and more info and possibly where you could stay over etc... we're 2hrs from NYC, 2hrs from Boston, 20min from New Haven and HArtford andy On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, ryan|b|shaw wrote:

quoted 32 lines On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Christopher William Niemitz wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Christopher William Niemitz wrote: > > o}I just spotted a disc (2disc?) on the Japanese Thrill > o}Jockey label & was curious if anyone heard this > o}& can review it... > > first off, thrill jockey is based in chicago, not japan. in the > past year they've been putting out incredible stuff including domestic > releases of oval and microstoria. as for trans-am: > > their first LP, which is self-titled, is decent--to me it sounds > tortoise-ish with less effects. they are definitely recognizable as a > band with guitars, unlike tortoise most of the time, yet the song > structure is minimal and hypnotic, so don't let the word "guitars" scare > you off if you're a hard-core IDMer. the songs on this album are all > pleasant but tend to run together. > > on their compilation appearances, trans-am tend to be more > experimental, for instance, check out their track on the mille plateaux > _gilles deleuze_ comp. this is definitely the way they have headed with > their new LP, _surrender to the night_, which i would highly recommend if > you want to get some transam. my girlfriend got it a couple of weeks > ago--it's the bomb. styles are all over the place, from noise collage and > g-funk slink to metal crunch and soaring harmony. plus, it's not an > import, so you can get it cheap... she got it new for $10, and it is > full-length. this new one is also far more electronic than the last, and > has several tracks i am planning on spinning out. "cologne" in > particular. > > r|b|s > >

1997-02-24 03:15Christopher William NiemitzOn Tue, 18 Feb 1997, ryan|b|shaw wrote: > first off, thrill jockey is based in chicago, no

From:: Christopher William Niemitz <niemitz@cats.ucsc.edu>
To:: ryan|b|shaw <rybesh@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Cc:: ambient list <ambient@hyperreal.com>, idm list <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 19:15:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) How is Trans-am?
Reply to:: Re: (idm) How is Trans-am?

On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, ryan|b|shaw wrote:

quoted 1 line first off, thrill jockey is based in chicago, not japan. in the

> first off, thrill jockey is based in chicago, not japan. in the

no. i meant the japanese 2cd release of trans-am. is it just the first 2 albums compiled into one?

Re: (idm) How is Trans-am?