<bigger>A few Elypsia reviews...
Dark Comedy: Seven Days CD (Elypsia/ELY 007 CD)
Track Listing:
1. Eclectic
2. The Bar
3. March
4. Inaroom
5. Solace
6. Darkness
7. War of the Worlds (Dark Room Mix)
8. Without a Sound (Right Brain Mix)
9. Paranoid (prelude to paranoia)
10. Paranoid
11. The Bar (2 minute epic mix)
Shortly after I began listening to this new Kenny Larkin CD I
realized why he released this project under the Dark Comedy
guise. These tracks are unlike his previous lps on R&S and
Warp. The tracks seem to be much deeper, more complex and
diverse. There is an good mix of up-tempo & mid to down-tempo
tracks. Cuts like The Bar, March, Without A Sound, and both
versions of Paranoid will definitely turn heads on the floor
whereas Eclectic, Inaroom, Solace, Darkness and War of the
Worlds will sound par to Transmat classics of old. It is very
difficult to pick a favorite or highlight on this release
because it is so consistently good. But if you enjoyed some
of Kenny's older material under the Dark Comedy and Yennek
guises, you know what kind of brilliance to expect. I'm sure
this release will soon be the talk of the lists. 9/10
Release date: 3/14/97
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Sebastian S: Personal Space Invader CD (Elypsia/ELY 011CD)
Track Listing:
1. Where's the Place
2. Wave-O-Matic
3. The Bass in the Place
4. Conventional
5. Info-Structure
6. Chilling with the Sound
7. X-Tract
8. Some Like it Cool
9. 100% Groove
This is my first exposure to Sebastian S and, judging from
the strength of this release, it will not be my last. Nine
tracks here of innovative melodic techno. Very unique
rhythmic patterns, beautiful bass, catchy melodies and a
seemingly endless groove make the influences involved on
this CD difficult to single out but material on labels like
100% pure, eevloute, b12, and ART come to mind. As with
those comparisons, the detroit influence is unmistakable.
The consistency of this release is remarkable. From the
off-kilter melodies of Conventional to the delightfully
incessant breakbeat of Info-Structure to the polyrhythms
of X-Tract to the driving intensity of 100% Groove, this
release is excellent. 10/10
BTW: The consistency of the Elypsia label is quite
remarkable. The previous Dark Comedy & Sebastian S
12"s plus these two new CD and the new Claude Young
and D-Knox 12"s are all highly recommended. Plus
Elypsia is slated to release a Claude Young full
length in April called "Soft Thru." Kudos to Elypsia.
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