Hi all,
Recently by sheer luck I stumbled across a track "i can't take the
heartbreak" on an acid-house CD compilation that dates from 1988. I
mention this track because it is credited to a Sandoz. Whether this is
Richard H. Kirk's Sandoz or not I can't quite say. It does sound a
_little_ bit like Sweet Exorcist circa "C.C.C.D." or CV circa
"Percussion
Force" (the two bits I have from that period), but the use of treated,
slippery scratch mixing is a bit alien. But then again the vocal
sample(s) could perhaps fit in to the style of 'Digital Lifeforms" - eg.
"Human Spirit". On the other hand, however, (how many hands is that
now?) it could just as easily be someone else from the period, seeing as
this style of music is called Acid House and the names of the artists or
songs invariably invove somek ind of psychedelic reference.
Can anyone help me out on this one? I'm afraid my knowledge of who's who
of Acid House is a woefully dim (let's just say that at the time I was
busy pondering such phrases as "Grumio ancillam delectat").
Here's a description of the compilation, if it helps. It's called *ahem*
"ACIDO AMIGO". It has a pink cover with a warped smiley face on the
front. It has tracks from artists such as DJ Fast Eddie (his face is on
the inside on an ad for his album: who is he? is he any relation to the
Evil Eddie of the Psychic TV remixes?), Tyrre, Nimrod, two tracks from
Humaniod, Paisley Sq., among others. With the obvious exception of
Humanoid, which is an FSOL pseudonym, and Tyree and Nimrod, both of
which ring faint bells somewhere in the back of my head (can anyone
help?), the rest are pretty much unknown to me. The compilation was put
out on Westside Records who hail from Ealing, London and the insert
slick sports ads for their other compilations (Acid Trax, Jackmaster,
Housemaster etc).
BTW the music pretty cool too! :)
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Chris Tourgelis