On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, objet @ wrote:
quoted 8 lines i've done gone & ordered a couple of discs after reading some glowing if
> i've done gone & ordered a couple of discs after reading some glowing if
> diffuse reviews of them on the list: Black Dog's "Parallel" &
> Cylob's/Kinesthesia's "Empathy Box."
>
> Now my question is -- what, more precisely, can I expect these platters
> to do to my head and my feet? Lull me to sleep a la "music for
> airports" or set me into a body-popping contemplative frenzy?
>
Parallel is a compilation of older tracks by BD -- like back to their
very first releases, some extremely rare. Mostly very good, but not
fully realized works the way "Spanners" is. Contains a couple of standout
tracks that make it worth the price.
Empathy Box is in my opinion pure magic in the early aphex lush harmonies
over distorto beats vein. Hunt down the remix 12" too! Grab it if you can
get it; if you don't like it you can resell it in 6 months when it becomes
unavailable anywhere on earth.
Speaking of Rephlex "You can't get it no more" Records -- I of course
snapped up Bluff Limbo when it came out on CD last year, but I've not seen
a copy anywhere since. Did they press a thousand or two and just sell
them out? I keep recommending it to people who complain that it can't
be found.
As near as I can tell, EVERYTHING on Rephlex is a limited edition -- they
print so many of them (probably never more than a couple thousand), and when
they're gone they're gone. Grant hasn't made a big deal about this -- unlike
FSOL "Strictly Limited Edition ISDN unless we can make some more cash by pressing
up more."
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