quoted 20 lines haujobb. haujobb. haujobb. these two germans are incredible. their
>haujobb. haujobb. haujobb. these two germans are incredible. their
>second album, _freeze frame reality_ from '96, showed them taking a more
>techno/acid-y/experimental tack than their previous album (straightforward
>skinny puppy-esque industrial). lots of squeslchy analogs and bleeps and
>very harsh. but really good.
>their third, _solutions for a small planet_ ('97), is an absolute
>masterpiece. very experimental. some extremely distinct idm-ish elements:
>some tracks have clicks and whirrs a la autechre, some have fax-y
>ambience, all of them are awesome. now, i've always hated standard
>industrial lyrics and that way-overused ogre distortion effect on the
>voice, but the haujobb is all very clean, dry vox, often very understated
>and calm, and with a cerebral kinda futuristic technological vision. very
>good.
>the accompanying remix album, _matrix_, i voted for as best idm album of
>'97. it was the only completely original thing of the year, imho. all of
>the remixes are quite radical deconstructions, most very d'n'b-esque in an
>extremely experimental sense. no drill'n'bass or spunk jazz or fungle, but
>really clean crisp irregular patterns. hard to describe. there's an
>interesting kinda industrial house remix, a seefeel-y drone-y new track, a
>soaring detroit-y mix, and some minimalist fun.