IDM Mailing Archive

just picked this up in london after serching for it for about 2 years..heres a review(because it features a lot of the respected idm artists) 1 harz born under a rhyming planet (jamie hodge remix) 2 echtzeit the"echtzeit" retrofit(by claude young) 3 zone 30 plaid mix 4 ventil q-mulator mx by mouse on mars 5 echtzeit move d rmx 6 aspirin global communications mix... Track1 is a sparse electo type mix,starting with stripped down percussion bringing in bass zappy noises while a dark atmosphere builds in the background,blends into a rumbling slow percusion and rebuilding the the origional elements back in..quite a dark sounding track.. Track2 a pretty freeform jazzish percussion starts off,nice atmospheres etc reminding me of a warp69/global comm kinda sound..nice melodies and a meandering lead line through the track Track3 starts with irregular bassline,bringing in a jerky stabby melody,then to a hip hop/electro beat..nice plinky echoey melodies over the beat,nice bass,then adding more melody elements..changes into an organ chord sequence with nice bass,then back with some more nice melodies.like some of the album tracks,and sounds instantly like plaid. track4..mouse on mars jittery percusion and odd noises,then gets into a breackbeat kinda section with a deep bassline,then back to jittery odd noises and more jittery chopped up percussion.carries on like this,changing and getting more like r2d2 bleeping for recue...a pretty normal mouse on mars track(if theyre ever normal) track5 a smooth jazzy house track,typically nice moved stuff. track6..nearly 13 minutes of blissed ambience,no beat but ends off the album nicely. and,even though its a few years old,still sounds fresh.. now looking at: piece of cheese