Got enough nice records at the w/end that meant I couldn't afford the
Gescom MiniDisc. Oh well - next week.
Gescom : - (Skam)
Pretty damn good - one track was on the Ae radio promo CD and is
excellent bassy Ae-hop style. The one before it is the highlight -
smooth chords with a weirded out basson like noise. The flip gets a bit
more hectic but still chunky, slightly _Anvil Vapre_ sounding. Nice.
MAS 2008 : _Mad In Germany_ (Twilight 76)
Completely boss melodious (but hard and completely spinnable in a club)
electro - three tracks on clear yellow vinyl. Extremely clean NSC cut as
well. Lots of bass but extremely thoughtful at the same time with a
clean Kraftwerk sound and feel to it. Buy it if you see it.
A Credible Eye Witness : - (A Credible Eye Witness)
More electro, this time on a more IDM tip. Straight 808 hi-hat/snare
rhythms with the bassdrum doing all the work, underneath the smoothest
analogue melodic riffs and reverb soaked dark strings. No idea who this
is but is extremely good. Four tracks.
Lory D : Unfinished Trax (Elektronik Outboarding Cast)
Strange 12" in a silver plastic sleeve with white labels from Italy. Two
analogue techno cuts on one side which are okay but nothing special. Its
the three electro tracks on the flip that are worth the money. Very
individual featuring what sounds like bending, retriggered computer game
samples and all over clean, deep electro beats. This is the first on
this label - I'm looking out for the rest.
Bubbahs Tum : _Dirty Great Mable_ (Ill)
The Boards of Canada mix is great, funky, clever head-nodding stuff. The
Paddington Breaks mix is the surprise - a noisy electro jam that just
bangs in from the outset. The other mixes from Si Begg and someone else
didn't really do much for me.
Michael Fakesch : _Demon 1_ (Musik aus Strom)
Re-pressing I think - I'm not a huge Fakesch fan but this is probably
the best I've heard from him. The Boards of Canada remix is absolutely
beautiful - mournful, emotional chords slowly morphing into really dark,
disturbing bass drones.
Vendor Refill : _Evil Weevil_ (Nature)
More IDM in the style of Ae-esq beats and rhythmic tweaking. Quite good
in parts - more lo-fi and gritty than say the Schematic take on the Ae
sound but nothing groundbreaking. One track was done with Disjecta FYI.
Also boosted my 1080 Snowboarding halfpipe score by double.
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