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1998-09-17 16:33Chris.HilkerPicked this up yesterday at Virgin. I felt guilty giving money to Richard Branson but it w

From:: Chris.Hilker <cspot@hyperreal.org>
To:: Ironic Dance Music <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 12:33:09 -0400
Subject:: (idm) Photek: Form & Function

Picked this up yesterday at Virgin. I felt guilty giving money to Richard Branson but it was on sale and I got a free Photek t-shirt out of the deal. Hell, Branson would've got my money eventually anyway since it's on Astralwerks/Science. Hurrah, vertical integration! I had been concerned that this would be half Photek originals and half remixes by other people I don't care about but the whole thing is 79:32 long and the outside remixes are only 27:03 of that, leaving a good fifty minutes of Rupert on his own, which to me is enough to call it a full Photek album with bonus remixes. As for the music, it's PHOTEK. Pure science, Chinese arithmetic, the Dean Malenko of drum & bass. If you've already got the original 12"s, there are two all-new tracks, "Knitevision" (sounds like Source Direct, which I suppose is a bit like saying an Autechre record sounds like Funkstorung) and "Santiago" (a funky midtempo cut with horns and crybaby guitar) and new Photek remixes of "The Seven Samurai" and "Resolution." Of course you want this. C. -- Chris.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.org)

1998-09-17 20:02mltsntAt 12:33 PM 9/17/98 -0400, Chris.Hilker wrote: >Picked this up yesterday at Virgin. I felt

From:: mltsnt <multsanta@sprynet.com>
To:: Chris.Hilker <cspot@hyperreal.org>, Ironic Dance Music <idm@hyperreal.org>
Cc:: <brap@sonic.net>
Date:: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:02:34 -0400
Subject:: (idm) re:PLYsa
Reply to:: (idm) Photek: Form & Function

At 12:33 PM 9/17/98 -0400, Chris.Hilker wrote:

quoted 2 lines Picked this up yesterday at Virgin. I felt guilty giving money to Richard

>Picked this up yesterday at Virgin. I felt guilty giving money to Richard >Branson but it was on sale and I got a free Photek t-shirt out of the deal.

huh?! a free photek tee? what's up with this deal? only at virgin or what? first day only? how can i get one? what's it look like? At 08:51 PM 9/16/98 -0700, sfwd productions wrote:

quoted 5 lines Intitial thoughts on the DJ Faust which someone (Rodney?) recommended

>Intitial thoughts on the DJ Faust which someone (Rodney?) recommended >follow suit (or perhaps the DJ Disk did, as the DJ Faust came first). >More mixed up, scratched up, seemingly patched together collages of >sound which are connected by scattered hip-hop beats. Excellent material. >Again, buyer beware.

brilliant brilliant record. Faust does thing just insane, especially with his limited set up of just two 1200s, an 8 track, and a 'beat up mtx mixer'. while turntablist newbies definetly shouldn't start here, as you this probably requires a slight bit more understanding and respect for what he's doing, it's one of the best of it's leauge. to quote DJ Babu (Beat Junkies).. the 3rd World citizens are 'the crew to blow up in '98". Especially with the ko-wrek technique (PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS AND DJ CRAZE!!) stuff coming out on chocolate industries and a crew 12" on bomb. Can anyone point me to an online store where i can get their tapes?

quoted 3 lines Both these releases remind me much more of the Shortkut vs Cut Chemist

>Both these releases remind me much more of the Shortkut vs Cut Chemist >release on Future Primative than anything else. There were bits throughout >that release which were completely unlistenable to avid hip-hop fans

also, i'm surprised no one mentioned this before, but apparently vol. 2 is out now as well. i found this online:

quoted 12 lines DJ Z-TRIP & RADAR "Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Volume Two"

>DJ Z-TRIP & RADAR "Live at the Future Primitive Soundsession, Volume Two" >It's always heartening when the standout record of the week is a local >production. The Future Primitive Soundsession has proved itself a >turntablist event par excellence, consistently scheduled once every couple >of months for the past year and a half, featuring heavyweight scratchers >from all over the country. The Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Beat Junkies and the >Cut Chemist are regularly scheduled, as well as the Bombshelter crew from >Phoenix. It's simply one of the best parties in town; you'll find people of >all shapes, sizes and races enjoying the music. This cd features >Bombshelter talents Z-Trip and Radar who unashamedly make use of their '70s >and '80s metal record collections (Pink Floyd, Boston) to delirious effect. >Will appeal to hip hop AND rock lovers (imagine that!)

quoted 3 lines (I work with a number of people who were raised on hip-hop/rap/electro

>(I work with a number of people who were raised on hip-hop/rap/electro >and they find the experimentation with the turntable to be complete shit... >oh well...)

IMHO, people who don't consider the turntable as intricate a part of hip hop as the MC, weren't really 'raised on hip hop'. well, they may have been raised on hip hop _MUSIC_, but not on hip hop _CULTURE_, two distinctly different things. for example i spent a good portion of my life listening mostly hip hop, yet being a suburban white boy, i have no cultural refernce of hip hop as a non-musical society. Hand me a graf can and i'd probably spray my eye out. this isn't to say i can't enjoy the music (or work on my own turntablist skills, if i'd like to), but no matter what i'm still technically outsider.

quoted 1 line Haven't heard the O'Rourke

>Haven't heard the O'Rourke

can anyone reccomend some o'rourke solo material? i've heard his stuff with gastr del sol, which i dig, but i don't know where to start with solo stuff. also, there's been a copy of a 'Private Lightning Six' 12" sitting in the clearance section of the local store. is this worth getting, i know some of the austrian/mego guys are involved (potuznik, etc.) but is it more experimental ala mego or just typical techno stuff? np: company flow: 'burnout' (rawkus) mlt ml/vn// [o{st}m.rec]

(idm) Photek: Form & Function