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At 04:35 PM 3/29/2000 -0800, you wrote:

quoted 11 lines the new steffan robbers ep on fwd, "sierra romeo," is phenomenal. a

>the new steffan robbers ep on fwd, "sierra romeo," is phenomenal. a >glorious mixture of spacey circa-'95 idm-y melodic textural gushes and >peerless, microdimensional, hyperdetailed (but also unbusy) rhythmic >programming. similar to arovane (who's fwd ep, though not as good as his >other releases, is also worth getting), a fantastic fusion of analog and >digital sounds and approaches. best of all, the tracks are *written*. there >is *progression* -- *themes* that interact and evolve and circle back >around in various ways. this is what i always wanted all the hype >surrounding first wave idm artists to lead me to; with the exception of the >black dog and a few others, i was always disappointed at how mundane that >stuff turned out to be when i finally heard it.

I wholeheartedly agree with sean about the new Steffan Robbers ep on FWD. Beautiful stuff from a long overlooked veteran of melodic detroit-flavored techno/electronica. You can hear real audio of this entire release on the eevolute/ fwd website: http://www.eevolute.com/fwd2001.shtml -->-Lance--- lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

In a message dated 3/29/00 6:56:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, scooper@best.com writes: << the new steffan robbers ep on fwd, "sierra romeo," is phenomenal. a glorious mixture of spacey circa-'95 idm-y melodic textural gushes and peerless, microdimensional, hyperdetailed (but also unbusy) rhythmic programming. similar to arovane (who's fwd ep, though not as good as his other releases, is also worth getting), a fantastic fusion of analog and digital sounds and approaches. best of all, the tracks are *written*. there is *progression* -- *themes* that interact and evolve and circle back around in various ways. this is what i always wanted all the hype surrounding first wave idm artists to lead me to; with the exception of the black dog and a few others, i was always disappointed at how mundane that stuff turned out to be when i finally heard it. >> I agree that the new Stefan Robbers 12" is pretty good, although I think "phenomenal" is a bit of an overstatement. It's somewhat of a return to his melodic Florence sound of days ago but with a couple new discoveries. It's not as good as "A Touch of Heaven" or "The Vineyard" by any means. Definitely a little bit slow and a little minimal, although I suppose "A Touch of Heaven" (the best Lowlands track ever, IMHO) was a little minimal as well. The problem for me with this record is that it almost sounded better on 45 and seems pressed on 33. I would recommend for Robbers fans, Lowlands fans, or people who just need a good record to buy these days (they are in somewhat short supply), but I wouldn't recommend it universally. To really hear some top notch Lowlands check out the Agenda 21 and 22 comps on Eevolute and the Lowlands comp on New Electronica, and while you're at it some early 100% Pure 12"s (especially anything by Sterac who are incredible), or for that matter some old Florence material on various labels. Matt --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org