} From: Lance C McGannon
} Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 11:51 PM
}
} Found myself with a few spare minutes and
} dollars this afternoon so i was able to get the
} following:
}
} . Various Artists remix 12" (Fatcat)
} - Two superb deep bc/cr remixes by pole and monolake. Plus
} two uptempo
} remixes by Funkstroung and Autechre. The best one is the
} Pole mix with
} the least favorite being the autechre mix - too monotone
} & repetitive for me.
I just got this 12" too and it's a must have! The Monolake track, "Modulo
8.5", is my favorite by far -- the track builds with undulating beatless
ambience and gradually the gritty, reverberated, hypnotic Chain Reaction
beats (tm) fade in falling over themselves, creating a hypnotic experience.
At first I thought the Autechre track, "8 (Ae mix)", was too repetitive
also, but after a few listens I began to hear the subtlties and now I'd rate
this my second favorite track -- the sand paper sounding rhythm over the
pouding beat is greeted with a distorted metallic bass sound that slowly
overtakes and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Pole thankfully let up a
bit on his pops, crackles and bug zapper sounds (however, I still think he
should tour with one of those glowing bug zappers, attach some contact mics,
and let loose some moths in a darkened room as an audio/visual supplement)
to treat us with a sleepy sounding ambient dub track, "9 (Pole mix)", any
Orb fan would love. My least favorite track was "9 (Funkstorung mix)". The
track wasn't bad by any means and it actually sounded more like what I
thought Autechre's contribution to the 12" was going to resemble (btw, ups
to Ae for going in an unexpected direction on this 12"). Unfortunately, I
sometimes need a break from the stuttering beats and pretty melodies crafted
so well on labels such as MAS, Schematic, Chocolate Industries, etc. so the
track didn't sit well with me. Anyway, overall, I'd say this 12" gave me
more musical bang for my buck than I've had in a long time!
A note to Southern California IDMers:
I just updated the SCIDM page (URL below) and Not Breathing is opening for
Einsturzende Neubauten tomorrow night in Hollywood. Sorry to bug the list
with this info, but I just got this last minute word about Not Breathing's
appearance today and I wanted to make sure it wasn't missed by interested
people.
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