the impoverished level of discourse around here has me about ready to
weep. rather than pull out my flamethrower, however, and indulge my
eviller tendencies, i'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel to make
idm a brighter, more scintillating place. a special president's day
toast (sorry, all non-US readers, for this breach of global
etiquette)--here's to a digest without any asinine comments about grrlz
& boyz & mp3 to be you and me...
noteworthy releases:
have i mentioned the TPLAY 12" on SND yet? quite stellar debut
5-tracker out of sheffield. a bit of pole, a bit of CR. monochord
musings against a clickety tech-house backdrop. limited to 400 and
apparently gone, but keep your eyes out for the next 12", coming down
the pipe soon.
kultbox: anyone into evil, tech-steppin' jungle should check out this
chicago label, responsible for Casey Rice's Resigned 12" a few months
back. the production is still stuck in the bedroom, which bums me out a
bit, but the mood is nasty and dark, comparable to the ghetto safari
releases (snuggles, 3D, etc.). the new Rude 66 12" (Kultbox 04)
features some twisted fuckers out of the netherlands, blending hardcore
and jungle to severe effect.
derek bailey, "plays back" (bingo): much better than the tzadik derek
bailey vs. drum'n'bass CD, this release pitts free-improv guitarist
extraordinaire against sound manipulators like D., henry kaiser, casey
rice, john herndon, tied + tickled trio, jim o'rourke, etc.
non-repetitive beats galore offset bailey's mad axe-bending. a
teakettle in dialogue with a trainwreck. 10 extra points for sounding
nothing like anything ever released on skam, MaS, markant, etc.
parmentier, "luxsound" (sigma editions): anyone in search of dark,
droney ambient should pick up this release from the ex-Thela folks.
it's exactly what you wished they'd come up with.
that's it for today's thumbnails. i'm *still* in a bad mood, so i think
i'll go put on some eyehategod. fuck "insite," long live powerviolence.
refreshed,
phil