Ok, so on the strength of everyone's conviction, I got both the accelera
deck, and the Yunx. Mos' definitely impressed with the accelera deck.
Definitely, no absolute standout tracks but just a really nice listen the
whole way through. The yunx I was a little less impressed with, but I gave
it only a cursory listen. I can't remember, did someone say there was a
datathief one as well?
-sg-
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 10:27 AM
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Subject: RE: (idm)pitchcadet
The Yunx Ep is quite brilliant.. past descriptions are quite accurate,
soothing and melodic, if you see one definately grab a copy since there are
only 100 floating around. My only complaint is the CD-R, which is one of
those cheap see through deals.. mine was quite dirty and skips quite
frequently in my player. The packaging is definately interesting, but not
very conducive to keeping the music in great condition.. just a thought. But
still worth the dough.
js
quoted 40 lines david turgeon wrote:
>
> david turgeon wrote:
> > Scot G wrote:
> > > Saw a new pitchcadet cd in the local store the other day. I
> > believe it was
> > > Yunx. Can anyone give me a description of what this might sound like?
> >
> > was it in a gray/metallic handmade cover? if so, it's the 5-song yunx
> > s/t ep cd-r, of which only 100 copies have been made. i have it, & it's
> > quite good although not groundbreaking or anything. i guess the usual
> > comment is "reminescent of black dog". i would say it's very much in
> > the vein of most classic artificial intelligence-era warp stuff, except
> > with more complex song structures rather than just build-ups. doesn't
> > go very far as experimentation goes, but it's a solid release
> nonetheless.
>
> had to make a quick comment, to beef up the (possibly dammning)
> faint praise
> from david, even though i mostly agree w/ it, esp its similarity to ai(ii)
> and continuing in the old-skool idm vein of bola, and other pitchcadet
> releases et al.
>
> however it takes those elements and adds v. subtle touches of drill'n'bass
> as an underlying percussive pattering effect rather than the usual loud
> drums battering yer head associated w/ that genre. also the hesitent
> building melodies are as top notch as i've found in this area, clean and
> simple, never getting too muso or proggy. all underpinned w/ some slinky
> bass and touches of syncopated funk and electro. no part really overwhelms
> or takes control though. on the strength of this i got the other
> pitchcadet
> releases by m-tec and accelera dek, and while both fine, the yunx ep's the
> one i find the most enjoyable, for the simple reason that i can't get the
> tunes out of my head. i usually like the more experimental end of
> the range,
> but then i'm also a sucker for pop music.
>
> -martin
>
>
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