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i attended the /bin show. it was really nice. here's a quick rundown.... it was held at a relatively small coffee house called the nervous center. the actual performances were downstairs. about 35-50 people sat intimately in the room. there were real-time [i think] visuals being made by nanodust for our viewing pleasure. kranky's pan america and 12k's shuttle358 played first. shuttle358 being the more experimental of the two. then tom steinle went on. if you haven't heard tom's work yet, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU DO! [www.tomlab.de] he will be well known as a serious electronic music composer in the near future. his performance consisted of a few new songs, lasting about 30 minutes...it was in the vein of 'summer dsp' but even more developed with singing vocal snips reminding me of Wunder. while tom combines backwards tones and oval'esque clicks, he does it in such an original way that it is difficult to describe. [even as a musician myself].. all in all - a great show. thanks to mike javor for staring the /bin series. it is proving to be a great outlet for important music to be heard. jon sheffield

At 10:57 PM 6/21/99 -0500, you wrote:

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> >shuttle358 being the more experimental of the >two. then tom steinle went on. if you haven't >heard tom's work yet, I STRONGLY SUGGEST >YOU DO! [www.tomlab.de] he will be well known as a >serious electronic music composer in the near future. his >performance consisted of a few new songs, lasting about >30 minutes...it was in the vein of 'summer dsp' but even >more developed with singing vocal snips reminding me of >Wunder. while tom combines backwards tones and >oval'esque clicks, he does it in such an original way that it is >difficult to describe. >

Sounds like it was a great show. I'm sorry i missed it! I wanted to make the trip from cleveland to see Tom and Shuttle 358 but wasnt able to swing it... Anyway... I want to second Jon's recommendation of the Tom label material for those into experimental ambient sounds. The Visor comp cd, the Tom Steinle's Summer DSP 10", the Christmas Special comp cd, and the Novisad cd are all excellent. Like jon mentioned, you can hear them all for yourself at: www.tomlab.de Discover the depth.... -->-Lance--- mclance@nacs.net lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states

Greetings, <<The Kubin is fun. You can hear an RA file from it at: http://www.a-musik.com/mon/index.html under the "Label" page. Also there are clips from the upcoming Terre Thaemlitz 7" and Dat Politics lp/cd. Both sound really impressive - especially the dat politics release. do dat politics have anything else out? The Goem is a bit more abstract than their Rastermusic and Mego releases. Dont have the signal or produkt>> [Tard:] In addition, you can also sample a Goem track ("Eenentwintig" 4'18") available for download as an mp3 at EAR Labs: (http://www.earlabs.org/indexinside.htm). The M. Behrens Kosovo Requiem also there is a helluva lot better than Pavarroti & amigos, but if you've heard Behrens' stuff before, don't expect to be able to tell the difference. Not exactly a bad thing. <<him, and so on, it's pretty neato.) check out the records he did John Zorn and Bill Frisell ('News for Lulu' and 'More News for Lulu') which are absolutely mind blowing... that guy can get so much air through his horn it's rediculous, and he plays faster than JJ.>> [Tard:] It does not have electronics, but I prefer George Lewis' duet improv with Bertram Turetzky (contrabass) off Incus. IMHO, it has incredible range and enough playfulness to attract improv skeptics. But if it's electronics and jazz you're looking for, then I heartily recommend the new Polwechsel 2 record off HatArt. John Butcher replaces Radu Malfatti, and Werner Dafeldecker plays some nicely fitting electronics. Almost sounds like a jazzier Radian. Lastly, I'm hoping someone can shed some light for me on the releases off Tom Records. I stumbled upon the Tom website, which is beautiful btw, following a link from the Karaoke Kalk site. What out of Tom's discog should I buy/avoid? E-mail off-list if you prefer. Thanks, and best wishes, sgnd Tarden. onnow: Jacobs Optical Stairway: Solar Feelings CDep (R&S)

At 02:53 PM 8/3/99 -0400, you wrote:

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>Greetings, >Lastly, I'm hoping someone can shed some light for me on the releases off >Tom Records. I stumbled upon the Tom website, which is beautiful btw, >following a link from the Karaoke Kalk site. What out of Tom's discog >should I buy/avoid? E-mail off-list if you prefer.

The Tom label releases are all excellent! The first four releaes feature a deep spacious mix of ambience and experimentalism ala oval, cathars, disc, and maybe even a little like some senking stuff. But the new release by Sack & Blumm deviates from that style incorporating some live heavily treated horns mixed with experimental electronics. I suggest getting the Visor comp cd first to get a taste of what this great label has to offer. And dont forget that the Tom website has RA samples of all their releases. Check www.tomlab.de to hear for yourself. Tom label discography... . Visor comp cd (Tom 1) . Tom Steinle: Summer DSP 10" (Tom 2) . Novisad: s/t cd (Tom 3) . Xmas special limited cdep (Tom 4) . Sack & Blumm: s/t cd (Tom 5) Due out soon -->-Lance--- mclance@nacs.net lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states