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Any of you know if the new U-ziq album "Royal Astronomy" is out domestic in the US yet ? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Rob Codec! http://www.mindstorm.com/codec LogiQ http://www.mindstorm.com/logiq

quoted 3 lines Any of you know if the new U-ziq album "Royal Astronomy"

> Any of you know if the new U-ziq album "Royal Astronomy" > is out domestic in the US yet ? I can't seem to find it > anywhere.

Astralwerks, other people, and Borders and my local indie shoppe say yes. But I can't get my hands on it either. Oh yeah, and CDNow.

I can't seem to find

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> it > anywhere.

Got mine at the local Best Buy _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

In a message dated 8/10/99 5:44:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, phlux@ix.netcom.com writes: << Any of you know if the new U-ziq album "Royal Astronomy" is out domestic in the US yet ? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Rob >> found this cd at Best Buy just yesterday, in lonely pittsburgh pennsylvania. what are others' thoughts on this cd? i didnt buy it because i am just never quite sure of what to think of his music, at times brilliant and at times nauseating. - brian

If you've ever found u-ziq nauseating, then this may not be the one for you. It seems like a full-length elaboration on certain parts of "Lunatic Harness," most obviously the last track. The emphasis is on the melody even more so than on the most recent albums; they are bizarre or obscure in parts. Overall the album is very strings-oriented, and has what seems to be at least one track mocking Fat Boy Slim. The breaks are very similar (identical?) to those from "LH" and are used in much the same way. I REALLY like it and would recommend it if you're a u-ziq fan. Does anyone else see the similarity between "World of Leather" and "Bikini Ski Boat" from Jega's "Spectrum?" The Astralwerks promo poster (IDM posters!) says the new album is "14 tracks of atmospheric textures and mathematical beats." Unless Mike's math was 4 x 4 = 16 then I'm gonna say there wasn't much math involved.

quoted 2 lines found this cd at Best Buy just yesterday, in lonely pittsburgh pennsylvania.

> found this cd at Best Buy just yesterday, in lonely pittsburgh pennsylvania. > what are others' thoughts on this cd? i didnt buy it because i am just

never

quoted 2 lines quite sure of what to think of his music, at times brilliant and at times

> quite sure of what to think of his music, at times brilliant and at times > nauseating.

I got my copy at Tower Records, so it should be available just about anywhere.

quoted 3 lines Does anyone else see the similarity between

> Does anyone else see the similarity between > "World of Leather" and > "Bikini Ski Boat" from Jega's "Spectrum?"

My thoughts exactly. I think that they're feeding off of each other idealistically, like many IDM artists (I think of the Squarepusher/U-Ziq/Aphex Twin triforce that has been an ongoing thing). Hey, another Jega/Mu-Ziq connection: "German" from the Spectrum album sounds just like the beginning of "Zombies" from the Bluff Limbo album. Oohh, both tracks are the ninth song on each album, respectively. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

Here's a reply to the message "RE: (idm) New U-ziq" you wrote on Thu, 12 Aug 1999 19:07:11 -0700:

quoted 1 line I like Lunatic Harness a lot.

>I like Lunatic Harness a lot.

quoted 1 line I hate the new album. Track 7 (I think) is the only track I like.

>I hate the new album. Track 7 (I think) is the only track I like.

quoted 1 line go figure.

>go figure.

Yeah, I wasn't knocked out by 'Royal Astronomy' either. I liked the single, 'The Fear', which was a quirky slice of techno pop, but the rest of the album feels a bit... well, cold. All that "classical meets breakbeat" just doesn't sit well with me -- and Mr A. Twin did it so much better on 'Richard D James'. As did Global Goon on 'Cradle of History'. I've always found Paradinas' stuff a bit on-off anyway. I love the Tusken Raiders stuff, Urmur Bile Trax, some of the early Rephlex and even the Mike & Rich album (although I'm probably alone here!), but other things, such as the new album, Lunatic Harness, the Jake Slazenger album and the Speedy J colaboration don't quite work for me. -- Mark Stevens http://www.headspin.clara.net/

mark@headspin.clara.net (Mark Stevens) wrote:

quoted 1 line I liked the single, 'The Fear', which was a quirky slice of techno

> I liked the single, 'The Fear', which was a quirky slice of techno

Hmm, just to give a different opinion, I find "The Fear" really annoying. Those vocals are just totally gratuitous, and the synth playing is all over the place...

quoted 2 lines All that "classical meets breakbeat" just doesn't sit well with me --

> All that "classical meets breakbeat" just doesn't sit well with me -- > and Mr A. Twin did it so much better on 'Richard D James'.

Hmm, I think Mike's quasi-classical stuff on Lunatic Harness and Royal Astronomy is at least as good as the Girl/Boy type stuff of Aphex's...

quoted 1 line As did Global Goon on 'Cradle of History'.

> As did Global Goon on 'Cradle of History'.

Found this album a mix of horribly cheesy stuff and completely boring stuff... But, each to their own - no value judgements intended, just wanted to add a differing voice... P. -- Peter Hollo raven@fourplay.com.au http://www.fourplay.com.au/me.html FourPlay - Eclectic Electric String Quartet http://www.fourplay.com.au Raven: experimental electronic http://www.fourplay.com.au/sound.html "Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and your brain cells dance" -Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.