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I'm following a subtle shift in my musical focus, and am looking for extremely ultra-minimal techno, very repetitive but submerged or restrained 4x4 (boom tss boom tss boom tss boom tss) and variations thereof. I'm referring to stuff like Plastikman's "Consumed," Gas (Koningsforst), Stewart Walker (Stabiles, Nevermore, etc.), some of the Basic Channel--Chain Reaction stuff. Steve Stoll (Blunted Boy Wonder era), although certainly nice and repetitive, is probably a bit too active and "above ground" for what I'm looking for. Any recommendations? Also: 1) Today I picked up a few by Thomas Brinkmann: Ernst #4: Gisela/Heidi, #7: Monika/Nicole, #8: Petra/Olga. Couldn't find the name of the label among the scratched words on the runouts -- is Strom the name of the label? (http://listen.to/strom). I checked the IDM archive and Andrew Duke's archive to no avail. Help? 2) One by Freiland (#5). Label? Is this Brinkmann as well? 3) Any recommendations on Porter Ricks? A website? Is "Biokinetics" available on vinyl? How about the recent one from Mille Plateaux? 4) I have Sturm's "Die Glocken Von Sturm" on Mille Plateaux. Anything else by this artist? "Consumed" is such a deeply felt, emotional work for me, and it has become this reoccuring motif in my life (I play it here at work on CD and spin it on vinyl in my DJ sets). Looking back on the music I'm drawn to, I see that most of it carries a trace of sadness, melancholia, inwardness. A quiet reflectiveness. The flip side, I guess, of the loud, crunchy, clicky-clacky, bleepy-bloppy, electro-y branch of IDM (a family tree???). Any thoughts on this? G. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 05:54 PM 10/30/1999 -0700, you wrote:

quoted 5 lines 1) Today I picked up a few by Thomas Brinkmann: Ernst #4: Gisela/Heidi,

>1) Today I picked up a few by Thomas Brinkmann: Ernst #4: Gisela/Heidi, >#7: Monika/Nicole, #8: Petra/Olga. Couldn't find the name of the label >among the scratched words on the runouts -- is Strom the name of the >label? (http://listen.to/strom). I checked the IDM archive and Andrew >Duke's archive to no avail. Help?

Ernst is one of Thomas Brinkmann's labels and Gisela/Heidi, Monika/Nicole, Petra/Olga are all releases on Ernst. Strom is also a label but it is run by a guy named Max Kahlen, a friend of Thomas Brinkmann's. The Max Kahlen Uwerk 12" on Strom is superb! The above website is for both the Ernst/ Max and Strom labels.

quoted 1 line 2) One by Freiland (#5). Label? Is this Brinkmann as well?

>2) One by Freiland (#5). Label? Is this Brinkmann as well?

Freiland is one of the many many many guises & labels of Wolfgang Voigt (aka Mike Ink). A few better known projects/ labels for Wolfgang Voigt include Profan, Studio 1, and Kreisel.

quoted 2 lines 3) Any recommendations on Porter Ricks? A website? Is "Biokinetics"

>3) Any recommendations on Porter Ricks? A website? Is "Biokinetics" >available on vinyl? How about the recent one from Mille Plateaux?

My favorite Porter Ricks release is their Biokinetiks cd on Chain Reaction. The Biokinetiks album is not available on vinyl but many of the tracks off that album were previously released as 3 separate 12"s on Chain Reaction. . Porter Ricks: Port Of Transition 12" (Chain Reaction 03) . Porter Ricks: Port Of Nuba 12" (Chain Reaction 09) . Porter Ricks: Nautical Dub 12" (Chain Reaction 14) In my opinion all subsequent Porter Ricks material pales in comparison to these early tracks.

quoted 2 lines 4) I have Sturm's "Die Glocken Von Sturm" on Mille Plateaux. Anything

>4) I have Sturm's "Die Glocken Von Sturm" on Mille Plateaux. Anything >else by this artist?

Sturm is another project by Wolfgang Voigt. Sturm also released a self-titled cd/2xLP on Mille Plateaux earlier this year. If you enjoy the Sturm material I suggest you try another series of releases by Wolfgang Voigt recording under the name "Gas." There are currently four albums by Gas called Gas, Zauberberg, Oktember, and Konigforst all on the Mille Plateaux label plus a 12" on the Profan label. The Gas style is a deep dubby muted atmospheric deep techno sound very much like the Sturm sound. -->-Lance--- lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 4 lines I'm following a subtle shift in my musical focus, and am looking for

> I'm following a subtle shift in my musical focus, and am looking for > extremely ultra-minimal techno, very repetitive but submerged or > restrained 4x4 (boom tss boom tss boom tss boom tss) and variations > thereof.

A great album of this kind of stuff is Emmanuel Top's Asteroid on Novamute from a few years back. What you describe above with a touch of acid. I'd get it! John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On 31 Oct 99, John wrote re: Re: (idm) (IDM) Pulse:

quoted 2 lines A great album of this kind of stuff is Emmanuel Top's Asteroid on Novamute

> A great album of this kind of stuff is Emmanuel Top's Asteroid on Novamute > from a few years back.

Yes yes yes!!! This one's heaven. I played an outdoor b/day party some time back in the mountains miles from civilization (generator driven sound system) and at about 4 in the morning I let the track "Industriel" rip through the nightsky - like tearing holes into the darkness. I let all 10:30 mins of it run its course. I think it may have screwed a few headz... Get it. Any other suggestions in this line? I've got some Steve Stoll, but it's not quite 'there' in the same way. I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Glen, You should definitely also pick up the Thule label's "Fishcake" compilation, and really, anything else you can find on the label. I've also got Oz Artists' "Ooger" 2xLP, and both records are excellent (if *slightly* housier at points) minimal techno affairs, much boom-tss goodness. I'm not sure which Sturm record you have -- if it's the ep, make sure you get the double LP, which is largely dark drony ambient, but has one track that's a real killer, floor-wise. I'm also a big fan of Mika Vainio's Philus ep on Sakho, for really stripped-down spaces. Finally, you'd probably enjoy most anything on Kompakt, another Wolfgang Voigt-affiliated label; my favorite of all is still Dettinger (both the CD and the 12"s). Imagine the Koln minimal sound run through the ambient washing machine... Breathtaking. Cheers, Phil (for more minimalia, don't forget Urban Sounds' special feature, including interviews & full-length tracks from Brinkmann, Carsten Nicolai, Stewart Walker, Taylor Deupree, Richie Hawtin & Steve Reich: http://www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/index.html) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Philip Sherburne wrote:

quoted 5 lines <snip> (for more minimalia, don't forget Urban Sounds' special feature,

> <snip> (for more minimalia, don't forget Urban Sounds' special feature, > including > interviews & full-length tracks from Brinkmann, Carsten Nicolai, Stewart > Walker, Taylor Deupree, Richie Hawtin & Steve Reich: > http://www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/index.html)

***yes, big props for Phil's in-depth feature mentioned above :) andrew duke -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:cognition@techno.ca http://techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org