Here's a reply to the message "Re: [idm] albums lying around the shop"
written on Sun, 21 May 2000 11:55:35 +0800:
quoted 1 line I find it boring.
>I find it boring.
Fair enough. Perhaps it needed to be heard in context with everything
else that was around at the time (1993). It might sound a bit
old-fashioned for folks coming to it 7 years later.
quoted 4 lines The Peel Sessions tracks have soul and a psychedelic edge
>The Peel Sessions tracks have soul and a psychedelic edge
>to them that for me is missing from Bytes. A few years make a difference I
>guess (and those were quite a few years for electronic music in general.)
>Any recs. for similar Plaid or Black Dog records?
Well, I always felt the the Peel Sessions *were* in the style of Bytes
and Spanners. If anyone wanted recommendations based on the Peel
Sessions, that's what I'd suggest!
You could give Spanners a try though. Like I said, it's a slightly
more refined continuation of Bytes. Whereas Bytes was probably more of
a compilation of stuff they had lying around their hard drives,
Spanners has a nice flow to it. There's more edgier, darker moments
than Bytes.
Whether or not you like Plaid depends on whether or not you prefer
Handley/Turner's stuff (melodic techno) to Downie's stuff (more
experimental soundscapes with heavy Middle Eastern influences). Again,
the only way to be sure is try before you buy. Pop along to Warp's
website, access the Warpography and listen to the Plaid albums (and
possibly BD's "Music for Adverts (and Short Films)" -- Downie's solo
effort).
Plaid have evolved a lot since their BD days, taking on board a host
of different influences, working more vocal and acoustic elements into
their tracks.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.headspin.clara.net/
http://pressx.cjb.net/
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