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2000-06-28 18:51Brian MacDonaldI think I finally encountered what sounds like The Album Of 2000 So Far... Land Of The Loo

From:: Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:51:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: [idm] Land Of The Loops "Puttering About A Small Land"

I think I finally encountered what sounds like The Album Of 2000 So Far... Land Of The Loops "Puttering About A Small Land". Those of you who picked up "Bundle Of Joy" within the past four years know Alan Sutherland's craft of throwing together dope beats, children's melodies incorporating guest female vocalists and dee-lish Peter Hook style bass lines, Severed Heads style looping/delaying, and humorous found-sound segues a la Coldcut. This new record should definitely keep "Bundle Of Joy" fans happy, but it is far more spacey and dreamy -- which shouldn't really come as a surprise if you also own and enjoy the "Refried Treats" EP. I've uploaded a few choice Mp3s from this album, so you can go to: http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/landoftheloops to grab 'em. * "FRESH POND PARKWAY" w/ Heather Lewis on vocals (3:57) -- 3.7MB If there's any song featuring an ex-member of Beat Happening that has a chance of chart potential, this one is it... Addictive tune. (This song was also released last year on the "Hurry Up And Wait" EP) * "SINGLE GIRL SUMMER HOME" w/ Takako Minekawa on vocals (4:18) -- 4.1MB Probably the weirdest most "IDM"-ey song The Loops have done... Disjunct squelchy keyboard sounds, with Takako doing her best Claudine Longet impression underneath the din. (Takako Minekawa just happens to be the voice of the Sony Playstation commercials, in case you didn't know.) * "HOW TO FEED A SEA MONKEY" w/ Takako Minekawa on vocals (5:26) -- 5.1MB More pulsing and dreamy, much like several other tracks on the album. Also on the album worth mentioning but not Mp3ed here.. * "SLUMBER PARTY" Hoochy-hop by Fisher Price! For all you tinted glass white sedan gangstas who share their sensitive side by decorating their WU-TANG back window display with some Sanrio stickers. * "PARTY POOPER" A super-long three-part spacey epic. Reminds me of some of the better earlier Art Of Noise. ======================================================================= Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org> KUCI 88.9 fM in Irvine, CA -- Orange County ======================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2000-06-29 00:17gweinstock@HWS.EDUwow, this one came in to the station about two weeks ago, and I took one look at it, gave

From:: <gweinstock@HWS.EDU>
To:: Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:17:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: Re: [idm] Land Of The Loops "Puttering About A Small Land"
Reply to:: [idm] Land Of The Loops "Puttering About A Small Land"

wow, this one came in to the station about two weeks ago, and I took one look at it, gave it a cursory listen, and religated it to the average pile. I think maybe the cover art prejudiced me. But Album of 2000 So Far... this definitely warrants another listen. Thanks Brian for alerting me! BTW, russell mills/undark thumbs up, also the new einsturbende neubautan (I know that spelling is horribly butchered). g. gweinstock@hws.edu On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Brian MacDonald wrote:

quoted 53 lines I think I finally encountered what sounds like The Album Of 2000 So Far...

> > I think I finally encountered what sounds like The Album Of 2000 So Far... > Land Of The Loops "Puttering About A Small Land". Those of you who picked > up "Bundle Of Joy" within the past four years know Alan Sutherland's craft > of throwing together dope beats, children's melodies incorporating guest > female vocalists and dee-lish Peter Hook style bass lines, Severed Heads > style looping/delaying, and humorous found-sound segues a la Coldcut. This > new record should definitely keep "Bundle Of Joy" fans happy, but it is > far more spacey and dreamy -- which shouldn't really come as a surprise if > you also own and enjoy the "Refried Treats" EP. > > I've uploaded a few choice Mp3s from this album, so you can go to: > http://www.kuci.org/~brianm/landoftheloops to grab 'em. > > * "FRESH POND PARKWAY" w/ Heather Lewis on vocals (3:57) -- 3.7MB > If there's any song featuring an ex-member of Beat Happening that has a > chance of chart potential, this one is it... Addictive tune. > (This song was also released last year on the "Hurry Up And Wait" EP) > > * "SINGLE GIRL SUMMER HOME" w/ Takako Minekawa on vocals (4:18) -- 4.1MB > Probably the weirdest most "IDM"-ey song The Loops have done... Disjunct > squelchy keyboard sounds, with Takako doing her best Claudine Longet > impression underneath the din. (Takako Minekawa just happens to be the > voice of the Sony Playstation commercials, in case you didn't know.) > > * "HOW TO FEED A SEA MONKEY" w/ Takako Minekawa on vocals (5:26) -- 5.1MB > More pulsing and dreamy, much like several other tracks on the album. > > Also on the album worth mentioning but not Mp3ed here.. > > * "SLUMBER PARTY" > Hoochy-hop by Fisher Price! For all you tinted glass white sedan gangstas > who share their sensitive side by decorating their WU-TANG back window > display with some Sanrio stickers. > > * "PARTY POOPER" > A super-long three-part spacey epic. Reminds me of some of the better > earlier Art Of Noise. > > ======================================================================= > Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org> > KUCI 88.9 fM in Irvine, CA -- Orange County > ======================================================================= > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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