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some stuff i picked up recently, that i thought was worth sharing. (because sharing is caring...) Ilpo Vaisanen - Asuma (mego) Delarosa and Asora - Agony Part I (schematic) Delarosa and Asora - Backsome ep (schematic) dat politics - sous hit (digital narcis) Vladislav Delay - Anima (mille plateaux) Autechre - Peel Sessions II (warp) Fumble - s/t (karaoke kalk) all good releases. the only thing is (and i hope this isn't a growing trend... although mego seems to be part of this camp) most of these CDs are just over 30 minutes long. and they're full lengths damnit! (not including the D&A ep and the Autechre) Vladislav is a proper full length (and a super sweet full length) but what's the deal with this 30 minute shit on the others. i know fennesz is part of some 'society' that's against full lengths more than 30 minutes long, but does everyone have to do this? and especially when they're imports. with all that aside, i'd recommend all of these if you don't mind spending 14 - 16 bucks for a 30 minute CD. the Fumble CD is a bit different than other karoake material in my opinion, but it's good stuff regardless. dat politics continue their bizarre humor of glitch plus cheesy drum machine programming but manage to make the songs 'catchy.' (yes, catchy.) everyone's probably discussed the D&A CDs a million times, so i'm not going to bother. the Ilpo Vaisanen (mika vainio) CD has a panasonic feel for obvious reasons. not as 'glitchy' as other mego stuff though which is a pleasant departure. nice artwork if you're gonna judge a CD by its artwork. (which you shouldn't. but it gets bonus points... and tina frank is awesome) i think Vladislav's newest has been discussed, so i don't really have much to add other than the CD was excellent as expected. i mentioned weakener's 'suffocation' a few weeks back. really good material. dark ambient with cut up breaks and careful use of samples. nice drum/rhythm programming as well. i'll have to review this one in more depth. i at least owe this much to kevin potts for his kindness. (and good music...) i was also thinking about ways to review 'IDM' releases. with a super pretentious name like 'IDM' you'd think the CDs would get IQ points. so here's my super pretentious review: Ilpo Vaisanen - Asuma : IQ 129 Delarosa and Asora - Agony Part I : IQ 135 Delarosa and Asora - Backsome ep : IQ 136 dat politics - sous hit : IQ 121 Vladislav Delay - Anima : IQ 140 Autechre - Peel Sessions II : IQ 138.35 Fumble - s/t : IQ 133 i won't subject kevin to my IQ ratings. unless he wants me to. cheers, christian : IQ nil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

well.....I am glad that someone has realized that listening to a 74min. Autechre album from top to end is an impossible task (without starting skipping after track 5) . With all the respect I have for Autechre ( just the most clear example) their album are far too long , and I am more than happy that some artists are keeping it on a reasonable lenght that will possibly allow us to listen to their LP all the way through. And maybe , like in the old times, even play the entire thing again . If you then think that an album has to be value for money, I would think more about the quality of it rather then the "amount" of music it contains. ----

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>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 01:50:08 -0500 >To: idm@hyperreal.org >From: christian adam hresko <godpup@ix.netcom.com> >Subject: new stuff to listen to >Message-ID: <3A9C9FA0.F79E59BE@ix.netcom.com> > >some stuff i picked up recently, that i thought was worth sharing. >(because sharing is caring...) > >Ilpo Vaisanen - Asuma (mego) >Delarosa and Asora - Agony Part I (schematic) >Delarosa and Asora - Backsome ep (schematic) >dat politics - sous hit (digital narcis) >Vladislav Delay - Anima (mille plateaux) >Autechre - Peel Sessions II (warp) >Fumble - s/t (karaoke kalk) > >all good releases. the only thing is (and i hope this isn't a growing >trend... although mego seems to be part of this camp) most of these CDs >are just over 30 minutes long. and they're full lengths damnit! (not >including the D&A ep and the Autechre) Vladislav is a proper full >length (and a super sweet full length) but what's the deal with this 30 >minute shit on the others. i know fennesz is part of some 'society' >that's against full lengths more than 30 minutes long, but does everyone >have to do this? and especially when they're imports. >

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well.....I am glad that someone has realized that listening to a 74min. Autechre album from top to end is an impossible task (without starting skipping after track 5) . With all the respect I have for Autechre ( just the most clear example) their album are far too long , and I am more than happy that some artists are keeping it on a reasonable lenght that will possibly allow us to listen to their LP all the way through. And maybe , like in the old times, even play the entire thing again . If you then think that an album has to be value for money, I would think more about the quality of it rather then the "amount" of music it contains. Well of course quality mut prevail over quantity although I guess that, thankfully, some people are able to concentrate on music more than half an album of Autechre. I wouldn't use "reasonable length" because when I like a record I lose the notion of time and the longer the better. philippe ************************************************************** http://www.bip-hop.com unconventional sound adventures, adventurous & creative electronica... ************************************************************** TENNIS : europe on horseback [bleep 03] out in April TENNIS is Benge and Si-{cut}.db. An on-going London based collaboration exploring digital and electro-acoustic sounds and rhythms combined with 21st century audio software. "Europe on Horseback", and shows a progression of the "Tennis sound" into a harder more digital/glitchy but accesible rhythmic realm, with dub and german influences to the fore. BiP-HOp Generation v. 2 [bleep 02] out in March 20 exclusive tracks, 70+ mns of music and comes in a 6 page Digipack including a booklet w/ infos on each musician AROVANE / BERNARD FLEISCHMANN / WARMDESK / KÖHN / WANG INC. / LAURENT PERNICE BiP-HOp Generation v.1 [bleep 01] v. 1 offers 74 mns of music and comes in a 6 page Digipack including a booklet w/ infos on each musician : MARUMARI / SCHNEIDER TM / PHONEM / GOEM / ULTRA MILKMAIDS / MASSIMO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------