There's a new o9 song out on the just-released Schematic compilation,
_House Of Distraction_. Here's the write-up from Forced Exposure
http://www.fe.org/new/2001apr9.html :
Artist: VA
Title: House Of Distraction
Label: SCHEMATIC
Format: CD
Price: $13.00
Catalog #: SCH 016Featuring: Delarosa & Asora, Jake Mandell, Freeform,
Push Button Objects, Takeshi Muto, Matmos, Otto von Shirach, Richard Devine,
Mannequin Lung, Phoenecia, Radio Boy & Dino Felipe. "Schematic has invited
some other folks to come join them on another field trip. Schematic's first
compilation, Ischemic Strokes, was based around the concept of Schematic
artists remixing one another. Ischemic Folks, the second compilation, was
based around the artists showing their diversity and individuality -- what
it was that defined them as separate folks. House of Distraction is
subtitled "Different Strokes, Distant Folks". It is a continuation of the
Ischemic concept. Dino Felipe is the 4-track maestro from Miami. Little
earthy songs sprout from him like Hedges. Here is the drumroll that
introduces the album. Delarosa & Asora (Prefuse73 on Warp/ Savath and
Savalas on Hefty) takes us on a speedy bicycle ride through his Paper Rout.
He pauses for a pit stop and a heavy thought catches up with him. Jake
Mandell revisits Japan in the pentatonic climbs of Nihon Sanzen. Freeform's
reworking of Takeshi's 'Mud Dauber' is more of an adaptation than a remix.
He takes the beaty original and expands on it as Herbie Hancock might.
Groove guides the instruments along until they take on the form of a giant
many-headed monster. Push Button Objects adds a catchy, sentimental melody
and an Adonis style bassline to Takeshi's 'Gutta Percha'. It is reminiscent
of his groundbreaking Cash EP on Schematic. Freeblox finds Takeshi Muto
parading through Disney World naked. Matmos infects Devine's surgical steel.
It retains Devine's sonic integrity while adding a cough and some creeping
soul. Otto Von Schirach's first opera is track 8. Mr.Magnesium falls in
love with an android he noisily builds from technical relics in a junkyard.
Complete with a love scene in the middle. Bring oil. Jake Mandell plays with
Devine's balls until he gets them in the right order. With his mathematical
precision, he lines the balls up to bump and bounce until they explode. o9
can't contain himself. Listening to 'Happy Bot' is like jumping through
walls from an echoing back alley to the porch of a jug band to a the cockpit
of a spacecraft. Touching, clever, and deep, as always. More healing aural
ointment from Jesse Legg. Key Angler provides a much needed rest in the pace
of Distraction and in Devine's work in general. Although machine-like and
robotic as ever, it is chilled, bubbly, and smooth as a glass of champagne.
Mannequin Lung has Tea with Jeswa. Over a warm cup, they relax and soak up
the glowing rays. The inventor of Plug Research puts a West Coast
perspective into the mixture. Phoenecia reclaims 'Phase Inv.2' and plants a
flag firmly in it's center. Pure cinematic science fiction with an
ever-changing, mathematical groove. Radio Boy (a.k.a.Matthew Herbert,
Dr.Rockit, Wishmountain) takes Richard Devine to the gym for a workout that
is anything but rude. Of all the attempts on this album to remix Devine, it
takes the least amount of influence from him. Guitars and whistles decorate
the gentle groove beneath. One of 5 mixes (the others will appear on a
limited 10" ), this is the most whimsical and different of all the songs.
Richard Devine's Fovec Frame is a shadowy theatrical dream where electric
turtles fitted with music boxes and rhythm makers, circle you whispering
softly 'sleep now, the CD is over.'"
Artist: VA
Title: House Of Distraction
Label: SCHEMATIC
Format: 2LP
Price: $13.00
Catalog #: SCH 016 LPDouble vinyl version in full color sleeve.
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