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i thought i'd chime in with some recommendations of CD's i didn't know i'd ever like. the reason is that both CDs seem to be influenced by house, which is not a genre i have any interest in. however, like jungle or breakbeat, i found that it has been an influence on some artists who've taken it in an unexpected direction to the point where it's no longer what it was. the first CD is 'ion' by theorem. i bought this at a place formerly called "house of trance" in the east village of nyc, and my friend and i were looking for anything dark. 3 years later, this is the only CD that has survived that passing interest in dark trance. the cover attracted me right away, reminiscent of new order and joy division with its clean, minimal design, muted colors, and short, enigmatic track titles. this is closer to what i imagine is deep house, at least it sounds deep to me. solid 4/4 electronic kick drums thudding away, with ultra-minimal 303-ish basslines, and intermittent muddy synth stabs with tons of reverb on them. that's pretty much it, though other little hi-hat interludes and synth countermelodies pop in and out. quite mellow, good to chill out to without falling asleep, or any other low-light activities. the other CD is 'primordia' by deadbeat. i picked this up based on a review in grooves magazine and was not disappointed. start with the above description, but remove the extra hi-hat and synth moments and replace them with a backdrop of shifting, murky textures. pull a thin veil of mosquito netting over the sound and the result is like sitting in a swamp listening to some kind of house party coming from under the water. excellent. d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On 13 Sep 2003 at 13:55, chthonic streams wrote:

quoted 3 lines the first CD is 'ion' by theorem. i bought this at a place formerly

> the first CD is 'ion' by theorem. i bought this at a place formerly > called "house of trance" in the east village of nyc, and my friend and i > were looking for anything dark.

If you like that, check out THEOREM -THX: Experiments In Synchronicity (MINUS) - Theorem vs. Sutekh, Stewart Walker & Swayzak. Excellent! I * --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: chthonic streams <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:55:14 -0400

quoted 20 lines i thought i'd chime in with some recommendations of CD's i didn't

>i thought i'd chime in with some recommendations of CD's i didn't >know i'd ever like. the reason is that both CDs seem to be >influenced by house, which is not a genre i have any interest in. >however, like jungle or breakbeat, i found that it has been an >influence on some artists who've taken it in an unexpected direction >to the point where it's no longer what it was. > >the first CD is 'ion' by theorem. i bought this at a place formerly >called "house of trance" in the east village of nyc, and my friend >and i were looking for anything dark. 3 years later, this is the >only CD that has survived that passing interest in dark trance. the >cover attracted me right away, reminiscent of new order and joy >division with its clean, minimal design, muted colors, and short, >enigmatic track titles. this is closer to what i imagine is deep >house, at least it sounds deep to me. solid 4/4 electronic kick >drums thudding away, with ultra-minimal 303-ish basslines, and >intermittent muddy synth stabs with tons of reverb on them. that's >pretty much it, though other little hi-hat interludes and synth >countermelodies pop in and out. quite mellow, good to chill out to >without falling asleep, or any other low-light activities.

just for a little clarification, theorem produced (still produces?) techno / minimal tech. and if you wanna hear deep house, go to dylandrazen.com or sunday-sessions.com and listen to the house mixes. if you like theorem, you might want to try other labels that release "deep" minimal techno like chain reaction / basic channel, force, background, minus, and so on. peace! sean _______________________________________________________________________ Sent via Pace University's WebMail system at stmail.pace.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

<sm66220n@stmail.pace.edu> wrote:

quoted 3 lines if you like theorem, you might want to try other labels that release

>if you like theorem, you might want to try other labels that release >"deep" minimal techno like chain reaction / basic channel, force, >background, minus, and so on.

thanks. as a genre, i'm highly uninterested in house (the steady 909 and 303, the latin pianos, the syncopated chord stabs, the wailing divas) or even techno variants on house. however, i have to admit that there were a few things similar to theorem i must have heard when dragged to some clubs awhile back. when i saw underworld at field day this past june, some of their songs vaguely resembled what i mean. i can do without the vocals though. there's also a few old acid-like tracks that i kind of liked. synth hooks really similar to 808 state's "cubik", but i could never find out what they were. they were probably white-labels but they must have eventually made it onto CD somewhere. oh, and i think the first lords of acid CD is hilarious. d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org