here's a review of a record i recieved recently. i translated it from
swedish rather quickly, so excuse me if the english sounds odd at places.
Thread: "The Need for a Sky" (Sensory Expansion)
I immidiately get suspicious when I recieve records that the artist
released by himself - one might think that the music isn't good enough for
a record company to release it. James Izzo releses his own music under the
name Thread, and when I get to hear the first tracks I fear my
preconceptions are true. A straight techno-bassline plus a few clumsy
synthsweeps - it has that amateurish "cheap home studio"-sound.
But further on the record improves when Izzo lays down some dark
ambient tracks. If you skip the first tunes this turns into a rather nice
record, which fits in nicely among other wierd ambient techno records from
companies like Fax or Psy-Harmonics. It does sound a bit 1995, but with
enough personality to make it innovative.
And if Izzo intends to continue designing his own covers, I suggest
he takes some lessons first.
Here's the address:
http://www.pobox.com/~thread
hs
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