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I found a Wax Trax single this weekend for Psychoslaphead that gleefully cheered "Psychoslaphead aka Juno Reactor aka Electrotete" on the sticker. This intrigued me since I think "I Love You" was one of the best tracks of 1992. However, I didn't buy the single, what I did buy was another thing I ran over in the store by Juno Reactor. A full length album. When I arrived at home, my Electrotete and Psychoslaphead releases offered no clues as to who this person is. Juno Reactor is supposedly "Otto the Terrible", where both the Electrotete and PSH releases were produced respectively by Electrotete and PSH. So how does it sound? Ok, probably a 7 on the XDZ scale (uh oh... I don't want to jump... back... in...). Not as good as the highly discussed Vapourspace album, but not bad at the same time. Its biggest weakness is the utterly bland rhythm (it seems there is only one for the entire album, a simple kick drum that pounds off the 4/4). Nice workings of sweep into some acidics. My favorite moment was when he waxes ambient in the last track and comes up with Peter Gabriel's "Passion" and the sample I'm surprised nobody has bothered to use before... Steven Hawking's voice synthesizer

sorry, which track on "international language" does the Steven Hawking sample occur?

In our previous episode, Mark Frazer Bower said: > |> Steven Hawking's voice synthesizer > It has. It appears on "International Language" by Cabaret Voltaire, one > of my favourite trance albums of 1993. The track which uses this sample > is _outstanding_ (well, pretty good in my head ;-) - weird intro, but > really moves along smoothly. Hm. Are you sure you aren't thinking of 'Plasticity'--track 8, 'Neuron Factory'? -- Brian sex = differentiation = death bhostetl@indiana.edu bhostetl@silver.ucs.indiana.edu

|> comes up with Peter Gabriel's "Passion" and the sample I'm surprised nobody |> has bothered to use before... |> |> Steven Hawking's voice synthesizer |> It has. It appears on "International Language" by Cabaret Voltaire, one of my favourite trance albums of 1993. The track which uses this sample is _outstanding_ (well, pretty good in my head ;-) - weird intro, but really moves along smoothly. Mark

Actually, I made a mistake (too many disks in a row) - the Stephen Hawkings sample is on Cab. Volts. "Plasticity" CD - the track called "Neuron Factory". I still recommend the International Langauge CD, as well as plasticity, if you like intelligent, instrumented trance, with excellent purcussion (not using drum sounds all the time either). Cheers, Mark

In our previous episode, Matthew Corwine said: > > called "Neuron Factory". I still recommend the International > Huh? I believe that's Carl Sagan... Please, please, please listen to the song again. Yes, the beginning sample is Sagan, but towards the middle/end of the song there is a Hawking sample. He talks about his affect on theology. I think people are confused as Hawking has Lou Gerhigs (sp) Disease and is unable to speak. Thus, he uses a voice synthesizer. Listen for the speak-and-spell sounds. -- Brian sex = differentiation = death bhostetl@indiana.edu bhostetl@silver.ucs.indiana.edu

|> > Actually, I made a mistake (too many disks in a row) - the Stephen |> > Hawkings sample is on Cab. Volts. "Plasticity" CD - the track |> > called "Neuron Factory". I still recommend the International |> > Langauge CD, as well as plasticity, if you like intelligent, |> > instrumented trance, with excellent purcussion (not using drum |> > sounds all the time either). |> Huh? I believe that's Carl Sagan... |> It is at the beginning of the song, then there's some dialog from some 70's science documentary (voice of some actor who plays Penguin in batman films of the era)...later on there's the speech from Stephen Hawkings, via his "electronic voice". He talks about his theories for the creation of the universe, and how they will have a theological impact. Cheers, Mark