This is long so be warned
couple o' reviews shipped from the station o' gaiamantra and teleconverted
by qris.........
~~~Pete Namlook-namlook iv*power supply~~~
~~~James Bernard-atmospherics[rsncd14]~~~
~~~UR<mad mike>-acid rainIII[ur028c]~~~
~~~Velocette-microcosmic ep[ref003]~~~
~~~Dr.Atmo/O.lieb-music for films~~~
***Well let me begin with an admitance that my listening ability is a bit
biased when it comes to 'power supply'...being that it came from 'Ambience'
in SF,the best show i have ever been to...kinda like rings in tree trunk
where you can tell where it went thru a fire, well if someone crossectioned
my mind and found march 26-27th, 1994 you would find an aleph of
holographicultraspacetimegalactic proportions enough to suck you away.....
namlook 'dedicates' this cd 'to his missing 220v power supply, his broken
EMS Synthi(which he dropped while setting up), the SE-1 which instantly
created its own sounds while recording, the Studio 440 w/2 faulty pads, and
a disk drive which had to be forced to cooperate'...
Also included in the cd is a picture of the burnt methlab on haight(not
height)st.
Namlook received an instant enmasseeeee applause from the audience when he
finished, and after relistening to the cd i remember why. It starts out w/
a rushing wind noise which , and typical P.N. vocal treatment saying 'this
is san francisco'(what filter? does that)...then the bassline pounds in <i
remember being physically jarred when this hit>. This has got to be the
lowest bass i've heard(i think his DAT even had trouble w/ it because
there's some subtle clicking (clipping?) each time it hits. This is not
dreamfish folks. The whole cd(all 46.44 of it) is a reworking of this
bassline, and driving beat...i haven't heard this from him before so maybe
it'll convert some of you anti-namlookians out there. I'm not going to say
anymore go forth and find it;)
*****atmospherics....
If you're into the 'Recycle Or Die' releases then take listen to this one.
Its comprised of 9 tracks all mixed together(not as smoothly as ROD tho')
avg. 9min. This is *high quality* listening music. 'Helix', 'Phosphorous',
and 'Lost in it' are the stand outs imho....erie dark strings, distant
alien conversations, tasteful;) 303s, pulsating liquid sounds emmanate from
this cd. Lost in it verges on acidtrance...*very*very*good*....wish i owned
a pair of $600 headphones, or some electrostatic speakers. I've heard
J.Bernard has a faster release out as well if anyone has heard it pass on
some sort of review......
*****acid rain III
well this dbl pack from UR is straight 303/909 , but its *MEAN acid*.
10 stompers in all; the 3 longer ones on one piece are my pick. Weird
tales accompany 2 of the tracks(in the chuck norris meets starbuck lets
FIGHT-yeehaa for our universe kinda deal). It mentions drexciyan forces
that can endure continual 909 attack;) aside from that, its just mental.
Very chewy;)
******Velocette-microcosmic ep
Another hologram label from 'reflective'. I thought STC's 'fluresence' ep
was to be the only one....I missed ref002, and i might go back and try to
find it because this release is just as spaced acid as the first. The
hologram side is way out there: electro noises whir in and behind, while
bass drops on top of you. On the label side, track 1 is an astonishing
acid piece...perfect to wake up your ambient audience. If you've heard
'fluresence' then you'll really get into this ep. ref004 by 'VULVA' is out
and promises to be very 'reflective', i just can't keep up with them;) I
wish STC would release his SF live set tho'...
******music for films...
much has been said about this already so i won't go into it , except for
the fact that i think that it goes along with the film well, and kept
somewhat true to the original music; but as a listening cd well its a bit
hard to take all at once- not quite what i had hoped from atmo and lieb,
but its a novel idea;) Now if only STC, Mixmaster morris, namlook, T.
Thaemlitz and Steve Roach would remake the Baraka sound track;)
compelete nonsense
________qris
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K. Blohm
Community Learning Network
Victoria, British Columbia