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1994-08-09 14:39John A TuffenCheck this out.... :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------

From:: John A Tuffen <jat@ohm.york.ac.uk>
To:: idm <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 15:39:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject:: Global communication review in `The Wire'

Check this out.... :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Review of 76:14 by Global Communication. (From `The Wire', Aug. 1994) Global Communication are the duo behind Reload, whose `A collection of Short Stories' was one of the highlights of last year. With a track listing paying homage to languages as diverse as "Hebrew", "Japanese" and "Morsecode" you might expect a similar level of invention from this current incarnation. Wrong. Content to ape the trademarks of existing idioms (ie that branch of Ambient which exists as one long electronic hush), their microchip mimicry layers folk rhythms over lunar landscapes, doing little more than reflect back our caricature visions of these exotic, alien territories. File under: urban muzak. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ouch! Later on in the same issue, the same reviewer (Susan Masters) writes about `Germ' (a subject close to my heart as I know the main-man behind Germ)... "... A previous release, "The Black Chair " EP, used trombone and cardboard tube to augment an electronic free jazz with amusing results, but the new `Gone' LP (GPR 6 CD/LP) is just plain silly. Like a cartoon monster taking its first few tottering steps it cheekily drools its way through a whole swarm of pre-lingual splats and splurges. Even the titles are jauntily monosyllabic, including such grunting, gurgling epics as "Blib", "Sap", and "Bot". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hmmm, not too complimentary! I rather like `The Black Chair EP', even though the 12" version isn't as good as the original (which appears on the CD), but I've only heard 'Bot' from the new LP (whilst it was being composed ;-] - it's good!!) so I can't really defend it too much.... john.. -- jat5@unix.york.ac.uk jat@ohm.york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/~jat5/ _______________________________________________________ | Flex music, York, UK. || ContinuousEvolution | | (0904) 610745 || Ian Gibson | | Tapes available: || quanta | ------------------------------------------------------- "Music has overtaken poetry because people are afraid of silence." - J. Betjeman.

1994-08-09 15:27Tony Evans"John A Tuffen" <jat@ohm.york.ac.uk> reprints: > -----------------------------------------

From:: Tony Evans <tony@chemeng.stanford.edu>
To:: <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Tue, 9 Aug 94 08:27:03 -0700
Subject:: Re: Global communication review in `The Wire'
Reply to:: Global communication review in `The Wire'

"John A Tuffen" <jat@ohm.york.ac.uk> reprints:

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> ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Review of 76:14 by Global Communication. (From `The Wire', > Aug. 1994) > > Global Communication are the duo behind Reload, whose `A collection > of Short Stories' was one of the highlights of last year. With a > track listing paying homage to languages as diverse as "Hebrew", > "Japanese" and "Morsecode" you might expect a similar level of > invention from this current incarnation. Wrong. Content to ape the > trademarks of existing idioms (ie that branch of Ambient which > exists as one long electronic hush), their microchip mimicry layers > folk rhythms over lunar landscapes, doing little more than reflect > back our caricature visions of these exotic, alien territories. File > under: urban muzak. > -------------------------------------------------------------------

Does anybody want to disagree with this? A friend whose opinions I trust basically had the same taste in his mouth after listening to this. Is it really that bad? t -

1994-08-09 17:54Lehmann, Michal>RE]:Global Communications new digs... it isn't HORRIBLE technambient... it's IS rather bl

From:: Lehmann, Michal <MLehmann@casmail.calacademy.org>
To:: Tony Evans <tony@chemeng.stanford.edu>, <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Tue, 09 Aug 94 09:54:36 PST
Subject:: Re[2]: Global communication review in `The Wire'

>RE]:Global Communications new digs... it isn't HORRIBLE technambient... it's IS rather bland when compaired to the Re-Load digs... which were frigin' brill! i guess i'd call it an interresting first start... there were sum good trax on it...just wasn't a masterpiece... ......................PEACE...out...-M-13...

Global communication review in `The Wire'