To: idm-owner@techno.Stanford.EDU
From: "Kent Williams" <cadsi.com!kent@elvis.cadsi.com>
Subject: Deep Space Network "Big Rooms"
Anyone else pick this up? I got a gift certificate to a record store I usually
don't patronize, and after subjecting the increasingly surly staff to a series
of listening requests, (if they're not into ambient or techno, some of the
stuff
I had them play came as quite a shock I'm sure) this was the best of the stuff
they had around. That and Flying High by the Irresistable Force, about which
much has already been said.
Anyway this is
"Big Rooms" Deep Space Network (Source Records CD 930611 FAX +49/6221/162118)
I checked the archives and didn't see any mention of Deep Space Network, but
they are apparently Two Guys (David Moufang and Jonas Grossman) apparently from
Deutschland. But this disk is definitely a triumph of the genre, which leads
me to wonder what else IDM'ers are missing out on. Do we have any German
hipsters on the list.
This is definitely great stuff. Mostly quiet, funky beats, interesting
percussion some of which sounds to be played live, in jazz jamming mode whether
on real instruments or e-drum pads. The emphasis is on a wide psychoacoustic
space (hence the title), kind of like players jamming in a cathedral.
There is also a bit of quiet jazz playing here too, kind of like Can. And lots
of tasteful sampled drum loops from a variety of sources. The stand out track
is "The Beyond Within" which is a kind of kitchen sink opus -- Ethnic drumming
loops, NASA astronaut dialog, bleepy synth solos and layered drum loops. Every
IDM cliche thrown together into one song, yet hypnotic, varied and danceable.
What more could you ask for?
Anyone with more info on Source Records and Deep Space Network, pipe up.
--
Kent Williams -- kent@cadsi.com