On Sat, 10 Dec 1994, MORGAN GEIST wrote:
quoted 15 lines the Ambient dub compilations and am considering buying the Tower sampler> >the Ambient dub compilations and am considering buying the Tower sampler
> >with Pentatonik on it. Can anyone tell me what else they have done
> >(i.e. 12"s and albums)? I rarely see anything by them in US stores.
>
>
> Hello:
>
> Damn, I just used up my Tower gift certificate and even searched for Pentatonik
> while at the NJ Tower!!! Argh... Could anyone try to describe Pentatonik's
> stuff? Have I heard them on ART? Feel free to compare and pigeonhole to
> label-sounds, I won't hold you to it. I realize listening is the best
> description. But what is the album like?
>
> -morgan geist
>
Pentatonik are somewhere in between the ambient dub stuff (HIA, Banco deGaya
et al) and (for lack of a better term) "noisier" stuff (Autechre, Aphex Twin,
Black Dog, B-12). They do use a beat in much of their work (and some of
the songs on the album could almost be considered trance), though they
definitely would not fill up the dance floor of a disco I'm not big
on the "noisy" stuff myself, but I like this CD. Overall i'd say
it's not quite dub, not quite ambient, not quite the "noisier" stuff
(which I can't quite consider to be "intelligent dance music" since
you can't dance to this stuff).How's that for a description? :)
The only other stuff that I'm familiar with is stuff that appears
on compilations every once and a while (Tower Records, One AD,
the Higher Intelligence Agency remix ep).
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Though the store where I bought it said they have put out other albums
and 12" singles.
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