On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, Kent Williams wrote:
quoted 4 lines The Altern 8 mix of Multiples is a wonderful breakbeat number; the mixture> The Altern 8 mix of Multiples is a wonderful breakbeat number; the mixture
> of the YMO tinker-toy melodies with breaks is perfect. The synth sound
> choices are hilarious -- a lot of them sound like presets on my Casio
> SK-1.
Yes, one of the few Altern-8 tracks I like, actually.
...yes, Casio Lives! Listenning to those patch choices makes me
laugh harder at those who are paying a few hundred $ for a TB-303, Ha!
I've got a Casio LCD TV now!! I am going to build a shrine to my Casio
equipment, PT-1 included!
quoted 3 lines Soundbytes (by R Sakamato) has some great stuff as well. I love the first> Soundbytes (by R Sakamato) has some great stuff as well. I love the first
> track especially -- it has a wacky sampler-vegamatic feel.
>
I like Esperanto and an album (tape actually) that I got at an Oriental
music store in a Chinatown area near Washington DC that translates as
"Futurismo" or "Futurisma" or somthing in '88. Excellent early digi
synths! The track "Futurism" has a cool loopy mellow sound with a
voice-synthesized computer giving an overview of the Futurist art
movement. Also, Sakamoto's "B-2 Unit" LP helps one realize that Artificial
Intelligence/Biorhythm-comp minimalism has a history outside of Kraftwerk.
Also, if you like his soundtrack work, the
Sakamoto-conducting-Tokyo-symphony of his electronic pieces and
soundtrack (Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence and Last Emperor) is huge and very
moving. This cd set brought on a personal epiphany about the soulfulness
behind electronic music-making...
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> Kent Williams kent@cadsi.com > "Swirling a sound [in Quadrophonic Space]
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