On Mon, 30 Jan 1995, ozymandias G desiderata wrote:
quoted 48 lines Reviewed herein:>
> Reviewed herein:
>
> LL IDM Florence - Revelation (Eevo Lute)
> 313 V/A - Midwest Acid Harvest (Analog Records)
> 313 IDM Jeff Mills - Growth (Axis)
> LL Rude 66 (Bunker)
> LL X-Plain (Bunker)
> IDM V/A - The Remix EP (Cosmic Records)
> IDM Laurent Garnier - Shot In The Dark (F Communications)
> 313 IDM V/A - Deep Detroit Volume One: Detroit Techno-Soul (PowWow Trance)
> 313 IDM V/A - Deep Detroit Volume Two: Magic Tracks (PowWow Trance)
> 313 IDM Lemuria - Lemuria EP (Submerge)
> Voltage 9 - Candema (SyneWave)
> 313 IDM Rhythim Is Rhythim - It Is What It Is (Transmat)
> 313 IDM Rhythim Is Rhythim - Nude Photo (Transmat)
> IDM Future Sound of London - ISDN (Virgin / Astralwerks)
> IDM V/A - In Sight Volume One (Visible)
> IDM Autechre - Amber (Warp)
> Artist: V/A
> Title : The Remix EP
> Label : Cosmic Records
> Cat No: COS003.5
> Format: EP
> Dave Angel Remix
> Lords of Afford Remix
> Planetary Assault Systems Remix
> Steve Bicknell Remix
>
> This EP asks the musical question, "Oh Steve, what are these
> remixes _of_?" without giving up any answers. I'll tell you this much
> -- you aren't likely to guess what the original sounds like from these
> remixes. Dave Angel abandons his usual jazzy trance sound and
> produces a tight, hard acid tune with lots of interesting noises. It
> feels very finely tuned. Lords of Afford do a much more lumbering
> take, and their track mostly just feels hard. Despite this, it's still
> fun listening and is very DJ friendly. Planetary Assault Systems, like
> Mr. Angel, turn in a tight, boomy remix. It has always struck me that
> PAS lives up to its name very well; I wonder whether that's an
> intentional effect on Luke Slater's part, or if I somehow force the
> songs to sound that way inside my head?
> Is it ironic that the most pedestrian song on here is the
> artist remixing himself? I don't think so -- it seems to me that
> musicians are often too close to their songs to do much with the
> remixes. At least that's what I suppose is going on here. All you
> trainspotters out there -- why does Steve Bicknell's name sound
> familiar? What else has he done?
>
After hearing Cosnic records #2 I became somewhat of a Steve Bicknell
freaker. Here is what I know about the dude. He is a d.j. in England,
who is responsible for the Lost techno-acid parties (raves) that occur
every so often, with dj lineups of who's who in the underground techno
circuit. I believe he is also the owner of Cosmic records, a small label
from England. Here is a list of records that he has done or that are on
Cosmic records.
Lost-Technofunk-Perfecto records
Steve Bicknell-The Quest E.P.-Cosmic rec 001
Steve Bicknell-The Essence of Zen E.P.-Cosmic rec 002
The Remix E.p.-Cosmic rec 003.5
S.B. Project-The Message E.P.-Cosmic rec 004x
The Evader (Steve Bicknell)-No Hats Required E.P.-Cosmic 005
Dj Funk#1-Pumpin Tracks E.P.-Cosmic 006
Derek
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