WE are fantastic. They are DJ lloop (formerly just Loop?) DJ Olive and
once11. I guess they used to be qualified as illbient, and I think they
are NYC based. I've seen them live on the Frying Pan, and they're on the
Crooklyn Dub Consortium disks, so I assume they are NYC. Who knows?
Anyway, I've evangelized about them before on this list. They're music
is basically a strong, heavy dub foundation upon which layers of d&b,
ambient/illbient, etc. are built up. The stuff is very rich, in many
ways like the orb, only with more muscles. Bigger muscles too.
More "ChikaBHHHOOOooommmmssssshikashika!" than "PLinK pLoNk! BoinK", if
you know what I mean.
They have a new album out on Asphodel called "As Is" which kicks ass and
is more d&b heavy than their older stuff. I am listening to it right
now! They are on another comp called "Incursions in Illbient", and they
have a track on Crooklyn Dub Consortium vol1 which I think is one of the
heaviest, most elegantly simple dub tracks I've ever heard. If they are
opening for the orb, I'll see you at that show!
-CF
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> From: idm-owner@hyperreal.com [SMTP:idm-owner@hyperreal.com] On Behalf
> Of Iain Newton
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 1997 5:47 PM
> To: IDM
> Subject: (idm) we?
>
> we?
> i just noticed that WE are opening for the orb in nyc and i wondered
> if anyone
> could shed some light on who they are, what they've done, etc. - hope
> someone
> can help
>
> iain