Re: (idm) Downpour, Drop Beat, Panacea and the obscurity of American labels
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quoted 16 lines Aaron Gregory posited something that made me think:> Aaron Gregory posited something that made me think:
> > DOWNPOUR (oh so aptly titled aren't they! - you'll see ...) come forth with
> > the third release on Drop Beat Records. A FAR cry from the greyness and silky
> > smoothness of Kristian's effort, this 5-tracker presents a rather (at many
> > times) SCARY (want proof? Strap on the sample from track 4, "The Bitterest
> > Man in the Living Room") affair! Simply put, this MUST be the closest thing
> > to PANACEA I have heard on an American label WITHOUT question.
>
> ("Widespread DISEMANATION of this IMPORTANT INFORMATION is ENCOURAGED!" LOL)
>
> This got me wondering ...
>
> Most of us on this list have probably heard Panacea ... or heard about
> Panacea ... but hardly anyone has heard about Downpour ... or, indeed, WILL
> hear about Downpour ... or the other stuff on Drop Beat ... (outside of
> this august body, of course)
Dropbeat (especially **Downpour**) whup Panaceas ass in my correct opinion.
I cant really see any parallel between the two, downpour are far more sophisticated
and interesting and dont use shitty rave stabs..
i reckonz these boys are gonna keep us all on our toes with their future
releases.... them and Spymania of course. ;|
--
k.F
"I tried unloading banana trains and for while I had a job
collecting horses hooves for a sausage skin and glue
manufacturer. They also gave me a job after that, throwing
cows heads into a bone crushing machine.I soon realised
that these jobs weren't really what I wanted to do."
-Lol Coxhill Quote.