anyone remember his band Maffia? talkin about smokin.....
tom w
np: maffia - metatron
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:02:58 -0500 bpm0@interport.net (Peter Becker)
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>Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:15:48 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
>Subject: Re: (idm) Portishead / Orbital
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>Mark Stewart did some great lo-fi, megaphone-throated, highly-damaged
>songs on his 3rd album (the one with the microchip on the cover).
>Produced with Adrian Sherwood. It contains a cover of the theme song
>from
>_Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (sp?)_ which starts off distorted and
>creepy. By the end it has fallen apart, into a mess of tangled tape.
>You
>can't go wrong.
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>This mentioned LP is I believe the 4th and maybe even the 5th LP of
>Mark
>Stewart.
>I've got a pile of 'em at home. I'll try to figure it out. Agreed on
>the
>LP that is mentioned here,
>but *do* look up " As the veneer of democracy starts to fade " . I'm
>guessing early 80s?
>This is similar to above mentioned but grittier and uglier and way
>more
>Sherwood-y.
>Definite precursor to a lot of the flat, distorted, minimal
>"electronica"
>of today.
>
>Did Mark Stewart die? I heard heart attack. I also heard heroin.
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>But I've learned to mistrust *all* rumors in the music industry.
>
>Anyone?
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