quoted 1 line ===== Original Message From Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> =====
>===== Original Message From Kelley Hackett <khackett@aba.iupui.edu> =====quoted 4 lines What of you International members, from FINLAND, Germany, and Australia, who
>What of you International members, from FINLAND, Germany, and Australia, who
>are future and up-coming musicians in your area or that you have heard whom u
>enjoy......its only by sharing that WE ALL become well rounded in the musical
>vein..... and this, in turn, might help out the artist by getting his/her
music >more exposure(thus leading to more sales so that this same >artist
might.....EAT)..blaze, blaze.....u get the picture....
quoted 3 lines Np Aspen, Track #4.....this is a nice disc I am telling you!(IME)
>Np Aspen, Track #4.....this is a nice disc I am telling you!(IME)
>E=Estimation, and No not Energy Ernie, and dont you dare say nothing smart
>fella......ha ha....
Alrighty, well for other fine bits and pieces from New Zealand, since you're
checking Aspen, I'd recommend the following:
Anything on the label Nurture. Nurture release sparse tech stuff, with a
pre-requisite that there's one "broken beats" track on every 12". All very
nice, my fave being the first Peak:shift release. All are into that old
Detroit thing, with some nods to dubby minimal stuff. Still nice bright synth
sounds and all that stuff that people interpret as soul.
There have been 4 releases I know of, but I forget the exact names. Call me
Loose McCannon :-)
1 - Peak:shift - <something> 12"
2 - Clone - Mist 12"
3 - Peak:shift - <something> 12" (includes Peak:shift remix of Aspen's
'Wedding Song' off 'Album')
4 - Micronism - <something> 12"
The Micronism tracks are also on CD, released on Kog Transmissions. Definitely
my favourite New Zealand release, it's called 'In A Quiet Mind'. Micronism is
one of the aliases of Denver McCarthy, who you can also check out on the
excellent Statra comp that got a bit of raving on this list a month or so
back. Statra itself is a label started by an ex-pat Kiwi (ie. New Zealander -
and it's a kind of bird, not a fruit :-) called Harry the Bastard.
I have the artists' email addresses, so I could pass on any interest to them.
Otherwise, check the Kog web site,
http://www.kog.co.nz/ and check out Aspen's
techno alias Signer. Interested to hear this one myself, since some of it
sounded kinda far from Aspen material!!
I'm also a big fan of an old act called Unitone Hi-fi, who were a dub act
released on German-run (another ex-pat Kiwi really :-) label Incoming! but
took the dub concept a bit further than most of the "new school"...
incorporating hip-hop electro and house in a way that sounded good, and always
avoided getting all plodding and coffee table like most modern dub (IMO).
Probably not one for Kelley, but plenty of others here would probably like
them. May well be known for their remix album with Funky Porcini, Muslimgauze,
Spectre etc. but their crowning jewel was their next (and last) album
'Boomshot'.
Michael
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