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Jeff Shoemaker
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Mon, 01 May 2000 20:04:38 -0500
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Re: [idm] Let's Talk About Destruction + speedy j's new one
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quoted 7 lines lastly, on a scale of 10 to ten, with 'public energy' being a solid 8 or>> lastly, on a scale of 10 to ten, with 'public energy' being a solid 8 or >> so, how's the new speedy j? > >With Public Energy being an 8? I'd say Shocking Hobby is a 7.9 for armchair >listener's because Speedy even admitted in Urb to it being not as >experimental as PE. However, for DJ's I'd give it a 9 because it grooves a >lot harder than PE and makes for better mixing into your sets.
Public Energy - 9; A Shocking Hobby - 7. i've had ASH now for about a week, and i must say that it seems to be lacking a lot of the "oomph" that Public Energy #1 had. i'm not sure what it is. . .the timbre's seem simpler. the distortion is kicked into overdrive throughout the whole thing, and it doesn't seem to have as much expression or flavor as Public Energy #1. for example, the drum sounds seem to be straight-ahead 909s and such, and all the distortion on them reminds me of Skinny Puppy more than anything. i dunno. . .PE#1 just seemed to drip emotion, while this new one is just aggro IMO. i can't help but think that i'd be all over this record if i'd never heard Public Energy #1. like i might have really loved G-Spot if i had never heard Ginger. also got the two on FAX a little while ago and i really like them both. they're both mostly more minimal than the ambient moments on the last two proper Speedy J recs. nice in a SAWII way. -jeff ------------ 1642 try 621 ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org