Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:32:21 -0400 (EDT)
To: idm@hyperreal.org
From: Ben Nevile <studionze@yahoo.ca>
Subject: isolee
Message-ID: <20000511233221.10469.qmail@web3806.mail.yahoo.com>
quoted 2 lines what do people think of Isolee? Any fans around> what do people think of Isolee? Any fans around
> here? I always read stellar reviews of their stuff,quoted 4 lines but with the exception of a few tracks, I haven't> but with the exception of a few tracks, I haven't
> really gone crazy for them... I listened to the new
> 2xLP the other day in a record store, and just
> didn't dig it at all.
Haven't properly heard the LP yet (I listened to it in a shop but the
employee was playing bwaaaaaargggh gut-rumbling jumble at a ridiculous
volume and it drowned out this one and the new Arovane 12", why do they do
that when it discourages people from buying?) - but their earlier 12"s on
Playhouse and Classic are great. Check "Beau Mot Plage" - the original is
good, the Heaven and Earth re-edit (dubbed-out fx) is best, the Freeform
Five rmx. is so-so (noodly jazzy horns spoil it, but it's a crowd pleaser).
"Beau Mot Plage" is prolly my favorite track by them so far (it's not on the
LP), with the "Initiate" and "Raum Einz" 12"s coming in a close second. It
has enough melody to appeal to your average punter, is usually sparse enough
to catch people into more techy minimal stuff, and still the complex
programming that somebody into idm/experimental music might get into. Works
all around.
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