Does anyone know where the name "Shuttle 358" comes from? I recall there was a
song of that name by a group Small World who released a single on UK label
Hard Hands. It was the b-side to 'Living Free'... might've even been called
the 'Living Free EP' or something. That a-side was popularised by Kruder and
Dorfmeister's DJ Kicks. ("Livin' free, that's my calling...")
It's way too specific a name to just be coincidental, surely, but a web search
brought up nothing but references to Dan Abram's music.
Having finally got hold of 'optimal.lp' and having heard nothing else on the
12k label I was quite surprised by how much it's just straightforward ambient
music. I was expecting something more in line with Neina, with obvious digital
dissection going on. There are "I just tried to open a Word document in my
sound editor of choice" noises (eg. in 'Tank') but certainly washy chords,
skitter-free drum machine sounds and riffs you could actually play wasn't what
I was expecting. :-)
I'm not complaining, though, because I find it really beautiful either way. It
reminds me of the equally lovely 'Desert' by Robert Babicz. But I think I
appreciate the variety here more.
What are other 12k releases like? What I've heard from eg. Taylor Dupree
remotely recently has been much more icy static techno stuff.
Michael
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