The Drum Komputer release 'Alphabeat Flasher'(12K1002), which is Taylor
Deupree & Dietrich Schoenemann, along with the Shuttle 358 titles, are my
favorite 12K releases. I agree though, before I had heard any of the 12K
titles I had a totally different opinion on how they would sound, maybe more
along the lines of Mego, Touch or Sonig.
Alphabeat Flasher is quite accessible, but the programming is superb. More
beat driven, loop-based but continually evolving.
Real audio samples of all 12K releases are available at -
http://www.12k.com/index2.htm
Matt Tudor
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From: Michael Upton [mailto:jetjag@MailAndNews.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:44 AM
To: ambient@hyperreal.org
Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] Shuttle 358 (and his alias)
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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