miles@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (stewart walker):
quoted 5 lines so what is sandoz? is it (he she it) an Aphex twin thing or a>so what is sandoz? is it (he she it) an Aphex twin thing or a
>rephlex thing or something totally different? Something about the
>title piqued my interest. For instance is it "acid " music? I made
>a bit of a connection there you see. Thanks for any and all info
>relating to this.
sandoz is richard h kirk of cabaret voltaire; the album "digital
lifeforms" is on Touch records although i have a couple of 12"s on
Intone.
it's not really "acid" in the sense of "hard fast and 303-laden"... in
fact, there are no 303s anywhere on the record. the best stuff is
slow, groovy, almost funky but in a very mechanical way. hard to
pigeonhole. there's elements of house, tribal, ambience and more.
it's really very good and quite unique which is why i'm having a hard
time describing it.
here's a review i wrote a while back:
Sandoz - Digital Lifeforms
Touch TO:21
125 7:40 Armed Response
128 7:30 Chocolate Machine
121 8:01 Digital Lifeforms
124 6:54 Human Spirit
98 6:57 Drum Meditation
126 8:44 Limbo
133 8:24 Zombie Astral
126 6:44 Beam
120 7:49 Steel Tabernacle
121 9:11 White Darkness
Sandoz == Richard Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire. Now, I've never been a
huge fan of CabVol's house music, but this is The Shit. Originally
released as 3 separate 12" singles, it reminds me of Orbital or Black
Dog, in that the tracks tend to spin around and around in loops,
building up to big towers of geometric abstraction. However, it's way
better than either of those groups because the sounds and melodies are
a lot cooler. The Digital Lifeforms of the title are strange
multi-legged affairs with snaky tentacles. They writhe sensuously on
"Zombie Astral" or slink along with a sleazy house beat on "Drum
Meditation." It's sort of techno-tribal-jazz-dub house, if you can
imagine that. Really trancy and wonderful. 10/10.
Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@oracle.com
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