4th world communication
a couple of recommended items/reviews
Vulva - Birdwatch cd/lp (rephlex Cat035)
tim hutton and tom melchior continue in the vien of their
recent pure plastic 12" (no.6) and provide the soundtrack
to a ride through a gleaming futuristic metropolis, very
smooth and polished electronica with all the funkiness and
emotion of the motor city , but still retaining their own
unique vision. Full of subtle melodies, soaring strings and
crystal cool beats sometimes twittering and frantic , other
times mean and dark , this is another string to rephlex's
ever increasing eclectic bow.
Standout track for us is opener "Happy Birdie", driving bass,
crisp electro patters and deep space morse code tappings.9/10
Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy 12" (Warp WAP 78)
If syd barret was still orbiting this planet , and
producing music - we reckon he would be making records
like this!
Rich has kept the elastic lo-fi tinny breakbeats of HAB,
but added a cornacopia of almost psychedelic elements,
ticking clocks,soft orchestral passages and gentle plucked
cellos fill out the child like melodies spun over colliding
tumbling beats.
Both "beetles under my carpet" and "milkman" feature the
sub cockney monotone of mr.james , along with nonsense
lyrics , as for them being pop songs , can yer imagine rich
on top off the pops singing "I would like some milk from the
milk mans wife's tits"! , in a genre were a sense of humour
is sometimes hard to find , this 6 tracker is both entertaining
and refreshing - nice one geezer 10/10
over and out
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