quoted 5 lines Saw an advert for a disc called Textures on the Transmat label. I don't own
> Saw an advert for a disc called Textures on the Transmat label. I don't own
> anything on Transmat, but I heard Transmat is good. Is that stuff IDM'ey or 4on
> the floor techno? Wasn't their a comp called Relics that had a bunch of
> Transmat stuff or am I off base? Well I recall that Relics comp as kickin' major
> booty so tell me all I need to know!!!
TRANSMAT-
The label of labels. Derrick May's baby, and the blueprint of the
IDM/Electronica sound we're so familiar with. My initial contact with
Transmat was with 'strings of life', 'the beginning', 'move it', and of
course 'nude photo'. I called up Record Time back in '93, and told them
to ship me everything they had on the label that had anything to do with
Rhythim is Rhythim, and they did! I love it. But the big surprise was
getting Joey Beltram's 'energy flash'/'mentasm'(MS 16). What a shock!
All these beautiful records by Derrick May, then comes this sinister 303
groove from Beltram! What the hell?
And now Transmat(through the remarkable label New Electronica) are
releasing their debut LP from Tony Drake(who had never even heard 'strings
of life'!) called TEXTURE. I really think Transmat is on to something
big!
Hope some of this rambling has helped you, Gil. Oh, and don't forget the
Fragile Records sublabel!
Recommended TRANSMAT/FRAGILE listening:
'strings of life'
'move it'
'the beginning'
'nude photo'
'crackdown'(Psyche-Carl Craig)
'let's go'(X-Ray)
'salsa life'
'drama'
'the dance'
'energy flash'(Beltram)
'dreamworld'/'midi merge'(Outstanding FRG-3 from Orlando Voorn/very dark!)
'texture'(Tony Drake)
And check out Detroit Escalator Co.'s "Soundtrack 313" album on Ferox, and
the upcoming "Braille" album from Neil Oliverra, Derrick May's engineer at
Transmat.
Beautiful Stuff, so just light up a blunt & chill...
Derek Jordan
http://www.ccd.cccoes.edu/~djordan