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1997-07-31 06:46Miles Egan (idm) Fonosandwich
└─ 1997-07-31 23:27Mark Kolmar Re: (idm) Fonosandwich
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1997-07-31 06:46Miles EganThis is the best Atom Heart record in ages. Mono tm, Lisa Carbon and Senor Coconut have fi
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Wed, 30 Jul 1997 23:46:45 -0700
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(idm) Fonosandwich
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This is the best Atom Heart record in ages. Mono tm, Lisa Carbon and Senor Coconut have finally imploded into the white hot spot of inescapably slippery electro-salsa gravity that we all knew Schimdt would eventually invent. Maybe having Bisk and Elfish Echo breathing so hot and heavy on his heels has made him take the race a little more seriously? Perhaps it was being shown up by Dandy Jack on his own label? Whatever the reason, all but two of these tracks are so fierce you'll embarass yourself roaring like a lion with your headphones on. If you only buy five Atom Heart records this year, make sure this is one of them. -- Miles www.sirius.com/~cullen
1997-07-31 23:27Mark KolmarOn Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Miles Egan wrote: > This is the best Atom Heart record in ages. Mono
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Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:27:19 -0500 (CDT)
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Miles Egan wrote:
quoted 4 lines This is the best Atom Heart record in ages. Mono tm, Lisa Carbon and> This is the best Atom Heart record in ages. Mono tm, Lisa Carbon and > Senor Coconut have finally imploded into the white hot spot of > inescapably slippery electro-salsa gravity that we all knew Schimdt > would eventually invent.
Just wanted to chime in with a different opinion. I think my reaction to Senor Coconut was at a similar level of enthusiasm as your reaction to Fonosandwich. Senor Coconut sounds more inspired to me than anything he's put out in a year or more. It's the sound of the joy and bewilderment of being immersed in a new culture. For long stretches I'd stop thinking how it was done and just enjoy it -- I get the same inner smile as when I first heard "The Race" or "Koladi Ola" by Yello. And that's a point where his music hasn't taken me for some time. Fonosandwich has some fine moments (c.u.e. mentioned track #4), but on the whole it made me think of Machine Paisley -- half excellent, half noodly hodgepodge seasoned with a bit of salsa. But there is a certain pop-art/trash-art thing happening here that's starting to come through more clearly -- enough to excuse and explain a vocal non-hook like "the real color of vitamin C is probably brown". Speaking of which, anyone else think track one ("...vitamin C...") sounds like an adaptation of "The Future" by Prince, for the long-promised-but- unreleased album of cover versions? --Mark