On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Christopher William Niemitz wrote:
]Subject: (idm) How is Trans-am?
]
]I just spotted a disc (2disc?) on the Japanese Thrill
]Jockey label & was curious if anyone heard this
]& can review it...
Trans Am is an interesting animal. Get this -- they state that they are
equally influenced by the likes of ZZ Top, Autechre, and Kraftwerk. I've
seen them live 5 times now (yes, I'm a bit of a fan-atic, but they are
from Baltimore/DC where I live, so it's never too long inbetween shows...)
and in addition to drums, guitar, and bass, they also use an old crusty
Crumar, a Roland Juno, and a Boss DR-5, as well as a trigger and pads
mounted on the drum set -- the drummer really does a nice job of mixing
electro beats with his drum set, and he's a fantastic drummer even
without the aid of technology. As expected, they integrate
electronics and traditional "rock" (whatever the hell that is these days),
but in a way I find 1000 times more appealing than the prodigy or whoever
else is sucking corporate dick these days, trying to appeal to the largest
audience possible...
Trans Am have also put out an honest-to-goodness white label 12" single,
although it's not on Thrill Jockey and, I imagine, impossible to find
outside the US...sorry, I forget the label it's on, a friend has my copy
right now...that is, to my knowledge, the release with the highest
percentage of electro content...but there's only 3 songs there, so....
I'd oblige you and review the album, but since they have two albums out
and you didn't specify which one, I'm not going to sit here all day and do
both. ;)
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