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Philip_Sherburne@brown.edu (Philip Hugh Sherburne) writes: > > also: anyone have anything to say about the new bentley's rythm ace lp on > skint? picked it up recently and it's great -- very varied, lots of silly/whimsical samples, some good tunes -- and a huge steal from the squarepusher remix of dj food's `scratch yer he(a)d'. -- richard

I know that they are former members of Pop Will Eat Itself. They have a couple of singles and an album out on Skint. A fairly complete discog is available at: http://kzsu.stanford.edu/uwi/pwei/disc/bentley.html -- Adam J Weitzman -- Individual, Inc. -- http://www.individual.com -- "I'm writing an unathorized autobiography." - Steven Wright

I heard a track by them called 'Bentleys gonna sort you out' and it was wicked, no vocals just mad beats and sounds , I was wondering if anyones heard more from them (they have an album out in October I think, it may be out already).... respects c . u . e . (sephlopologist) f a x l a b e l u . s . a . 8 7 e t h e l a v e n u e # 2 , m i l l v a l l e y . c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 9 4 1 . fax/fon 4 1 5 3 8 3 7 9 9 0 sound bites and mad graphics at www.sirius.com/~faxlabel faxlabel cds + vinyl at www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/faxpage.html                         

quoted 7 lines I heard a track by them called 'Bentleys gonna sort you out' and it was

> I heard a track by them called 'Bentleys gonna sort you out' and it was > wicked, no vocals just mad beats and sounds , I was wondering if anyones > heard more from them (they have an album out in October I think, it may be > out already).... > > respects c . u . e . > (sephlopologist)

yup. rich from the poppies and another guy. released on skint awhile ago (picked mine up in late may) and being released here by awerks. pretty good, but some of the stuff gets kinda long for no good reason other than to be long. also, it sounds like they do a complete ripoff of squarepusher's problem child in ragtopskodacarchase, but then pewi were always known for their sampling... alan!

Good or bad? IDM or something else? -0 np: Scala Beauty Nowhere (not IDM, but fuckin good)

quoted 1 line Good or bad?

> Good or bad?

good.

quoted 1 line IDM or something else?

> IDM or something else?

something else. you may not like it. i just heard it recently. interesting.

quoted 2 lines Good or bad?

>Good or bad? >IDM or something else?

Not terrible, in fact not bad, but nothing spectacular. Basically big beat dancey stuff, but goofy. While the Chemicals have a little bit of funk/soul (at least on their first album), BRA basically loses all of that and replaces it with sheer goofiness. However, their sense is a lot better than other goofy big beaters like Fatboy Slim. Funny samples, some weird sounds, but it's still *just* a goofy dance album with overly long tracks. Still recommended. Sam

Random Junk wrote:

quoted 8 lines this album is the most fun you can have with your pants on.

> > this album is the most fun you can have with your pants on. > > jsd sez get it. > > -- > Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications > ...I was an infinitely hot and dense dot...

definitely but get the Astralwerks release(it has two extra tracks that are b-sides from non domestic cd singles) if you were/are a fan of the frivolous fun side of PWEI then you'll love this, I know I do.One of the best albums of the year. spaul

Random Junk <jsd@gamespot.com> pontificates:

quoted 1 line bentley rhythm ace this album is the most fun you can have with your

>bentley rhythm ace this album is the most fun you can have with your

pants on. Indeed. I heard this disc while in Sister Ray earlier this, and picked it up on the spot. Other than the excellent material on musik aus strom (Skam of 1996), Jega EP, and Andrea' Parkers MBM'ish remix of Orb's "Asylum", BRA is the only disc that has found consistent playing time in my CD player this year. Paul Rafanello intone@warwick.net Orange County, New York MiniDisc trader