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The ultimate Suicide album! Alan Vega's inner city paranoia has found its most bleak setting yet. The Panasonic duo show Martin Rev a thing or two about the minimalist '90's - finding a further reduction of his basic sounds, while sharpening a few of their own. The Panasonic purists may not like it but the Suicide ones should. w/ "Medal" 'its a medal for the killers' - wow, like a speeding Elvis freaking out about his uniform in Germany

quoted 12 lines Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 12:21:44 -0600

>Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 12:21:44 -0600 >From: Rodney Perkins <rdperkins@earthlink.net> >Subject: (idm) Vainio, Väisänen and Vega - any reviews? >To: idm@hyperreal.org >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-Priority: 3 >Sender: idm-owner@hyperreal.org >Precedence: bulk > >Is this Panasonic/Alan Vega disc any good? How do the vocals work with the >distorted/buzzing music? Thanks! >

quoted 7 lines The ultimate Suicide album! Alan Vega's inner city paranoia has found its

> The ultimate Suicide album! Alan Vega's inner city paranoia has found its > most bleak setting yet. The Panasonic duo show Martin Rev a thing or two > about the minimalist '90's - finding a further reduction of his basic > sounds, while sharpening a few of their own. The Panasonic purists may not > like it but the Suicide ones should. > w/ "Medal" 'its a medal for the killers' - wow, like a speeding Elvis > freaking out about his uniform in Germany

Unfortunately, I've absolutely no idea what Suicide sounds like so this, as appreciated as it was, didn't clear up what the disc particularly sounds like for me... although, Elvis freaking out about his uniform in Germany sounds pretty different =) brap@sonic.net icq_12645306 coming sooner than later: sfwd0004 - pre-mil·len·ni·um soundscapes 12" chris g. 1547 boston court #7, santa rosa, ca 95405 http://www.sonic.net/~brap/

quoted 3 lines Is this Panasonic/Alan Vega disc any good? How do the vocals work with the

> Is this Panasonic/Alan Vega disc any good? How do the vocals work with the > distorted/buzzing music? Thanks! >

I too would be extremely interested in a review on this one... its popped up in a local and I'm itching to pick it up, but am limited funds wise and am hoping to get a review beforehand... np: lesser 3.2 (vinyl comm) from reviews, i thought perhaps this would be much less structured and more chaotic. very nice though! how does other lesser releases stand up to this (chris regrets to inform everyone that he again ignored the various lesser threads that popped up some time ago and is reluctant to go plowing through the megs of archives looking for the posts.) brap@sonic.net icq_12645306 coming sooner than later: sfwd0004 - pre-mil·len·ni·um soundscapes 12" chris g. 1547 boston court #7, santa rosa, ca 95405 http://www.sonic.net/~brap/

On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Rodney Perkins wrote:

quoted 2 lines Is this Panasonic/Alan Vega disc any good? How do the vocals work with the

> Is this Panasonic/Alan Vega disc any good? How do the vocals work with the > distorted/buzzing music? Thanks!

One can draw many parallels between Pan(a)sonic and Suicide (Rev/Vega). As such, VVV's _Endless_ strongly resembles an updated, quite modern take on what Suicide started doing in the early 70s. It does not sound like a Panasonic record with some guy hollering over the top. Vega's rough, passionate vocals work well in my opinion. --Mark __ <http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome> <MPEG 3 & RealAudio tracks> October 19th: SENSELESS CD on Mindfield Records MindCD03 Cathartium 14