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1999-03-05 17:27david turgeonfollowing greg clow's review on feedback monitor, i bought solar x "little pretty automati

From:: david turgeon <eerie@mnemonic.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 12:27:08 -0500
Subject:: (idm) solar x rules & emanate records too

following greg clow's review on feedback monitor, i bought solar x "little pretty automatic" (worm interface). the aphex twin influence is obvious, but boy, is that good stuff. quirky 303 acid with old school beats. it can't get any better. that's the second release i'm buying from worm interface (the first being jake mandell's excellent "parallel processes"). are they always that good? the only thing i don't like about them is their fondness for cardboard cd covers. while i'm at it, i'd also like to mention that i dig the "emanated" compilation quite a lot (although that's another cardboard cover case.) i almost flipped over just _seeing_ it in a local record store (you don't expect that kind of thing when you live around here) & bought it right away. the lillianthal, o.s.t. & sybarite tracks are my favorite. -- david turgeon curator, http://www.notype.com web programmer, http://www.jumpmedia.com eerie@mnemonic.net - icq #2358960

1999-03-05 18:52Greg ClowOn Fri, 5 Mar 1999, david turgeon wrote: > following greg clow's review on feedback monito

From:: Greg Clow <stained@interlog.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:52:44 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) solar x rules & emanate records too
Reply to:: (idm) solar x rules & emanate records too

On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, david turgeon wrote:

quoted 2 lines following greg clow's review on feedback monitor, i bought solar x

> following greg clow's review on feedback monitor, i bought solar x > "little pretty automatic" (worm interface).

While I know that the point of reviews is to help sell records (or to warn people not to buy something in the case of negative reviews), I still find it odd to know that my opinions on things actually influence people. Even weirder was an experience yesterday when I was flipping through some stuff at Tower and found a release by a local indie artist called Automatic Fats that had an excerpt from my review of the album printed on a sticker. With my name and everything. And then there's the occassional press bio I get that has an excerpt from a review I wrote for the artists previous release. At least I haven't been misquoted yet. I'm just waiting for the day when I write something like "The utter suckiness of this album is truly outstanding!", only to see it quoted as "...this album is truly outstanding!". :) Greg

1999-03-05 18:08david turgeon> [ little pretty automatic ] > >> i bought it also. the aphex influence is very obvious b

From:: david turgeon <eerie@mnemonic.net>
To:: Turlough Mckevitt <Turlough@ilx.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 13:08:49 -0500
Subject:: Re: (idm) solar x rules & emanate records too

quoted 3 lines [ little pretty automatic ]

> [ little pretty automatic ] > >> i bought it also. the aphex influence is very obvious but overall i > didn't find this cd particularly original or interesting.

awww, well, i have a fondness for the good old 303, so it struck a chord. :)

quoted 4 lines that's the second release i'm buying from worm interface (the first

> that's the second release i'm buying from worm interface (the first > being jake mandell's excellent "parallel processes"). are they always > that good? > >> check out the alternative frequency series - excellent stuff...

i will. what about their other releases? their web site is kind of incomplete/inexistant, so i have no idea what else they got. -- david turgeon curator, http://www.notype.com web programmer, http://www.jumpmedia.com eerie@mnemonic.net - icq #2358960

(idm) solar x rules & emanate records too