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quoted 10 lines From: "James Roberts" <james@robertsyork.freeserve.co.uk>

>From: "James Roberts" <james@robertsyork.freeserve.co.uk> >To: <idm@hyperreal.org> >Subject: (idm) Leftfield >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:54:50 -0000 > >Opinion poll: Is Leftfield IDM? I think they're actually the closest >thing>to Intelligent *Dance* Music - they aim squarely at the dancefloor >with>crunch-techno tracks like Phat Planet and Double Flash, but they >manage to>infuse new sounds and structures into their music, meaning that >you can>listen to it equally well. Agree/disagree?

--agree...have you heard the afrika shox thing...it's pretty well known in uk as i'm sure you know...but there's some good stuff there... --it really is "intelligent dance music" --incidentally, i saw one of the leftfellows spin here in l.a. back in october...i gave him a goofy wasted grin and he just stared at me blank-faced...;=)

quoted 3 lines (That's not to say that I rank them anywhere near equal with, say, Ae

>(That's not to say that I rank them anywhere near equal with, say, Ae >or>AFX - it's a totally different style, and are those two really >danceable?

--agreed again...you can't compare them...they ARE coming from different places... <I>tried dancing to Acroyear2 and sprained my ankle - but they are damn>good at what they do.) --is that Autechre...it is isn't it...if so...i can easily understand the ankle problems... --my favorite Ae track will always be "Drane" from the peel sessions...it took me to another dimension altogether...no shitting... --since it came up...anyone remember the comic book character Acroyear from the Micronauts...??? i used to read it a bit many many years ago...and i found this today... --http://www.concentric.net/~elarse1/comics/comics.html Prof. V "Because the rage it burns like Chinese torture" -th-c- Professor Vast Expansion Research-Liquid Lab Scientific Outpost-Vulcan Solar System Resident Analog Architects: Prof. Vast-Expansion Specialist and Spacerock Infliction Dr. Fluff-Rotation Specialist and Pulse Architect ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I still have a couple of old Micronauts comics in my archive...i'll have to dig them out... Dino/Prof. V

quoted 34 lines From: Dave Walker <marmoset@mich.com>

>From: Dave Walker <marmoset@mich.com> >To: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: (idm) Acroyear (tenuous Autechre connection) [was Re: (idm) >Leftfield] >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:02:24 -0500 (EST) > >On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Professor Vast wrote: > > > --since it came up...anyone remember the comic book character Acroyear > > from the Micronauts...??? i used to read it a bit many many years > > ago...and i found this today... > >The comic book Micronauts were based on a line of toys sold >by a (defunct?) company called Mego (gee, I wonder...) > >There was an Acroyear action figure, and later an Acroyear II >action figure. As a wee lad, I owned both. Of course, >I owned them as a little kid who liked space toys, not as >an obsessive adult hoarding them and selling them off >for mad dollars on eBay, so they're long destroyed now... > >http://www.concentric.net/~elarse1/micront.html > >That first picture on the right (the dude with the >huge pinwheels and the crazy P-Funk wheeled boots) >is Acroyear (I). > > -d.w. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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