as at
http://www.aquariusrecordssf.com:
The story behind Crunch is an interesting one, indeed: Michael Fakesch (the
member of Funkstorung who runs the Intelligent Dance Music boutique label
Music Aus Strom) claims that he has no information about the identity or
origin of Crunch. He received a DAT demo tape in the mail, and with it, only
a cryptic e-mail address. No name. No postal address, although the package
was mailed from from London. Solely based upon the merits of that demo,
Fakesch blindly offered to release Crunch's first album. If you are to
believe Fakesch's story, Crunch has maintained perfect anonymity -- and thus
perfectly encapsulated the euphemism / insult "faceless techno bollocks!"
Fakesch -- in both his solo outings and with Funkstorung -- has always
walked the razor-thin success / failure line through the melodic arenas of
IDM, a genre which holds the work of Autechre in such high esteem as to
often haplessly delve into mere mimicry. Thus for Fakesch to fall for
something as hard as he did for Crunch's demo, you gotta believe the
Autechre influence there is really really strong! And it's true. (Who knows,
maybe Crunch IS Autechre!) Crunch tends to sound most like the earliest
Autechre releases (especially Amber), where sweeping synth motifs intertwine
to form complex if sad melodic passages, which are more of a presence than
the rhythmic complexities which tend to dominate later Autechre albums. If
you're new to the IDM genre, pick up an Autechre album to start... but for
confirmed Autechre/IDM fans, this is certainly one to get!!
quoted 26 lines From: "72.03.24 161.70" <matthias.hoys@skynet.be>
>From: "72.03.24 161.70" <matthias.hoys@skynet.be>
>To: "IDM@hyperreal" <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: [idm] Crunch - who is behind it ?
>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:22:45 +0200
>
>Definitely one of the better idm releases so far this year ...
>
>So ? Who is behind it ?
>One of the Funkstorung boys ? Michael Fakesch perhaps ?
>
>btw listened to it at 33 rpm before I realized it had to be 45 ... sounds
>good at both speeds though ...
>
>
>np : E*vax - Parking lot music
>
>
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