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IDM TIMES 1.7 A short one this time because I haven't seen too many new releases lately and I wanted y'all to know about these two before they become Last Week's News... Exist Dance - Transmitting From Heaven Exist Dance ED CD 01 103 6:50 Tranquility Bass - Cantamilla 134 6:46 Eden Transmission - I'm So High 133 6:50 Voodoo Transmission - Voodoo Fire 133 5:54 Eden Transmission - Transmission Maya 125 4:22 High Lonesome Sound System - Psychic Dreaming 128 3:29 Tylervision - Purdy Deyenol 130 4:30 High Lonesome Sound System - Champion Sound 132 7:43 Up Above The World - Straight Up Caffeine 128 4:53 High Lonesome Sound System - We're Go: Stage One 130 7:34 High Lonesome Sound System - Waiting For The Lights (thai mix) 90 8:06 Tranquility Bass - They Came In Peace 101 5:45 Tranquility Bass - Mya Yadana After ten incredible singles, the most innovative dance label in the United States comes out with a full length compilation CD. Despite the myriad band names, "Transmitting From Heaven" is almost entirely the creation of two brilliant producers: Mike Kandel and Tom Chasteen (Tyler Vlahovich contributes on the Tylervision track.) We blast off with "Cantamilla", a beautiful slow track filled with strange Indian vocals and a relaxed drum groove. Then it's a quick tour through trance (I'm So High), tribal (Voodoo Fire), acid (Straight Up Caffeine, Waiting For The Lights), and their own unique creations such as Purdy Deyenol (cowboy techno?) and Champion Sound (ragga hiphop!?). Finally, the Monkey Forest Medley of They Came In Peace & Mya Yadana ends things on a calming note. At 73 minutes, this CD is way too short. I would have loved to have Testimonial or the Lunar Dub mix of They Came In Peace, but I guess we'll just have to wait for Transmitting From Heaven, Part II. Trance Europe Express TEEX CD 1 130 9:31 Orbital: Semi-Detached 132 5:34 Bandulu: Gravity Pull (remix) 130 6:11 Readymade: Face The Day 140 7:11 System 7: Desir (Butterfly remix) 6:14 Spooky & Billie Ray Martin: Persuasion 5:16 Material: Praying Mantra (Orb remix) 99 8:03 The Black Dog: Xeper! (remix) 125 6:42 Scubadevils: Celestial Symphony 130 5:38 030: Midnight In Europe 138 7:40 Cosmic Baby: Space Track (remix) 136 5:09 Total Eclipse: Black Hole 148 5:29 CJ Bolland: Random 145 5:57 MLO: Colour Of The Sun 149 7:29 Source: It's A Kind Of Magic 5:54 Aphex Twin: Analog Bubblebath 3 112 9:36 The Orb: Majestic (Millwall mix) 126 7:19 Moody Boyz: Glitch 117 5:52 Moby: Move (Volume remix) 125 6:58 DIY: Washed Over By Mastemah 125 6:18 The Drum Club: Follow The Sun (remix) 127 6:33 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia: Dust 132 7:21 Barbarella: The Mission 6:27 Sabres Of Paradise: Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko 140 6:27 Trance Induction: N Oh my god. This very morning my roommate said: "I always wondered why Volume never did more dance music. Now I know." Volume, for those of you who don't know, is a really neat little magazine & CD that comes out every few months. The magazine is CD-booklet sized, if you can imagine a 190 page CD booklet. Usually they have one or two dance music artists on their issues, but this time they've produced a special dance-only edition, and it's incredible. There's 2 jam-packed CDs in one of those excellent 2-discs in 1-space jewel boxes. The booklet is 192 full color glossy pages, featuring interviews with every one of the 24 bands represented on the CDs, and articles on labels such as Warp and R&S. Both items fit into a nice glossy cardstock sleeve. Overall, the packaging is wonderful. Oh, did I mention that almost all the songs are either exclusive new recordings or remixes? All right already, so what about the music!? Well, disc one kicks off with 4 tracks worth of wonderful trancy beats 'n' synths. Orbital's new track is one of the finest they've ever done. The System 7 track isn't too different from the version on the album. But it's all good stuff and will definitely trance you out. Then things get weird... "Persuasion" is a beatless synth 'n' voice cover of an old Throbbing Gristle track. Very weird. Highlights of the rest of the disc: a very bizarre 5 minute slice out of the Orb's magnificent remix of Material's "Mantra" and Cosmic Baby's beautiful "Space Track." We end things on a headbanging note with CJ Bolland's "Random" which is some interesting mental hardtrance. Disc Two continues the hardtrance vein, with MLO & Source being fast stompers. Fortunately, this is followed by Aphex Twin's beatless collage and The Orb's beautiful twinkling. The Millwall mix of Majestic is really just a live version from a gig in Birmingham, and isn't wildly different from the album version, although there are some amusing new samples from Monty Python in there. Other winners: Moody Boys, Psychick Warriors, Barbarella (Sven Vath - rhymes with "mate", btw.), and Sabres Of Paradise. Overall... you can't afford to be an IDM fan and NOT own this collection. The articles are all interesting, the photography is cool, the whole package just *shines*. Get it now or be uncool forever.

Someone on the list (I think it was this list) mentioned getting the quadruple-vinyl edition of the Trance compilation... does it have all the tracks as on the 2xCD, and is the booklet album-sized or what? I'm trying to get it... mike Mike J. Brown _ ___ ______________Approach and Identify ............................................................................... THE AMBIENT FAQ and THE AMBIENT SURVEY are in progress; *contributions needed!* email: ambient@techno.stanford.edu Write about ambient artists from all ends of the musical spectrum: Eno, Orb, Satie, Froese, Coil, Gabriel, Reich, O'Hearn

booklet is of the same size as the one included in a cd package....  Mike

quoted 3 lines I'm looking for label, catalog number, etc. on the

>I'm looking for label, catalog number, etc. on the >"Trance Europe Express" beastie. Does it have a >stateside distributor?

it's TEEX CD1, as i wrote in the review. there is no label, really. Volume Magazine is the publisher, maybe that would be a good label name to use. i doubt there is a stateside distributor, it's probably got through Great Asset or one of the other import suppliers. Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

Jon Drukman says:

quoted 2 lines i doubt there is a stateside distributor, it's probably got through

> i doubt there is a stateside distributor, it's probably got through > Great Asset or one of the other import suppliers.

I found Volume 6 about 3 weeks ago after searching about a month for it. I was super glad, because it, although a UK pressing, had a Caroline sticker around the bottom portion of the book. I think I remember reading somewhere (Select?) that the Volume folks were looking for a state-side distributor. Could someone in/near NYC give Caroline Records a call and see if this is gonna be out domestically before I get grey hair? And if you don't mind, please ask about Volume #7... Thanks! Andrew -- Andrew Bennett abennett@phoenix.aps.muohio.edu What planet are you from?

*Someone on the list (I think it was this list) mentioned getting the *quadruple-vinyl edition of the Trance compilation... does it have all *the tracks as on the 2xCD, and is the booklet album-sized or what? The quadruple vinyl set has 24 tracks in all. I haven't checked the cd and vinyl whether they match one to one, but I think so (the vinyl also comes with the booklet). BTW, I'll get my copy the next Tuesday at the latest, so I'll inform of the pressing quality if no one else has gotten it by then. ObIDMTips: Red Cell: Stasis (on B12 Music) album Reload: A Collection of Short Stories (Infonet) album Richie Hawtin: Train Tracs (WARP, includes three versions) 12" Alaska: Lost in Alaska (FNAC originally now on BaseRoom in UK) 12" Sequential: 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea (Rising High) 12" Smokebelch II (Sabres of Paradise, UK) 12" Apollo 440: Rumble EP (some UK label, the B-side is actually good!) chill out, samu -- "Roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

Jon Drukman <jdrukman@us.oracle.com> writes: ['Trance Europe Express, Disc Two]

quoted 12 lines 145 5:57 MLO: Colour Of The Sun

>145 5:57 MLO: Colour Of The Sun >149 7:29 Source: It's A Kind Of Magic > 5:54 Aphex Twin: Analog Bubblebath 3 >112 9:36 The Orb: Majestic (Millwall mix) >126 7:19 Moody Boyz: Glitch >117 5:52 Moby: Move (Volume remix) >125 6:58 DIY: Washed Over By Mastemah >125 6:18 The Drum Club: Follow The Sun (remix) >127 6:33 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia: Dust >132 7:21 Barbarella: The Mission > 6:27 Sabres Of Paradise: Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko >140 6:27 Trance Induction: N

I added up these times and got 82:11. Is this the longest CD known to man? C. -- (chris.hilker) cspot@cats.ucsc.edu "If spiders were in control, we wouldn't need nuclear weapons."

chris hilker demands:

quoted 17 lines ['Trance Europe Express, Disc Two]

>['Trance Europe Express, Disc Two] > >>145 5:57 MLO: Colour Of The Sun >>149 7:29 Source: It's A Kind Of Magic >> 5:54 Aphex Twin: Analog Bubblebath 3 >>112 9:36 The Orb: Majestic (Millwall mix) >>126 7:19 Moody Boyz: Glitch >>117 5:52 Moby: Move (Volume remix) >>125 6:58 DIY: Washed Over By Mastemah >>125 6:18 The Drum Club: Follow The Sun (remix) >>127 6:33 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia: Dust >>132 7:21 Barbarella: The Mission >> 6:27 Sabres Of Paradise: Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko >>140 6:27 Trance Induction: N > >I added up these times and got 82:11. Is this the longest CD known to >man?

nope. i copied the times off the back of the package, and there appears to be an error. the Sabres Of Paradise track is 3:36, not 6:27. the total time as reported by my CD player is 79:31. Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.

In article <9309301705.AA19591@am.ucsc.edu>, cspot@cats.ucsc.edu writes:

quoted 19 lines Jon Drukman <jdrukman@us.oracle.com> writes:

> Jon Drukman <jdrukman@us.oracle.com> writes: > > ['Trance Europe Express, Disc Two] > > >145 5:57 MLO: Colour Of The Sun > >149 7:29 Source: It's A Kind Of Magic > > 5:54 Aphex Twin: Analog Bubblebath 3 > >112 9:36 The Orb: Majestic (Millwall mix) > >126 7:19 Moody Boyz: Glitch > >117 5:52 Moby: Move (Volume remix) > >125 6:58 DIY: Washed Over By Mastemah > >125 6:18 The Drum Club: Follow The Sun (remix) > >127 6:33 Psychick Warriors Ov Gaia: Dust > >132 7:21 Barbarella: The Mission > > 6:27 Sabres Of Paradise: Inter/Lergen/Ten/Ko > >140 6:27 Trance Induction: N > > I added up these times and got 82:11. Is this the longest CD known to > man?

From my CD player... Disk One: 78:48, Disk Two: 79:31. From: ??? Date: ??? Subject: ??? Status: Here's an old post from Brian B about it: (Max time for a CD is...)

quoted 9 lines 80:36. Not one STMPE time frame more. Any over that is caused by silent

> 80:36. Not one STMPE time frame more. Any over that is caused by silent > breaks between songs - those pauses of anywhere from .5 to 25 seconds, > more often than not on the 0th index of a song (and the actual song being > on Index 1). If they want to put 25 seconds of silence on, they don't have > a string of zeros 25 seconds long... they simply put a code in to tell the > machine to pause for 25 seconds. Notice that the sounds the CD player will > make when pausing for this sounds _exactly_ like the sound it makes if > you push pause! (All of this straight from the mouth of a very reliable (tm) > friend in the industry)

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