I remember seeing this lot and they were awful. Really weak sounding drum
machines with unimaginitive synths on top and really stupid lyrics. This
was a couple of years ago now and it`s possible that Alec Empire has since
hooked up with them and sorted them out.
Tim
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, A.M. Barentsen wrote:
quoted 25 lines speaking outside one of the aborted concerts, Mike D. of the Beastie Boys
> >>speaking outside one of the aborted concerts, Mike D. of the Beastie Boys
> >>said it was the first electronic style he had heard that reminded him of
> the >>music of punks and >riot grrrls.
>
> >And that's supposed to be a good thing? Autechre and Kinesthesia make
> >punk rock sound like fucking elevator music. Mike D really has his head
> >up his ass on this one...
>
> Have you actually heard any recent stuff by Alec Empire or any Atari
> Teenage Riot? I've seen Atari Teenage Riot play in Amsterdam a couple of
> weeks ago, they plated at a festival which headlined The Prodigy, a lot of
> "gabbers" were there for The Prodigy and ATR was too loud for them, imagine
> that ... It's not just loud, really aggressive and all, I like it. Not
> something you can listen to all day though ...
>
> Compared to ATR or Alec Empire, Autechre is elevator music, really good
> elevator music though :)
>
> Later, Sasja
>
>
> // Sasja "CHrOmE" Barentsen
> chrome@xs4all.nl -o- http://www.xs4all.nl/~chrome/
>
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