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Johan LOONES
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:26:12 +0100
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Re: (idm) Re: Vote Robot
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i've heard rumours that the French Paddleboat cd has been released as a ltd Lathe Cut vinyl lp too... Edition somewhere between 50 and 200 I guess. Great cd... -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: AeOtaku@aol.com <AeOtaku@aol.com> Aan: idm@hyperreal.org <idm@hyperreal.org> Datum: vrijdag 31 december 1999 6:22 Onderwerp: (idm) Re: Vote Robot
quoted 30 lines Have to add my recommendation:>Have to add my recommendation: >Yesterday, in a weird find that doesn't seem to happen >often at Amherst's Newbury Comics (what the fuck factor >set to 9000) I picked up the French Paddleboat CD on >Canadian Scratch, and I have to say it was excellent. >Marching band drums with soft, non-confrontational "poploops" >(as they will certainly be referred to from now on) that >puts you in that happy, nostalgic, optimistic mood. >If the hallmarks of the Vote Robot sound (short bursts >of sonic experimentation) are a bit much, take it slow with >this record (which, IMHO sounds _nothing_ like the Vote Robot LP's). >Definitely strong. > >At the opposite end of the spectrum was the other CD I got >yesterday, Mika Vainio's "YDIN" on Wavetrap. I really liked this, >and I think it's because all of the "songs" sound entirely different >from the ones that proceed them. He's still operating in that >"broken appliances" framework he built with the Sahko stuff, but >you can actually hear this music (unlike, say, the "medical" >Sahko releases) and some of the tracks are really new and different. >Suitably weird packaging and Finnish song titles as well: home run. >I'm just waiting for him to package a release in faux-black metal style. > >Matt > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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