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On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Mohsen Gamshad wrote:

quoted 2 lines Has anyone heard this one from Luke Slayter? Is is worth

> Has anyone heard this one from Luke Slayter? Is is worth > having?

Hard, vaguely Basic Channel-esq sound to it. A slightly new direction for Slater although you can still hear some of the Planetary Assault Systems material in it. It's more like a 2x12" pack than an album however. If you like Slater, here's some more... || [CiM] || u9323899@sys.uea.ac.uk || http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9323899/

quoted 4 lines Has anyone heard this one from Luke Slayter? Is is worth

>Has anyone heard this one from Luke Slayter? Is is worth >having? > >Mohsen

I presume you are talking about: MORGANISTIC "fluids amniotic" 2x12"'s [8 tracks total] (but I didn't know it was Luke Slayter...?) I wanted to wait until I could write a "real" review, (if ever that will happen) but I was thinking this is the best chunk of wax I have laid ears on in a long time. This reminds me of Robert Hood's "minimal nation" (specifically that track with that haunting sample: "the rhythm of vision.") mated with Basic Channel's earlier work, dark and fast, weird line noise (but doesn't get in the way) but not too heavy on the acid, either.... this is simply amazing work, I've listened to it everyday since I got it. Original, too. I was surprised no-one else had mentioned it. Long fast builds and subtle effects to short loops.... washy but not *too* washy or subliminal, totally a useful DJ tool, also. I believe there is one track that is slow(er) but all these are basically techno-set ready. Hmmm, I'll have to get the record jacket to list the track names and the record label (it slips memory today) so if you want, when I get home I can post the rest of the info. Morganistic is, IMHO, an essential record, the best thing I have bought in '95 to be sure. If you like the darker, faster stuff with a colder feel, check it out, it's pretty damn impressive. _______________________________________________________________________ Matt MacQueen GROWTH. Interface and Hypermedia Designer/Programmer Communication Technology Laboratory, Michigan State Univeristy _______________________________________________________________________

Well I coughed $22 and got Morganistic on CD, tracks are: 1. Bellows 2. Soup 3. It Makes It 4. Crimes & Misdemeanours 5. Leaf 6. Marbles 7. Let It Go 8. Wonder Overall I kind of like this record. Very rythem intensive, Detroity and dark. Sort of stuff you'd like to hear when you stumble in to a club late at night and the deep house sort of sound is vibrating the place. As some one else mentioned, it's really not close to the Basic Channel sound, although it has some Detroit elements. It's great to listen while walking around town or riding the train, has a sort of drive to it :) I liked it much better than Slayter's Yellow Rug. Mohsen ON: Mixing It (Chill CD004)