IDM Mailing Archive

I got the Lamb: Cotton Wool ep aboout a month ago and, after countless listens, absolutely love it. The wildly irratic beats on the first mix are wonderful. Fila Brizilla and A Guy Called Gerald also add their midas touch to this ep. I've heard that Autechre are mow remixing a track for Lamb as well. Does anybody know when this will be released? Does anybody know when or if a Lamb full length is coming? I can't wait for more Lamb (chops?)! -->-Lance--- mclance@en.com

could someone describe what this album out by Lamb is like, and how it fits in with the other stuff that's out there? i don't even know if it fits in with idm music, i'm just assuming it does judging by the cover. :P -kc

On Tue, 29 Oct 1996 kctopitz@students.wisc.edu wrote:

quoted 3 lines could someone describe what this album out by Lamb is like, and how it fits

> could someone describe what this album out by Lamb is like, and how it fits > in with the other stuff that's out there? i don't even know if it fits in > with idm music, i'm just assuming it does judging by the cover. :P

A palette of jungle-tinged melancholy trip hop with lush vocals that fortunately avoid a cliched wailing diva sound. onnow: Spacetime Continuum "Emit Ecaps" (Reflective) Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong." For reviews, interviews, art & trash *UPDATED* http://www.io.org/~amichel/ amichel@io.org

pardon the unusual format, I'm living in digest: -=-=- From: "sasha e." <sage@3Sheep.COM> Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 06:32:15 -0500 (EST) Subject: (idm) lamb. What's the word on the Lamb disc of the same title? What's it like? -=-=- dunno about the full length but the new single (the one w/god in the title) is freaking excellent. vibert's contribution is "how it should sound" (meaning, the vocals are in tact but slightly effected and supplemented and the breaks are plug-chewnin'). the andrea parker reworking is okidoki and the pulsinger is a singe-in quazi-break freakout. thanks to hannes du pannes veneman for the tip on this pork chop, teep up in your area aran@hnt.com PS BOSTON tonight it all begins -> details (follow your nose) http://beyond.hnt.com/rt/tspot.htm

quoted 3 lines Elsewhere, everything's different --

>Elsewhere, everything's different -- >if you heard 'Transfattyacid' on the radio, you'd think it was >Portishead's new single.

Well, *I* wouldn't. :) Prompted by statements such as this, I had a listen to 'Dummy' right after a listen to 'Lamb' not too long ago. Even though Portishead immediately rose to the top of my list when they first appeared, I was unprepared for the complete excellence of their record, even 2 years later. I found that I had mistakenly lumped Portishead in with the flood of acts that make use of downtemp/samples. Fact is, 'Dummy' has a sound that no one has stolen from it. I half-remember a statement like, 'Beth's vocals make Morrisey sound like a Hallmark greeting card' or something to that effect, and I kept thinking that as the 'Lamb' vocalist (not on a first-name basis with her yet :) ) kept using some few blue-note riffs on track after track. Don't get me wrong, I'm really enjoying 'Lamb' a WHOLE lot. I mean, there are tracks on there that really melt my butter, eg all the ones with the insane plucked/bowed string work, but.. There's a reason Geoff and Beth were referred to as 'the almighty Portishead' on this very list when 'Dummy' appeared. cheers, Brad

At 14:00 1999-07-21 -0500, lazlo wrote:

quoted 2 lines Will someone provide some information/url's. When I go searching I get

>Will someone provide some information/url's. When I go searching I get >lots of recipies, but no discographies...

i dunno how updated it is but here's one discography: http://www.infectious.com/lamb/ ... and other stuff too of any help? franz http://gargamel.com/frankie -- WHEN DOGMA ENTERS THE BRAIN, ALL INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY CEASES. - Robert Anton Wilson

interviews: from some months ago http://wwwedu.cs.utwente.nl/~wielen/forcefield/lamb2.html from some years ago http://wwwedu.cs.utwente.nl/~wielen/forcefield/lamb.html discography/reviews check rest of the site. (see links at bottom last interview) official site: http://www.cottonwool.com coming up new single: Softly - out august 9 UK -softly: remixes by edit, red snapper & bola -alien: mix by photek -ha ha ha live At 21-7-99 -0500 14:00 , you wrote:

quoted 7 lines Will someone provide some information/url's. When I go searching I get

>Will someone provide some information/url's. When I go searching I get >lots of recipies, but no discographies... > ><smacks chops> > >laz >

____________________________________ forcefield | mindless entertainment http://www.sonik.demon.nl/forcefield

quoted 10 lines Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:16:02 +0200

>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:16:02 +0200 >From: "Franz Enmark" <frankie@gargamel.com> >Subject: Re: (idm) Lamb > >At 14:00 1999-07-21 -0500, lazlo wrote: >>Will someone provide some information/url's. When I go searching I get >>lots of recipies, but no discographies... >i dunno how updated it is but here's one discography: >http://www.infectious.com/lamb/ >... and other stuff too

there's now one at the official lamb site too.... http://cottonwool.com/ there's other stuff there too. .... cheers, d. ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [22.7.99]: < flanger | jimmy smith | ponga | lamb | atari teenage riot | sachiko, muller, yoshilde | four tet > http://motion.state51.co.uk/ +---

did bola remix a lamb track? if so, what what the name of the remix track and on what single / lp is it on? thanks jason

At 04:48 PM 8/8/99 -0500, Jason McCollum wrote:

quoted 2 lines did bola remix a lamb track? if so, what what the name of the remix

>did bola remix a lamb track? if so, what what the name of the remix >track and on what single / lp is it on?

He has a remix on the single for "Softly", which is from Lamb's new album, "Fear Of Fours". The album rules, incidentally. If you want a bunch of information on Lamb, check out the official site.. http://www.cottonwool.com It's got a complete discography, interviews, etc etc.. and it's got a RealAudio clip of the Bola remix, come to think of it. -danny

Here's a reply to the message "Re: (idm) lamb" you wrote on Sun, 08 Aug 1999 21:01:02 -0400:

quoted 2 lines He has a remix on the single for "Softly", which is from Lamb's new album,

>He has a remix on the single for "Softly", which is from Lamb's new album, >"Fear Of Fours". The album rules, incidentally.

Does your copy of the album have the track markers all fucked up? Mine are. Obviously, the track 4 thing is deliberate, but I've found that almost most (if not all of) the tracks begin about 3 seconds after the track marker and finish about 2 seconds into the next one. Oh, and in case no-one's noticed, there's an Autechre 'ep7' style hidden track if you rewind about 6 minutes from track 1. -- Mark Stevens http://www.headspin.clara.net/

Does anyone know where I can get any Lamb mp3s? Tenfly Jason McCollum wrote:

quoted 7 lines did bola remix a lamb track? if so, what what the name of the remix

> > did bola remix a lamb track? if so, what what the name of the remix > track and on what single / lp is it on? > > thanks > > jason

is there a hidden track on fear of 4's? Ciaran Weldon