Phonem: Hydro Electric
This cd instantly became one of my favorite cds of
all time, easily in the
top ten. Its not really anything you haven't tasted
before, but the whole
cd is a treat, from beginning to end, so even if you
have heard similiar
stuff this cd is worth it. I think the title does a
good job of
describing the sound. Its as if a bunch of machines
are chilling at the
beach. Every track contains two disparate sounds.
One is the almost cold
machine sound that is ubequitious nowadays and forms
the basis or
background on which each song is painted, and the
other half is the
super warm melodies. Most songs take a while for
the melodies to kick in
and they each have more than one sweet melody, so
even when you think it
can't be nicer it gets nicer, take for instance the
first track which
introduces a final sweet melody only some 9 minutes
into the track.
Its easy to listen to the whole thing from beginning
to end without
itching to ever skip a track. Perhaps one of the
reasons I'll always be
fond of this cd is because it produces the same
feeling I got while zoning
out on a shitload of Methadone, I felt like I was at
the beach.
and the more you'll listen to it the more you'll get addicted. It grows
on you.
BTW Phonem will play Marseille on May 11, Nantes on May 12th... And next
BiP_HOp party will welcome Wang Inc. from Italy + M_T_C... On April 6.
Spread the word if you have some friends living in the South of France.
Have a nice day______philippe
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BiP-HOp Generation v.1 [bleep 01]
v. 1 offers 74 mns of music and comes in a 6 page Digipack including a
booklet w/ infos on each musician :
MARUMARI / SCHNEIDER TM / PHONEM / GOEM / ULTRA MILKMAIDS / MASSIMO
BiP-HOp Generation v. 2 [bleep 02] out in March
20 exclusive tracks, 70+ mns of music and comes in a 6 page Digipack
including a booklet w/ infos on each musician
AROVANE / BERNARD FLEISCHMANN / WARMDESK / KÖHN / WANG INC. / LAURENT
PERNICE
TENNIS : europe on horseback [bleep 03]
TENNIS is Benge and Si-{cut}.db. An on-going London based collaboration
exploring digital and electro-acoustic sounds and rhythms combined with
21st century audio software.
"Europe on Horseback", and shows a progression of the "Tennis sound"
into a harder more digital/glitchy but accesible rhythmic realm, with
dub and german influences to the fore.
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