Quk3 : Some quick reviews and some old FSOL stuff I picked up recently...
Morph : Morph (New Electronica)
This is a three track taster from the _Stormwatch_ LP on NE. It penetrates
your cranium quite pleasurably with the aid of some well lubricated acid
groovz but is nothing to orgasm over. Pleasant enough however, and
gorgeously produced. Respect _is_ due Mr. Wild.
Planet Of Drums : Planet Of Drums (Planet Of Drums)
A hard, tribal re-issue from the guys who bought us the Yantra 12" on
Synewave UK (_The Birth Of The Stars_; what a track). The A side bangs
along nicely but its the flip-side Fred remix that wins the day with some
bizarre analogue FX being gunned down mercilessly by a drugged-up acid
riff.
Yage : Fuzzy Logic EP (Jumpin' and Pumpin)
The old FSOL material on _Accelerator_ has some of my fave Dougans/Cobain
tracks on it, so I was dead pleased to find this in the second-hand box.
The style is very similar to that of _Accelerator_ but two of the tracks
are plagued by early '92 rave-isms; mainly cheesy piano riffs. This aside,
the EP still stands up well today, helped mainly by the dark, minimal
epnoymous track which sounds vaguely Aphexy. Which is all good and well
as we all need some of that Aphexual healing :-)
Semi-Real : People Livin' Today (?) (Jumpin' and Pumpin : Promo)
More old FSOL stuff. This time around, it's upbeat progresive house with
four mixes to tempt your feet. Some nice guitar breakdowns (no; really)
coupled with some distant, spacial chords lend the tracks an accomplished
Grid-like feel. My advice? Vote with your feet.
Future Sound Of London : Papua New Guinea (Jumpin' and Pumpin : Reissue)
Yeah, yeah; we've all heard it before. I just _had_ to buy the reissue tho'
and I wasn't let down. The FSOL mixes are pretty much a variation on the
same theme; none of them match the original 12" mix though (included on
here too). The Graham Massey mix is as quirky as ever and the Weatherall
mix suffers from nasty dark, lo-fi sound. The end result is that you might
as well ditch all the remixes and listen to the original over and over and
over and over (ad infinitum). _Still_ amazing.
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