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Reviews: **** Drexciya - The Journey Home [WARP] (Promo) **** Jedi Knight - May The Funk Be With You [CLEAR] **** Aphex Twin - Classics [R&S] It's been a while since I've reviewed any records properly and as I picked up a few crackers yesterday, here we go... NB. Kosmik Kommando - Freaquenseize was due to be reviewed here as well, but I haven't had time to listen to it fully yet. If you like acid tho, buy it. Period. In no particular order... WAP57 :::: Drexciya :::: The Journey Home :::: 6/2/95 :::: 12" :::: A1 Black Sea A2 Darthouven Fish Men B1 Hydro Theory B2 Journey Home Finally got hold of this one as a promo. And worth most of the fuss. While Drexciya don't quite live up to the reputation they think they should have, they come very close. I have the UR/Rephlex Drexciya's and this compares very favorably. They've smoothed off their hard edged sound a bit, but all the Drexciya electro bubbly noises are there all right. It kicks off with _Black Sea_, which has a crunching slightly distorted bassline and a hardish wriggly analogue sounding 'melody', it builds a synthy chord sequence and then hi-hats. Better every time I hear it. Very 'Detroity' sound. 'Darthouven Fish Men' is another bass monster, pounding away (not unlike FUSE _Technotropic_, I'm sure they would be horrified to learn). This is slightly more percussion driven, and *that* Drexciya wailing sound is there. Quite a short track tho. The B side starts with what is basically a remix of Drexciya 3's _Hydrocubes_. The bassline and percussion are completely different, with a low sub- bass line pulsing in and out. That fantastic 'ringing' type sample is still there. _Journey Home_ has a real electro feel (almost disco), pulsing synths and then a deeper funky line. In all a worthy addition to the Drexciya collection. CLR 406 :::: Jedi Knight :::: May The Funk Be With You :::: 30/1/95 :::: 12" :::: A1 Intergalactic Funk Transmission A2 Jismentalsupersexifunkatasmicthrobalingusaural Delight A3 Mumpbrainflam B1 Ruak-Et+Kok-Bah B2 May The Funk Be With You B3 Blaff Reader [+ [infinity symbol] run off groove] Wow. This is the long awaited first release on the CLEAR label. Read iD magazine for their 'New Things' blurb but basically Clair from Rephlex is involved in this label. Jedi Knight is, judging by the "produced by Link/E621" credit, Global Communication. This is quite a special record. First the trivial bits. Yes, of *course* it's on clear vinyl, the white front cover has an embossed Jedi Knight logo, the back has a pic of a deck in a lab (Brunel's Ben?? :) Motto reads "Future funk and tough electro business, courtesy of Clear". The vinyl etching which is bloody difficult to read promotes (amongst other things) future artists: Jake Slazenger (mu-ziq), Dr. Rockit (??), Gescom (Fitton, Autechre), Drexciya, Mono-Junk (Yes!!!), Mr. Hawtin, The Horn Android (??) and a few others. Let's hope they all get released inside this millenium. On to the important stuff. CLEAR certainly manages tough future funk and electro; this is very, very funky. Basically there are 2 main tracks A2 and B2. A1 is a (vodercoded?) voice intro, with a few helium voices thrown in, this rolls into the main track. Pure electroey funky techno , with a big bass boom! Wriggle round the room to this one! Difficult to describe really, big kicks, electro "Report to" voices. Different to any GC/Reload stuff I've heard before. A3 is just a kind of epilogue, finishing of the side. As all this side is continuous it's quite tricky to work out what's what.. The flip side starts with what sounds like a Jabba the Hutt sample - heavily doctored - from Return Of The Jedi. Then a "May the funk be with you" sample, this leads to early computer game like bleeps and percussion, then teasingly the 'funk' line is introduced, then swooping synth lines and kicks, this breaks to backwards snare(?), and then everything back in, bamm, for the finale. The side finishes with more electro voices and laughing and runs into the run off groove, hence the _infinity_ track. (Infinite, albeit, repetitive value for money ;) A good start. And _May the funk be with you_ just might have the stuff to be a club hit... RS 95035 X :::: The Aphex Twin :::: Classics :::: 30/1/95 :::: 2xLP (limited coloured vinyl) 2xLP? CD? :::: A1 Digeridoo A2 Flap Head A3 Phloam B1 Isopropanol B2 Polynomial-C B3 Tamphex (Hedphuq Mix) C1 Phlange Phace C2 Dodeccaheedron C3 Analogue Bubblebath 1 D1 Metapharstic D2 We have arrived (Aphex Twin QQT Mix) D3 We have arrived (Aphex Twin TTQ Mix) D4 Digeridoo (Live in Cornwall, 1990) Wasn't too bothered about this one because a) I have all but 1 of the tracks and b) I hate giving in to cynical marketing; oh and c) I'm gonna have to buy some of them for the 3rd time when I finally get a CD player... Anyway, it has typically slick looking R&S artwork (good when they get round to it) and the vinyl is a nice light blue ;) And urm.. what more can one say really? Title says it all. I'm afraid to admit that I hadn't heard Metapharstic before (was this on some compilation?), but it's not too stunning. Nice to see the _We have arrived_ remixes included, as these are RDJ at his best. Anyone who had heard the original will love these. TTQ is a funked up version (that bass line is sooo sexy) and QQT is the 'We all gonna die, apocalypse now version'. Bangin music, as the Orbit crowd would have it. The Digeridoo live thing is, well, err...Digeridoo really, with the odd blip for true 'live' effect and a few minor tweaks. If you don't have the original 12"'s (and WHY NOT?) go and buy this now and think yourself lucky that R&S are greedy bastards. [*] If you do have the 12"s (the covers of which all feature on the inner labels btw. (Q. What's the 'crescent' logo/cover from? Metapharstic?)) you must be as sad as me and will probably go and buy this whatever I say. You also have the US TVT version of AB1 and the R&S UK version. I do. Whyowhyowhy??? You might also by now be wishing you had 4 Technics and a big mixer, so you could justify having 4 identical versions of Isoprophlex by playing them all at the same time and phasing them. NB. If you were very, very, sad (and/or lucky) you might have the original Rabbit City Analogue Bubble Bath as well. I don't. Yet. [*] - Allegedly ;) Enough. greg 3 0 3

g303 wrote:

quoted 1 line labels btw. (Q. What's the 'crescent' logo/cover from? Metapharstic?))

> labels btw. (Q. What's the 'crescent' logo/cover from? Metapharstic?))

this is the original Mighty Force 12" of ABB1. It's only on the label of the record, it had a plain sleeve with hole Another Q: Is the red plain label the Mescalinum Utd 12"? Or the original Digeridoo? Oh, and Metapharstic was I beleive on the Mayday Compilation, which I never saw anywhere. J ^ James Skilton aka Steady J - jamess@firefox.co.uk ^---+ What's in the basket? My Brother!

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, James Skilton wrote:

quoted 5 lines g303 wrote:

> g303 wrote: > > labels btw. (Q. What's the 'crescent' logo/cover from? Metapharstic?)) > > this is the original Mighty Force 12" of ABB1. It's only on the label of the > record, it had a plain sleeve with hole

I see.

quoted 3 lines Another Q: Is the red plain label the Mescalinum Utd 12"? Or the original

> > Another Q: Is the red plain label the Mescalinum Utd 12"? Or the original > Digeridoo?

Yes, the original R&S Mesculinum UTD RDJ remixes. Three tracks, 2 of which are on _classics_, the third longer on isn't as good. When R&S reprinted this the label was a much darker purply colour. No cover art at all or track listings at all on either versions. The original _We have arrived_ was on white vinyl with a black/white label. On the PCP label.

quoted 2 lines Oh, and Metapharstic was I beleive on the Mayday Compilation, which I never saw

> Oh, and Metapharstic was I beleive on the Mayday Compilation, which I never saw > anywhere.

Uh huh. I don't do compilations, generally. greg 3 0 3

quoted 8 lines Yes, the original R&S Mesculinum UTD RDJ remixes. Three tracks, 2

> Yes, the original R&S Mesculinum UTD RDJ remixes. Three tracks, 2 > of which > are on _classics_, the third longer on isn't as good. When R&S > reprinted > this the label was a much darker purply colour. No cover art at all > or track listings at all on either versions. > The original _We have arrived_ was on white vinyl with a > black/white label. On the PCP label.

Is this all the same version as what appeared on the R&S PCP EP with trakcs from The Mover's "Frontal Sickness" EP ? I actually like it a lot. J ^

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, James Skilton wrote:

quoted 6 lines The original _We have arrived_ was on white vinyl with a

> > The original _We have arrived_ was on white vinyl with a > > black/white label. On the PCP label. > > Is this all the same version as what appeared on the R&S PCP EP with > trakcs from The Mover's "Frontal Sickness" EP ? I actually like it a > lot.

An interesting side note; the TTQ version of _We Have Arrived_ was one of RDJ's Peel Session tracks. The rest were; AFX6 (where's this one from?) Blue Calx A track from _...Sine Waves_, the one before _Quino-Phec_; slightly remixed too (sorry, I forget the name) Lumineph(sp?) (don't know where this one is from; one of my fave RDJ tracks, tho'...) || [CiM] || u9323899@sys.uea.ac.uk || http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9323899/

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, g303 wrote:

quoted 22 lines On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, James Skilton wrote:

> > On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, James Skilton wrote: > > > g303 wrote: > > > labels btw. (Q. What's the 'crescent' logo/cover from? Metapharstic?)) > > > > this is the original Mighty Force 12" of ABB1. It's only on the label of the > > record, it had a plain sleeve with hole > > I see. > > > > > Another Q: Is the red plain label the Mescalinum Utd 12"? Or the original > > Digeridoo? > > Yes, the original R&S Mesculinum UTD RDJ remixes. Three tracks, 2 of which > are on _classics_, the third longer on isn't as good. When R&S reprinted > this the label was a much darker purply colour. No cover art at all or > track listings at all on either versions. > > The original _We have arrived_ was on white vinyl with a black/white > label. On the PCP label.

Speaking of Pcp, does anybody wanna sell or trade me a copy of Last Judgement Pt. 1 on Cold Rush Records, I would give my first born for that record.> >

quoted 4 lines Oh, and Metapharstic was I beleive on the Mayday Compilation, which I never saw

> > Oh, and Metapharstic was I beleive on the Mayday Compilation, which I never saw > > anywhere. > > Uh huh. I don't do compilations, generally.

Shit, Radikkal Records had re-released the Mayday Vol One, about a year and a half ago, but then I never saw it more than once, the original one is on Low Spirit, which I think has some pretty kicking shit on it. Just in case anybody gives a rats ass I will list the tracks. Beltram-Machine Aphex Twin-Metapharstic Night Phantom-The Curse Marusha-Rave Channel Futurhythym-Phuture Mate-Unity Hypnotist-Pypees Magic Journey CJ Bolland-Space Invader Signs of Chaos-You Can't Stop It Equitex-Stylus Flight Humaniods From The Deep-Tube Tech Westbam-Mayday Anthem TZ6-TZ6 9-10 Boy-Video Bash Sven Vath-Cologne 92 Format-Soundclash> moses@teleport.com Inportland Techno Acid Ambient Mail Order DJ Rumpleforeskin Import Domestic Records-C.D.'s 0--\___/--\___/---0 phone/fax 503-620-3340 SUBMERGE TO THE DEEPEST DEPTHS IN ORDER THAT THE HIGHEST BE ELEVATED TO LIGHT *Alfred Rosenberg

!!! Mail forwarded by idm-owner, fluid@hyperreal.com !!! !!! Original message and sender below !!! Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:16:00 +0000 (GMT) From: Mark Dobie <mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Reviews - Classics To: idm@hyperreal.com I've just been searching through the IDM archives (its *so* easy) to answer my question about Classics...everyone talks about the tracks and where they come from, but nobody describes what they sound like? I love Selected Ambient Works 85-92 but I wasn't too keen on the Analogue Bubblebath EP (but liked Analogue Bubblebath the track). Is Classics for me? Mark Mark Dobie M.R.Dobie@ecs.soton.ac.uk University of Southampton http://diana.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mrd/cv.html MS Windows? Linux and X!

quoted 20 lines !!! Mail forwarded by idm-owner, fluid@hyperreal.com !!!

> > !!! Mail forwarded by idm-owner, fluid@hyperreal.com !!! > !!! Original message and sender below !!! > > > Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 11:16:00 +0000 (GMT) > From: Mark Dobie <mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: Reviews - Classics > To: idm@hyperreal.com > > > I've just been searching through the IDM archives (its *so* easy) to > answer my question about Classics...everyone talks about the tracks > and where they come from, but nobody describes what they sound like? > > I love Selected Ambient Works 85-92 but I wasn't too keen on the Analogue > Bubblebath EP (but liked Analogue Bubblebath the track). > > Is Classics for me? >

no. The only other track you would probably like is Dodecaheedron from the Xylem tube EP. The rest of it is pretty much all distorted in-yer-face material, though Digeridoo is considerably more subtle than most of the rest, and is a classic right across the board of house/rave/techno lovers. J ^ James Skilton aka Steady J - jamess@firefox.co.uk ^---+ What's in the basket? My Brother!

On Mon, 6 Feb 1995 John.Bus@syd.dcet.csiro.au wrote:

quoted 8 lines [I wrote:]

> [I wrote:] > > An interesting side note; the TTQ version of _We Have Arrived_ was one of > > RDJ's Peel Session tracks. The rest were; > > > AFX6 (where's this one from?) > > There is a track on the CD version of Analogue Bubblebath 3 supposedly > called AFX6/b, if that's any help...

Nah, I have AB3 on CD and it ain't on there. Thanks anyway tho'. Sooooo; anyone else know? || [CiM] || u9323899@sys.uea.ac.uk || http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9323899/