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quoted 6 lines I am looking to hear music that contains synths similar to those found in

>I am looking to hear music that contains synths similar to those found in >certain AFX songs: every day, the start of the flowers mix, and about >1.44 into the beck mix. > >I like them very much: beautiful, simple, emotional. they tear at me. >there has to be someone who does lots of stuff like that.

I've thought this too; those synths really do sound good. Every Day has found a permanent place in my heart. Have you heard the Elecktroids album? They like to use synths like these, especially in Mystery World which I think is supposed to sound like Scooby Doo accoding to Select magazine. Drexciya's Journey Home is another track to listen to if you haven't already. It sounds wonderfully nostalgic. I also think Mike Paradinas' melodic stuff strikes the same chord as the synths on these tracks do. I hope all that made sense; my English leaves a lot to be desired sometimes. There was a request about a week ago for a review of the Swim Immersion remixes and I was fortunate enough to pick up a copy for 2 pounds so here goes: |swim~12 Immersion Remixes Vol. 3 |1995.5 / Swim Vwm 4.3 |Jon Ryman. Pablo Castrati. Paul Schutze. Cylob. (No Surrender double) Jon Ryman kicks off with what I would consider a boring track. The style makes me think of Salt Tank or Orbital or something not too experimental like that. I haven't heard anything on Swim before so I can't compare these to the originals, if there are any. This track's alright except I don't really go for those uplifting snare build-ups that sound like they're taken from some dodgy house tune. The synths are quite nice tho. (Immersion "Sub Mix") Next is Pablo Castrati on the remix. I don't know who either of these first two are, and this track is weird. It's a bit more daring than the opening track but still sounds fairly alien to me because it's not very electronic sounding, and some foreign bird starts rambling on at the end. (Sea Level) Definitely the side of my preference, kicked off by Paul Schutze. Tremendous bass on this track and at times it's a bit too much for the vinyl cos the tonearm starts resonating and the treble goes all warbly. Paul's given this track a dark and spatious feel, and I think it's lovely. (Envelope) Lastly Cylob which is more what I'm used to. I must admit I was expecting something much harder when I heard Cylobian Sunset, or at least something weirder even though it's an incredible album. This remix has restored my faith in Mr Jeffs' hunger for odd sounds, which is what it is for most of the track. Some of those noises sound like a ZX Spectrum's interpretation of a helicopter. After that noise workout the track chills out a bit with distorted voices and the trademark Chris Jeffs melody. Fucking excellent! Does anyone know of any of his other work that's weird like this apart from Industrial Folk songs and the Kinesthesia EPs? Ta Ta for now -Edcase