Is that 0/Noto thing available on CD, or only double 10"? I quite liked
the noto track on the Decay compilation Ash International just released,
and the recent Mika Vainio CD was 1/4 _brilliant_ (3/4 mediocre, but hey,
1/4 is more than most)... his remix of Tactile (as 0) is the greatest
thing I have heard from that entire school of electronic music. The whole
Tactile rmx cd is wonderful, but that one is even better than the
coil, scorn, and solaris mixes.
To those who care: the new Wordsound compilation, Shake the Nation, is
unbelievably good. Where else will you find Prince Paul remixed by
Eraldo Bernocchi (formerly of a noise band in Italy, now moonlighting
with Mick Harris) and Equations of Eternity remixed by Scott Harding
(one of the geniuses behind all that is New Kingdom)? But every single
track on the 2 CDs is just great, so if you've been at all curious
about the twisted dubby sound of Wordsound, this is the release to get.
The new Extreme compilation, Untitled (Ten) is also wonderful... not quite
as wonderful as the Wordsound, but wonderful. Tracks by Otomo Yoshihide,
Muslimgauze, Merzbow, etc. with a 2nd disc of cutups of the entire Extreme
catalog.
The Luke Slater record sucks, terribly. The new Joey Beltram "Through the
Mix" 12" is quite nice, but I think I like it so much because it caught me
at a moment I wanted some really groovy acid house (which is a state I am
very rarely in). blah, blah, blah...
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