zounds.
if people are upset with the results of the idm poll, it is, at least
in part, because the wonderful lads @ schematic got no recognition.
just got metic, push button objects, jeswa, and takeshi in the post
today. i've listened to PBO and jeswa 3 or 4 times. i haven't made
it to metic and takeshi yet, but i will later. reviews forthcoming.
Push Button Objects.
Right of it reminds me of "Go Sheep" off Gescom's "Sounds..." 12.
Someone said PBO is like autechre making hip hop tracks, and that's
a nice analogy. there isn't as much fuzz or distortion as one would
expect from booth and brown these days, but you can see their influance
creep through. The songs are nice and danceable, but at times I found
myself thinking everything could just move along already. That's my
only critisizm; however, it's a minor one, and on the whole these
tracks have some genuine laid back, fresh groove.
Jeswa
The whole AE/Skam/MAS "thing" is heard here again, but this record
doesn't sound tired: something new is happening. And something new
is *happening*. Loads more white noise and zany tones then on PBO,
and just as funky. Blootshod especially is an especially delightful
song: it really moves along, a nice sort of bassline carries the
tune, and the line between percussion and melody is a bit unfocused --
an unexpected plus. This is simply a really good record, I've been
playing it over and over; it's what's stopped me from hering Metic
and Takeshi as of yet. Give this to you for the holidays, find room
under the tree and all that.
ta,
andy
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