Here's a reply to the message "RE: [idm] fsol- isdn.. an old
question." written on Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:32:06 -0700:
quoted 2 lines So, what's ISDN like? I'm familiar with Dead Cities, Lifeforms, and Papua
>So, what's ISDN like? I'm familiar with Dead Cities, Lifeforms, and Papua
>New Guinea if you want to use those as reference points (or not)...
ISDN's closest to Lifeforms, seeing as all that material was pretty
much written around the same time.
Other things worth looking out for are FSOL's 2 hour broadcast on R1,
which contains exclusive material not found on Lifeforms or ISDN. They
also did an interview on R3's "Mixing It" show(*). Well, the Mixing It
interviewer recorded it, send FSOL the DAT and they fucked around with
it, creating a 30 minute sound collage/interview hybrid.
You'll only find off-air copies of these though. Fortunately, I had
the good sense to record them. Which reminds me -- I must slap them
down onto MD before something happens to the tapes I recorded them on.
Other FSOL stuff to look out for includes an album they did under the
name Amorphous Androgynous called "Tales of Ephidrina". Stylistically,
it sits pretty much inbetween "Accelerator" and "Lifeforms". There's
also another album on Jumpin' & Pumpin' called "Earthbeat". It's made
to look like a compilation album, but it's basically shit loads of
FSOL tracks under various pseudonyms. All the tracks predate
"Accelerator", but there's some excellent stuff there, in a late
80s/early 90s progressive house kind of way.
Myself and a couple of mates produced a similar album, also on Jumpin'
& Pumpin', entitled "Trance Trippin'" -- again, it was designed to
look like a compilation album, but was just about three or four of us
pissing around.
I've also got a 12-inch by Metropolis (a FSOL pseudonym) which is very
"Accelerator"-ish.
(*) Mixing It is a weekly series on BBC's R3. I usually forget it's on
half the time, which is a bit suicidal, since they've featured some
great stuff in the past. R3 is essentially a classical station, but
the Mixing It show introduces listeners to a whole rich tapestry of
sounds from around the world. There's been lots of electronica
featured in previous years -- Autechre, BOC, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher,
Pole and Arovane have all been featured heavily in the past.
Last year, they did a Warp special. I've got that on MD -- basically a
35 minute interview with Rob & Steve describing the history of the
label. I must get around to RA/MP3ing it sometime for everyone.
Another Mixing It special I've got on MD is a Graham Massey & Graham
Clarke 30 minute set, with a 10 minute snatch of Lamb's support. Pity
they had to cut away from Lamb's set to finish the show (it was
broadcast live from the venue).
Check out the Mixing It web site at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/mixing/index.shtml
Check out the fact sheets there for details on the sort of artists
they feature on their programmes. For UK electronica fans, it's
seriously worth keeping an eye (or ear) on.
Damn, just checked out some shows I've been missing. May 6th -- Kid
Spatula, Biosphere and Gonzales! April 8th - Max Tundra and Amon
Tobin! March 25th -- Mira Calix and Depeche Mode! March 11th -- Speedy
J, Third Eye Foundation! March 4th -- Kid Koala, Yo La Tengo and
Recoil! <sigh> I really must get a decent FM tuner hooked up to my MD
player and record all these bastards.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.headspin.clara.net/
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