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<Can anyone review any of the following? Rauschen 15 comp.> Here's the review I did for Amazon - I'd supplement by saying that unless you're heavily into the stuff, compilations are the way to go with the Force, Inc. catalog - the Met@Music compilation that just came out is also really good, whereas some of the individual releases (Donnacha Costello, Jirku) went on a little long for me. This is the latest installment in Force Inc.'s long-running Raushen compilation series which is dedicated to exploring not only the records in their own catalog, but the music's place in the spectrum of contemporary experimental techno and house. Volume 15 is helmed by DJ Jasper, co-runner of California's Cytrax label with Kit Clayton, and he juxtaposes producers identified with the current West Coast laptop minimal techno and tech-house scene (Sutekh, Twerk, Safety Scissors and Clayton himself) with a whole host of Germans plying a comparable trade (including A Nov both on his own and as half of Crane A.K., M.R.I., Atlon Inc., and the grand old men of the business, Porter Ricks) plus a few people not so firmly identified with either scene (Stewart Walker, *G* aka ex-LFO man Gez Varley, Iceland's Exos). The result is 74 minutes of coolly kinetic machine-generated bliss - Jasper blends the records seamlessly and with an ear for continuous evolution and ebb and flow. The mix contains no sharp cuts or juxtapositions but neither does it sound dull or overly consistent - in view of the fact that this music can sound awfully similar to the ears of those not deeply involved with it, Jasper's pacing is excellent. Hardcore fans of the genre will surely be interested, as this a first-rate release - listeners who are curious and looking for a place to dip in a toe may also be pleased. Bob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Komp "Vena" (Komplott; info@komplott.com) Rating - 4 - Original and boundary-free beat collages - Even the electronic music underground, for all it's posturing, is subject to cliques and fads. For the past few years, Autechre-style harsh beats and glitch minimalism have been the blueprints many artists have felt the need to live up to for a little press. Andreas Tillander, who records his genre-bounding beatscapes as Komp, has bucked the trends with his debut album, "Vena." With scissors, paste, and an effects unit in hand, Tillander hacks and reforms the styles we all love, such as dub and hip-hop, into refractive sound that owes less to Nobukazu Takemura than to Tillander's own unique vision. A droning organ and head-nodding beat lay down a funky foundation for rhymes that have been chewed up like a dog's toy on "Whest Side", the bastard child of hip-hop and ambient. "Mastermind" also runs rampant with the vocal abuse, this time layering soft metallic beats on top of a Bjork imitator, letting her spend very little time from out behind a shifting keyboard melody that threatens to bury her. Tillander exploits his startlingly creative muse well, and "Vena" is the album most electronic artists could only wish to produce. reviewed by Jason Olariu, Alternative Press -----Original Message----- From: Soel Griffin [mailto:xnoybis@priest.com] Sent: den 11 december 2000 17:54 To: idm@hyperreal.org Subject: [idm] Reviews, please? Can anyone review any of the following? Rauschen 15 comp. American Breakbeat comp. While - Even Mokira - Cliphop Bip_hop Generation comp. Komp - Vena Radboud Mens - Sine Thanx and ya-ya's Soel. ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org