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If you're interested in hearing some intelligent dance music with a real heavy guitar sound, check out Mindwarp. They only have 2 eps out, Mindwarp One, and Mindwarp Too. They're on the Stress label. I'll admit, this puts more stress on the "dance" part of idm, but listen to Mindwarp Too on a bassy system and I think you'll agree that they make a pretty intelligent use of bass. I like the way they pan the toms between left-right-middle, etc.; it adds a lot of variety. They also tend to use fairly unconventional instruments (guitar, for example). Check them out if you have a chance. Luke

RE>Guitars -Reply LUKEY sez: <<If you're interested in hearing some intelligent dance music with a real heavy guitar sound, check out Mindwarp.>> D'oh! Mindwarp is not real guitar, it's lame sounding synth guitar. I have "Too" and I am pretty disappointed with it. It has a nice build up and climax in the early part of the song but then nothing really interesting happens afterwards. I once heard a record in a club that sounded like a Van Halen solo with a typical house beat & bass underneath it. Never did find out what it was, but I liked it and it rocked the floor. /jon

Jon Drukman <jon@opcode.com> said:

quoted 3 lines I once heard a record in a club that sounded like a Van Halen solo with a

>I once heard a record in a club that sounded like a Van Halen solo with a >typical house beat & bass underneath it. Never did find out what it was, but I >liked it and it rocked the floor.

It was sampled from the last few seconds of "Eruption" off of Van Halen's self-titled album. Then they take a couple of Eddie Van Halen's guitar chords and play a new melody with them. Don't know what the new song is called... but I have it on a couple of San Fran DJ mix tapes. Don donpierr@netcom.com

Reply to: RE>>Guitars -Reply Two Fat guitars samples Van Halen. Was that it? -------------------------------------- Date: 4/28/94 6:47 PM To: Jeff Taylor From: Jon Drukman RE>Guitars -Reply LUKEY sez: <<If you're interested in hearing some intelligent dance music with a real heavy guitar sound, check out Mindwarp.>> D'oh! Mindwarp is not real guitar, it's lame sounding synth guitar. I have "Too" and I am pretty disappointed with it. It has a nice build up and climax in the early part of the song but then nothing really interesting happens afterwards. I once heard a record in a club that sounded like a Van Halen solo with a typical house beat & bass underneath it. Never did find out what it was, but I liked it and it rocked the floor. /jon ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------

quoted 4 lines Jon Drukman <jon@opcode.com> said:

>Jon Drukman <jon@opcode.com> said: >>I once heard a record in a club that sounded like a Van Halen solo with a >>typical house beat & bass underneath it. Never did find out what it was, but >>I liked it and it rocked the floor.

I replied:

quoted 6 lines It was sampled from the last few seconds of "Eruption" off of Van Halen's

>It was sampled from the last few seconds of "Eruption" off of Van Halen's >self-titled album. Then they take a couple of Eddie Van Halen's guitar >chords and play a new melody with them. > >Don't know what the new song is called... but I have it on a couple of San >Fran DJ mix tapes.

quoted 6 lines Jon Drukman <jon@opcode.com> then said:

>Jon Drukman <jon@opcode.com> then said: >Sorry Don, I know what you're thinking of there. It's called "TWO FATT >GUITARS" by Direckt on UFG (up for grabs). The record I heard didn't just >sample a guitar sound and play a new melody with it, it was an actual >screaming >headbanging heavy metal solo that went on for a few minutes.

Isn't TWO FATT GUITARS on Twitch CD#8? It seems to me that the Twitch remix doesn't have Eddie's guitar in it. That guitar really makes the song sound kinda cheesy to me. Primarily because it doesn't utilize any of Eddie's playing ability--it's just a sample of a couple of notes, all fiddled with electronically. It only preserves the "sound", and none of the "soul". If I'm remembering this right, I really like the Twitch remix. I'd sure love to hear the version Jon is talking about, though. Anyone have any ideas? Don donpierr@netcom.com

RE>>Guitars -Reply sorry about the confusion there don, but it's very simple. there are two mixes of Two Fatt Guitars, pretty radically different. the funky one is on Twitch CD 8. the van halen-y one isn't. both mixes are on DJ Garth's mix CD "no rest for the wicked" though. /jon