greetings from the demon workshop
wow wot a crazy year this has been for music ...
so many records making my head go round
i don't know where to start
firstly i saw KEN ISHI play again at the R&S party
and he is indeed god. The assembled trendies were
just gobsmacked so i leaned over and told him to turn it UPPP!!
and then the place went wild.
yes my kittlings it was a wondrous sight to behold
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next - i sat down and listened to a whole pile of tunes
over the hols, and several of them blew me away ...
the GESCOM ep - this is modern electronica at its best
oh boy this is what techno is all about etc
one track is fucking hard and the rest are way out there ...
exciting innovative esoteric and on the nail
all four trax are masterpieces of idm-techno
respect to autechre and darrel fitton for it is they ...
autechre also contribute to clear records, a new electro label
that mean business!! the jedi knights single is great
crossing '82 rhythms with '94 production to devastating effect
jungle just gets more and more sophisticated and brilliant ..
new tricknological stylings and fierce rhythms
Ambient Jungle is already here
as producers scratch and snatch from ambient and idm tunes
and a whole new sense of style is emerging
predict an idm-jungle fusion that may as well be called art-core ...
i rilly dig all of DJ crystal's tunes too
,
and wot about SPANNERS this is one amazin LP,
their best yet, black dog rule the world ...
absolutely no concessions to normality ..
theres a lot of music on this record!
more than most artists have in a career!
also check their trax on the UNKLE ep on MoWax ...
Normally things as trendy as Mowax usually suck
But ... hey, how can i criticise a record that samples Timmy Leary and
Terry Riley, employs Portishead and Black Dog, namechecks Sun Ra
and comes in a double picture disk to make collectors drool ...
MoWax continue to build bridges between scenes with great success ..
Triphop will crossover in the states this year with a bang ...
also - lots of UK djs will be remixing US hiphop acts ha ha
cos that's where the money is ...
lets just start alt.music.triphop now, shall we??
back in the techno world but only just
bedouin ascent's LP still amazes
and loads of people have picked up on it which suprised me ...
it deserves all the praise it gets
as does vibert & simmonds WEIRS
and not forgetting the enormous BLUFF LIMBO
all use kinda 8=bit crunchy sounds to great effect
and show original flair & creativity
outta tha bedroom into your hearts
Robert Hoods EP on M-Plant is just brilliant
a new generation of detroit yes please!
This is too good for the Germans, we need it over here!
Also i heard CONNECTION MACHINE and it blew my mind
oh boy watch PLANET E for some action!
DAN CURTIN has made lots of friends the world over
this is a new side to US techno, the music is growing up
being on peacefrog and sublime does no harm ... the album
silicon dawn is in a lot of boxes now! and the chilled
track from that is now on STRICTLY RHYTHMs 'Deep & Low'
a suprising & welcome entry into the ambient dub field!
also CRISTIAN VOGEL has made his mark this year
a chilean englishman with a german name
if you liked WE EQUATE MACHINES WITH FUNKINESS
or his album BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND then check out the
CABBAGE HEAD collectiv and their track POTATO SALAD
150 bpm of pure soft technology
its on OFF THE MAP a benefit LP for Advance party ...
it's for a good cause fighting the CJA
and also has my old friends H.I.A.
(hey - i never said it was all good tho!)
so much amazing music around
and so few djs with the BOLLOX to play any of it ...
so i guess when you go out on saturday
you'll get the usual
boom- boom - boom - boom - crap
with the occasional sampled diva
the underground will ALWAYS find a new way ...
the industry will ALWAYS try to close it down ...
and just when it thinks all the nails are in the coffin
underground techno will burst out again and again
in new and more convoluted styles...
BUT with music this good and this varied
Methinks that if you think the state of the art means
the Stone Roses impersonating the Black Crowes
then you are a sad case indeed
NOW that's been a long rant indeed
and probably enough in there to upset everybody
so i'll leave with a merry solstice greeting
and happy new ears to all especially those in the A&R profession ...
remember , it's only music
morris
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