Those of you that slag off "Inventures in Wonderland" are
obviously smoking something different than what I am, because that's
my favorite Warp release from '93. Dancefloor-friendly trance-pants
house funk-type stuff, with neato little keyboard riffs galore and
God's Own Acid Line in the title track. The remixes of Ad Infinitum
also rock nicely, especially the Ali Cooke mix (I like
percussion). Whatever happened to these bumbling but lovable
devastating beat creators?
Speaking of, I have to second Cameron's nomination of Kid
Unknown for Most Execrable Warp Artist Ever (although whoever
mentioned that the Mojo Rising record sucks bigtime would have my
support, as well as anybody who argued that Lex Loofah was a total
yawnfest). I'd love to hear somebody argue in the Kid's favor. If they
could do it with a straight face I'd give them a shiny new US quarter,
but I don't think it's possible. Man, that's some crap rave-a-riffic
garbage! The only person I know that would even try to argue that
keeping a Kid Unknown record is worthwhile is a certifiable loon who
doesn't read this list (Hi Brian!), so I think I'm safe.
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
I am a nightmare walking
Yeah, yeah, you tough, now shut up. Man, those old Twitch CDs
sure sound humorous now! I sure am glad I discovered real techno and
stopped trying to brainwash myself into thinking that all that old
rave crap was worth a shit. The day I sold both of my CDs with
Interactive songs on them was a happy one in my life.
As far as cover art goes, my favorite artwork on a technoish
album of recent vintage has to be the gatefold in the new Prodigy
album. I want a poster made of this to put on my wall. It sums up my
feelings nicely.
The back cover on the new new Aphrohead album (summary: buy it
immediately if there is a single bone in your body that resonates to a
house rhythm or you'll be kicking yourself later) has a fun game of
"spot the Jimi" in it. I was disappointed to note that, in fact, Felix
Stallings does _not_ have an Afro, though.
As somebody already mentioned, "Musik" has a pleasingly simple
cover design.
But my real favorite for IDM cover art is... <fumbles with
envelope>... the cover for the Tournesol 2x12" on R&S. Just when I
thought that you couldn't do anything worthwhile with Marvy Markers,
these guys show me I'm wrong. But is it just me, or do all of the
people on the cover look vaguely like crash-test dummies?
In a similar vein, the cover for ART's "Philosophy of Sound
and Machine" (yes, that's right, I have a copy. HA HA!!) is also
charmingly lo-fi.
And Designers Republic does deserve accolades for their years
of hard work, especially for those old Age of Chance covers (which
I'll never find, sob sob).
Okay, I'm done rambling. Man, I hate end-of-semester projects!
yrz,
ozy
ozymandias G desiderata
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