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From:
Ransom Schafer
To:
Chris Taylor
Cc:
Eric Sorenson , Clint Anderson , Idm List
Date:
Mon, 9 Apr 2018 10:56:42 -0700
Subject:
Re: Spacetime Continuum- Sea Biscuit Reissue
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I didn't mean pop music explicitly. She has a way of putting a vocoder or bizarre vocal sample in a track that fits and seems like pop to me, more like a pop underworld. I don't know maybe it's the slow down beats too, gives the tunes a slightly downturned italo feel sometimes. On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 125 lines Yeah yr definitely right Random - I think that its the electro side of> Yeah yr definitely right Random - I think that its the electro side of > both that connect the two styles for her. although maybe not pop - dunno if > i've ever heard her play a vocal track. > > I've also noticed that she rarely if ever plays above 120bpm > > super excellent dj > > On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 3:18 PM, Ransom Schafer <ransom.schafer@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I always thought of Lena Willikens as more in the dark electro pop ebm >> side of things >> >> I was digging this mix of hers on soundcloud a while back: >> >> https://soundcloud.com/strangesoundsfrombeyond/lena-williken >> s-at-strange-sounds-from-beyond-2017 >> >> On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Some of the "Scientific Dreamz of U" stuff is on that tip - contemporary >>> producer. >>> >>> I would include Richard H Kirk/Sandoz on that list too. >>> >>> Lena Willikens played in this style on her last Beats in Space >>> appearance >>> https://soundcloud.com/timsweeney/lenawillikens2018 >>> also when I saw her dj a few months ago - people went crazy for it too >>> >>> >>> I dig this stuff too but Planet Dog is where I have to draw the line. >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 12:24 AM, Eric Sorenson <eric@explosive.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I love this sound and wonder if people are still out working in this >>>> area. It's so close to the Artificial Intelligence trax. Generally speaking >>>> it's "ambient techno" but there's a very particular vibe that tracks like >>>> "voice of the earth" hit ... it's gotta be chill without getting into >>>> "chillout" (so no mixmaster morris) and trancey without going full-on >>>> Planet Dog. My top 5 (aside from Sea Biscuit) >>>> >>>> - Higher Intelligence Agency "Colourform" (or maybe "Freefloater"! can >>>> that still count as 1?!) >>>> >>>> - Real LIfe "Journey of the Carcharadon" - under appreciated >>>> >>>> - Pete Namlook and Jonah Sharp - "Alien Community 2" - perhaps a double >>>> entry, but there was a sequence of Namlook collabs in the 94-96 time frame >>>> that fucking killed it, and this was the best. >>>> >>>> - Speedy J - "G Spot" - two tracks on AI 1, extended out into album >>>> length. 1995, holy shit. >>>> >>>> - S.E.T.I - "The Geometry of Night" - now this *isn't* the SETI >>>> Arecibo/Phoenix double album on Instinct Ambient, though that is also >>>> fucking incredible, it's the Andrew Lagowski project released on Incoming! >>>> in 1996. Samples about aliens ratio is wayyy up there. >>>> >>>> --eric >>>> >>>> On Mar 27, 2018, at 8:15 PM, Ransom Schafer <ransom.schafer@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the comments and suggestions on this. Been listening to Sea >>>> Biscuit in bits and pieces recently and I have to say I kind of like it >>>> over Emit Ecaps now. Sea Biscuit is more condensed and mysterious and not >>>> stretched out musically over a lot of different styles, but still sounds >>>> like classic STC. Lots to listen to. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Chris Taylor < >>>> christaylor415@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> https://www.discogs.com/Space-Time-Continuum-Fluresence-EP/m >>>>> aster/72767 is really special as is https://www.discogs.com/Reagen >>>>> z-Reagenz/master/13721 (Spacetime w/Move D) >>>>> >>>>> Great label in general. It used to be very easy to find this stuff >>>>> used super cheap in the Bay Area but I think people are starting to get >>>>> hipped to it. The Vulva and Velocette records are especially nice for >>>>> electro-y idm. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Ransom Schafer < >>>>> ransom.schafer@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Avoiding the Psychonavigation reissue. I can find a near mint copy >>>>>> elsewhere, but a reissue for this with wider distribution is a good idea. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 10:16 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yeah I have to say after investigating this more I really would >>>>>>> avoid buying the reissue >>>>>>> many people have dealt with the guy running this label and i read >>>>>>> way too many accounts of his antics last night while doing some research on >>>>>>> the subject, the artist is never going to see a dime so unless you really >>>>>>> want what's probably going to be a cdr of Sea Biscuit for $12.99 or >>>>>>> whatever, just obtain it elsewhere >>>>>>> too bad since its a amazing, really really effing great album, wow >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Clint Anderson >>>>>>> Systems Engineer >>>>>>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 10:52 PM, Ransom Schafer < >>>>>>> ransom.schafer@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://psychonavigationrecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/s >>>>>>>> pacetime-continuum-sea-biscuit-2018 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >