---recommended:
murcof 'martes'
glitchy minimal techno with classical samples (strings, voice, piano)
would fit nicely on mille plateau
luke vibert 'yoseph'
can't go wrong with the lukester. less sample based than his usual,
but still melodic and funky with plenty of acid basslines.
jan jelinek 'avec the exposures, la nouvelle pauvrete'
more varied than his past releases. some tracks have ambient vocals.
on the warm and engaging end of the clicks-n-cuts spectrum.
from last year, (but new to me):
d'arcangelo 'broken toys' corner'
nothing grounbreaking, but a pleasant trip in a classic idm kinda way
snd 'tenderlove'
thanks to who ever reminded me to get snd's latest when i asked for
2step garage rhythms without the cheese factor. stark and minimal but
funky, too.
---recent stuff that disappointed me:
plaid 'spokes'
i like the first track (even spring) a lot, but over all i'm left a bit
cold. lord knows idm could use some more chord changes, but not just for
chord changes' sake. it's better when they make sense emotionally.
chris clark 'empty the bones of you'
sounds like it was made by a young person. in _vibe_ i'd say it is close to
while's 'lock' which is that dark, influenced by autechre's tri-repetae era,
kinda vibe that was popular a few years back (think skam circa 2000). this
album is more glitchy and atmospheric than while's but rubs me the same
wrong way. not sure why chris was being compared to squarepusher and aphex
(on pitchfork's review).
---interesting recent release which is probably hard to find outside of LA:
cockamamie 'too'
real bass, real drums and bells (although edited and looped) with a ton of
compression.
---downloads:
lot of mention of the strepsil mixes (darned if i wasn't able to dl the
latest one) but the ones by skkatter (www.skkatter.net) are pretty sweet
on the idm/electro tip
on 12/15/03 4:17 PM, James R Bamford at jim@jimtreats.com wrote:
quoted 2 lines Every so often I selfishly ask this great community for their advice on a> Every so often I selfishly ask this great community for their advice on a
> variety of music to try and check out..quoted 2 lines Old and new then.. what should we all be looking out for over the holidays> Old and new then.. what should we all be looking out for over the holidays
> and perhaps in our christmas stockings?
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