Soul Oddity is a bit more light spirited than the Schematic stuff.
I like to think of the Schematic releases as a fusion of Soul Oddity's
_Tone Capsule_ sound with Autechre's darker/experimental output. I
definitely wouldn't dismiss _Tone Capsule_... give it another listen (I
personally like it better than Jeswa) -- I think it's a classic and
definitely one of Astralwerks best releases. <spot on> By the way, the CD
has a track not available on any of the 12"s and one of the 12"s (#3 I
think) has a track not on the CD. </spot off>
Also if you get a chance to see Soul Oddity live, run don't walk!
They played in Arizona a year ago with Aux 88 and Uberzone and blew my
mind! They completely remixed/tweaked out their tracks into more complex
works. People were dancing and nodding and then they would take 90 degree
turns that would leave people with heads tilted like dogs trying to figure
out what the hell they just did -- then it would flow again... it was a
perfect blend with both the I and D in IDM.
Speaking of Phoenecia, word has it there is a Gucci Crew sample
tucked away in one of the tracks somewhere... ah yeah. :)
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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Lance C. McGannon wrote:
} >Who are Soul Oddity ? What is their discography/label/stuff ?
} >If Jeswa is behind Soul Oddity then I must have em.
} >
}
} Soul Oddity are Romulo Del Castillo and Joshua Kay
} and they do experimental electro. I have the cd, which
} contains many of the tracks from the three 12"s, but
} i haven't listened to it since early 1996. But from
} what i remember it was rather uninteresting. I'll pull
} my Soul Oddity cd out in the next few days and give it
} another listen. I do remember that it is in no way as
} good as the Jeswa 12" though.
}
} Soul Oddity stuff...
} . Soul Oddity: Tone Capsule 1 12" (Astralwerks)
} . Soul Oddity: Tone Capsule 2 12" (Astralwerks)
} . Soul Oddity: Tone Capsule 3 12" (Astralwerks)
} . Soul Oddity: Tone Capsule CD (Astralwerks)
}
} There is some Soul Oddity Real Audio stuff at:
}
http://www.caroline.com/astralwerks/souloddity/default.html