IDM Mailing Archive

On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Discreets@aol.com wrote:

quoted 4 lines Speaking of Chrome, they're a newish imprint set up by the fine folks at

>Speaking of Chrome, they're a newish imprint set up by the fine folks at >Force Inc. So far, releases have appeared from Kerosene, Techno Animal, Alec >Empire, and Si Begg... All are excellent if you like a dark approch to your >"ewrecktronica"!

agreed! Techno Animal - Unmanned - Chrome01 Kerosene - Tales from the Wood - Chrome02 Wipe Out (Alec Empire) - China Girl - Chrome03 Si Begg - Nothing is True Zen Say - Chrome05 (all incredibly excellent, btw) but... Chrome04 = ???? what did i miss here?

quoted 7 lines Is it me or do we tend to squabble over the same old tired (yet true)

>Is it me or do we tend to squabble over the same old tired (yet true) >artists, labels, and issues!?! >I want to open up the floor by throwing a few new subjects into the pit. > Let's see what happens when I mention: >- Vert & Bovinyl >- Language Recordings >- Incoming Records

i reviewed Vert's "Broken Breakbeat Bebop EP" 12" when it came out. the general reaction was that Vert was just some skaterpunk kid undeserving of my "next Luke V" comparisons. i still disagree (and everyone who's picked it up has thanked me for the recommendation), but... any mention of Language usually passes without making so much as a ripple in the IDM pool. even though the Endemic Void LP/12"s are world-class d&b on a jazzy tip, BioMuse are brilliant beyond compare, and the two _Miscellaneous_ compilations feature: Pussyfoot's fab HEADRILLAZ (as Tranquil Elephantizer") the incomparable IAN POOLEY (if he's not I.DANCE.M, who is?!) Black Dog Ken's friend, NAD one of TIM WRIGHT's first post-Germ excursions (remixing "Steve C") TONY WILSON of Snappy Sid/Psyche/Boymerang/Scratch fame DAVID "outspoken but-always-right Wire eccentric" TOOP Selector's classy d&basers, PHUME ...among others. miss these two cds and risk falling behind forever. and i recently mentioned the latest (essential) offerings from incoming! - Nonplace Urban Field's _Golden Star_, Unitone HiFi's "Foxy Frotters" EP and _Boomshot!_ LP (you won't find better dub anywhere north of Jamaica, mon!) - not to mention the incoming! back-catalogue of outstanding records, everything from Lagowski's SETI "X-Files" soundtracks to the Hassell/Bluescreen-like Cosa. but they say you can only LEAD a horse to the water. . . i'll add to Discreets' list: none of these gems should pass without mention/discussion: (all reliably excellent labels, too) Detroit Escalator Co - 313 Soundtracks (Ferox) Porter Ricks - Biokinetics (Chain Reaction) RA-X - Ministek 12" (KK) Some More Crime - Fuzzysets (SMC) Cool Breeze / Kid Loops - Special Projects (Filter) David Shea/DJ Grazhoppa - Up River Down Stream (Downsail Plastics) Gas - s/t (Mille Plateaux) V/A - Water Communication (~Swim) V/A - The Broken Voice (Sprawl/Suburbs of Hell) MRM - Minimal Resource Manipulations (Suburbs of Hell) Exact Life - Geronimo (Suburbs of Hell) ... see a pattern here? ;-) Kosma - Universal (Infracom) Coldcut - Atomic Moog EP (Ninja Tune) Neotropic - 15 Levels of Magnification Remixes EP (NTone) Small Fish With Spine - The Hilltop EP (Apollo) Amon Tobin (Cujo) - Creatures 12" (NTone) Flexitone - Electricity 12" (Planet E) ...shall we begin? :) GuerillaG2-G4/ gg np: my first unmixed rough 4-track d&b efforts. look out, world!