On Tue, 22 Nov 1994, John Christian Vegher wrote:
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> "The Increased Difficulty of Concentration"
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> Two disks. Ambient. Trance. Soft. Hard. Cool. Cool. Domestic (US).
> Cheap. Get it now.
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> Peace.
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> = ----<Another well articulated review from John>
> ----<Gee, guess what album I'm playing now?>
I agree. Two great disks from a band that imo sometimes hits it right on
and sometimes falls a bit short of the mark. The ambient parts on the
first cd are nice droney bits with a bit of knob twiddling (almost
excessive). Some really dark trancey stuff here as well. The second cd is
a bit sharper sounding with some nice 303 lines and some great, hard
dance tunes. There's also a remix of liquid air on the second disk but
unfortunately i got mine in the mail and the cd was cracked, screwing up
the first few songs. As far as i know there is no vinyl release as yet
but i might be wrong. I don't know about the claim (by SPIN or some
other mag) that they are the worlds first electronic super group (if any
one deserves that title it'd have to be orbital-but who would want that
title anyhow) but there's definitely some worthwhile tracks on here.
While i'm here i might as well mention a couple other worthy tracks i
picked up last week:
DBX: Losing control, spocks brain etc-another great release by dan bell.
Detroit minimal house at its finest. Losing control is a totally stripped
down track with a repeated sample saying 'losing control' while it is fed
through some sort of analog filter. Very cool
Coil vs the eschaton-two tracks. The first is a remix of nasa arab from
stolen and contaminated soundtracks. The second is a new song called
'first dark ride' (i think thats what it is). This starts out with some
nice concretesque soundscapes and builds into this wicked little bit of
trance. Recorded in 'sidereal sound' for your listening pleasure ;) If
this is any indication of the new album that's due soon, i can't wait! If
you do see it, get it, since its a world serpent release and likely a
limited edition.
karl