"John A Tuffen" <jat@ohm.york.ac.uk> reprints:
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> Review of 76:14 by Global Communication. (From `The Wire',
> Aug. 1994)
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> Global Communication are the duo behind Reload, whose `A collection
> of Short Stories' was one of the highlights of last year. With a
> track listing paying homage to languages as diverse as "Hebrew",
> "Japanese" and "Morsecode" you might expect a similar level of
> invention from this current incarnation. Wrong. Content to ape the
> trademarks of existing idioms (ie that branch of Ambient which
> exists as one long electronic hush), their microchip mimicry layers
> folk rhythms over lunar landscapes, doing little more than reflect
> back our caricature visions of these exotic, alien territories. File
> under: urban muzak.
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Does anybody want to disagree with this? A friend whose opinions I
trust basically had the same taste in his mouth after listening to
this. Is it really that bad?
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