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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 00:10:58 -0700
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From: thermal@hooked.net (Joshua)
Subject: germ,mpa,etc.
GD asks about Germ's "Parrot"
It speaks French, English, and a third unknown language (Binhex?) and tells
several sailor jokes in each. Quite a bird!
I could not resist - actually, it has plenty of trombone, a bit of voice
(not really singing), and some bass from Scorn's bass player. It is all
over the map, musically, starting in Techno Animal territory and travelling
through experimental techno and even electronic jazz. The drum programming
is some of the most intricate I have heard lately. One of the most
original, challenging, and downright wacko electronic albums I have heard
in recent years.
Teep asks about Masters of Psychedelic Ambiance "Mu"
An album of very short environments and incidents and occasional grooves,
taking the playful trippiness of Datacide's "Flowerhead" and chopping it up
into bite-size chunks. The beats are typical of the Rather Interesting
releases - light, syncopated, layered, and processed - and the atmosphere
is quirkily blissful. If you can find it, buy it.
And for anyone in San Francisco
Kinokuniya Bookstore in Japantown turns out to have a limited but
intriguing selection of IDM releases imported from Japan on CD. Most of
the material I found tonight I have never before encountered (e.g. a
Japanese version of the "Artcore" compilation in a die-cut box), so those
in the area might give it a browse. Excellent selection of books, too, and
amazing noodles down the hall.
Joshua / thermal@hooked.net