Just picked up a couple of promos yesterday - Power of Love by Wagon
Christ and The latest Red Snapper.
Much as I hate to reccomend anything by Warp after their shitty
behaviour over the Autechre MP3 site, the Red Snapper EP's pretty good.
A bit harder edged than their other stuff. It's the David Holmes mix
that does it for me though - Seems like this man can do no wrong,
especially after the blinding album and that Dawn of the Replicants
mix. Mixes perfectly into Mag by Gescom as well.
When I put the Wagon Christ 12" on, like Cichlisuite, Undoneson,
Sondierdiste and others, I didn't know what speed to play it at. At 33
it sounds vaguely like A Polished Solid, and at 45 it sounds more like
the Plug stuff, with slightly more dancefloor friendly beats (ie snares
on every 2nd and 4th beat). After a while I decided I preferred it at
45. Nothing particularly new, but a pretty cool EP nonetheless, with
lots of nice Vibert-y melodies.
Also, I read in NME a review of the Ae remix of Stereolab - Does this
mean it's getting a UK release?
Dan Shoebridge.
np: Funkungfusion (hence the subject heading) - Good stuff, but could do
with a few less of those nasty squeaky jazzy tracks if you ask me.