quoted 13 lines In article <9410140827.AA06368@fml.co.uk> n.moore@fml.co.uk writes:>>In article <9410140827.AA06368@fml.co.uk> n.moore@fml.co.uk writes:
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>>> I've recently acquired the Unexplained Phenomyna CD on ART (ART 5CD) and
>>> was wondering - who the hell is it??!!??
>>
>> Steve Pickton (aka Stasis)
>
> It's pretty good BUT ... all IDM-hedz should check out the
> remixes on a double-pack (ART 5.1 / 5.2). There is an INCREDIBLE
> Black Dog mix that's one of their best and a fantastic Statis mix too.
>
> A.R.T. is an essential label for trainspotter Techno fans!
> and if you don't have 'Philosophy of Sound and Machines' you need one.
Y'know, every once in a while I get backed into a corner and someone demands
to know why I evolved into a total Techno/IDM-head after having floated through
the various scenes (Punk -> Nouveau Mod -> Post Punk -> Ska/Two-Tone -> Goth ->
Industrial) over the past 15 years or so.
I explain about things like positivism, being tired of walking around garbed in
black and combat Doc's and pissing and moaning about how the world is going to
pot, etc. - y'know, the stock answers.
Something in Mixmaster Morris' postings has resonated in me, and it's part of
what I can add to my "Why I like this scene and this music" explanations.
Here is someone who, being world-reknowned in this field, could easily have a
large Ego-with-a-capital-E, deigning not to interact with us "commoner" folk;
or dismissing with a virtual hand-wave others working in the field whose work
might not approach the heights of his own or others deemed worthy.
Instead, what I have noticed is that invariably, he chooses to *always* praise
the work of others, always mentions the *positive* aspects of the scene he
encounters, and I've *never* seen him slag off *anyone* else or anyone's taste
in music or the scene somewhere else, etc.
I don't know about anyone else, but that rates a mighty big "P" for Positivity
in my book. Much respect to the Mixmaster from far across the big Pond ...
[ Before some wag accuses me of being a kiss-ass, I have no personal motivation
to do so, and have nothing at stake for doing so either. I just felt like
saying this ... ]
quoted 1 line OnNow : Luke Slater "My Yello Wise Rug" - even better than "4 Cornered Room> OnNow : Luke Slater "My Yello Wise Rug" - even better than "4 Cornered Room"!
OK, OK, now I can't take it anymore - every time I go to DMC I pick up that
Luke Slater double-album + Ambient 12" on PeaceFrog (the one with the almost
all-black cover; can't remember the name at the moment - arggggh). I stare at
it for a few and go "Hmmmn ... " and then put it back. Is that a mistake?
(I thought the "Spadang" track on IOTD5 was OK, but nothing spectacular.)
- Greg