Thomas Lowes <thomas.lowes@worcester.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 1 line I think that's right. There's a few cool releases on Lo, but they're>I think that's right. There's a few cool releases on Lo, but they're
very scarce
quoted 1 line indeed unfortunately - stuff like the Aphex Twin meets Mike Flowers>indeed unfortunately - stuff like the Aphex Twin meets Mike Flowers
Pops and all
quoted 1 line the collaborations CDs (not that I've heard these, but I like the idea>the collaborations CDs (not that I've heard these, but I like the idea
of them!)
The only one I've heard is "Root" (1998?) with a bunch of artists
remixing one-minute Thurston Moore tracks. Most of the 25 tracks seem
like uninspired noise to me, but there are a few good ones, and lots of
artists I never would have heard of otherwise. The sleeve notes feature
the email correspondence between Tye and Moore, presumably the letters
that led up to the release. Interesting, and fun.
quoted 1 line Haven't heard of "The Sharpest Tool in the Box" though - is that a>Haven't heard of "The Sharpest Tool in the Box" though - is that a
Twisted
quoted 1 line Science release?>Science release?
Yes, from 1998. I had always assumed it was the most famous, since it
was the one I heard about first -- and in the Sunday Times, no less!
It's a very, very harsh record, consisting mostly of brutally distorted
uptempo techno loops. Lean and mean, but also one of the most exuberant
records I've ever heard. Come to think of it, it would have been a
perfect soundtrack for "Fight Club"!
As I recall, the reviewer in the Times was particularly impressed
with the first track, "No Morning Entries," which he likened to a
child's music box spinning out of control into some sort of nightmare.
To me, it sounds more like enormous chunks of metal being deformed by a
strong magnetic field. Either way, it's impressive.
Oh, and there's a brilliant bit at the end of the third track, "Son
of Sam", where a train-whistle sound, heavily distorted in keeping with
rest of the record, blasts into the middle of a techno track, then loops
and fades away as the techno wreaks havoc all over it.
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