In article <34m14e$lqp@search01.news.aol.com>,
Number19 <number19@aol.com> wrote:
quoted 17 lines In article <34h50q$5tua@lamar.ColoState.EDU>, mrblonde@lamar.ColoState.EDU>In article <34h50q$5tua@lamar.ColoState.EDU>, mrblonde@lamar.ColoState.EDU
>(Christopher Allen) writes:
>
>> This Tournesol LP "Kokotsu" is simply one of the best electronic
>> albums of the year. It's restored my faith in the "intelligent"
>> (cough) and Ambient genres which were getting to the ridiculous
>> point of self parody. Has the rest of the stuff on Apollo
>> as of late been up to this caliber? I've got to admit I've
>> been sleeping on this genre for a while. It manages to cover
>> Tangerine-Dream-esque electronics, pure electronic bliss, while finally
>> delving into some electro flavored beats on the last side.
>
> I have a 2X12" by Tournesol on Rising High - be damned if I can find the
> title - and I like very much. The music reminds me of Morton Subotnik,
> pushed into the '90s and beyond. The cover has all these crude but
> colorful ROM-like figures on it. Is Kokotsu something new, or does what I
> described sound like what you have?
Are you (Number 19) sure that your double 2x12" is on Rising High?
I have a double 12" on R&S (R&S 93026) which has these colorful figurines
that look like a cross between car crash dummies (i.e., drawn without
facial hair etc., very "figure study" type drawings) and Poirot dolls kinda
sorta. There are lots of bright colors on it, fluorescent pink, bright
yellows, etc. A couple of the figures on the front are drawn running, others
look more carnival-esque, there's even a butterfly-like figure on the back
with a "human" head. Is this what you're talking about? It, too, has no
identifying characteristics whatsoever, no titles, no credits, no speed
ratings (33 or 45?), etc.
Over on the IDM list, Richard Vandooren posted an Apollo discography that
claimed
quoted 8 lines Artist: Tournesol> Artist: Tournesol
> Title : Henka
> Label : Apollo
> Cat No: APOLLO 15
> Format: 12"
> Notes : Previously released as a double 12" on R&S (RS93026).
> Henka
> Cathedral
but this is most emphatically *not* true; the tracks on RS 93026 are *not*
"Henka" or "Cathedral". It's a completely different release altogether.
I suspect the double 12" is the first Tournesol release, as the track "Henka"
on the above-mentioned Apollo 12" appears on "Kokotsu".
As for Christoper Allen's original query, I'd have to say most emphatically
that the answer to "Has the rest of the stuff on Apollo as of late been of
this caliber?" is a most definite "Absolutely!". The recent albums on
Apollo have included:
Locust - "Weathered Well" (AMB 9329) Phenomenal
Jam & Spoon - "Triptomatic Fairy Tales 2002" (AMB 9330) [Not heard]
Tournesol - "Kokotsu" (AMB 3931)
Uzect Plaush - "More Beautiful Human Life!" (AMB 3932) Wonderful
Cabaret Voltaire - "The Conversation" (AMB 3934) Very good
I'd be interested to hear what AMB 3933 is, or if there have been any newer
album releases on Apollo since "The Conversation".