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Watching the Tube last night I was reminded of an earlier post to this list, by someone who asked if anyone else liked Blancmange's Living on the ceiling, I guess that footage on the Tube a few weeks ago of this very track may have prompted this query. Well it certainly sent me on a little nostalgia trip, I used to love that single, and despite being completely inept at playing any musical instrument I even managed to work out the main Asianesque riff and hammer it out on my Casio VL-tone (now *there's* a keyboard!). More memories last night though with footage of Chakk from the 80's does anyone on the list remember them? They were from Sheffield I think, and released an LP called '13 days in an elevator' which I owned once and loved, anyone know what happened to them? What's scattered on the floor in my room? Vibert&Simmonds - Weirs (once overlooked 'til Teep showed me the light) Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh) Aphex - I care because you do (title speaks volumes) Wagon Christ - Throbbing Pouch Guy called Gerald - Black Secret Technology (has anyone else got into this yet?) Aphex - SAW11 ( don't ask) Basic Channel comp Apologies for the bandwidth abuse but I'm going to Tribal Gathering on Saturday and I'm sooooo excited i simply *can't* do any work. later jeff

quoted 5 lines Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

> > Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh) > > mmm... a new underworld ?! > > snow

Got it yesterday. Maybe not the best thing they have done (knowing the nature of this list someone will complain anyway :), but not crap either - could be a big grower. Thumping, trancy, housy in a fucked-up way, surreal, the lyrics on weekend lager lout racists (or something like that). Really messed up my mind :) Oh, and jungle haters out there beware - there's some of it in the air, and not in the smallest amounts :) ERkki Tampere, pHinland trerra@uta.fi

On Sat, 6 May 1995, Erkki Rautio wrote:

quoted 3 lines Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

> > > Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh) > > Got it yesterday. Maybe not the best thing they have done (knowing

quoted 5 lines Thumping, trancy, housy in a fucked-up way, surreal, the lyrics

> Thumping, trancy, housy in a fucked-up way, surreal, the lyrics > on weekend lager lout racists (or something like that). Really > messed up my mind :) Oh, and jungle haters out there beware - > there's some of it in the air, and not in the smallest > amounts :)

First, i'll say that it's growing on me. i'm beginning to *really* like it - at first listen it was "WHOO HOO!" and then the track didn't really go anywhere...but repeated listens are rewarding and giving me things in the track i didn't hear before.... as far as the 'jungle' in the track....i have to give a big two fingers to all the hype machines...this track is as jungle as the Carpenters. ;D (excuse the bad metaphor :) ) Just because the track has a breakbeat in it it's labeled 'jungle'...whatever. It's got a nice break-accompanied-by-a-FOTF-kick and i like it. It's *not* jungle. "Born Slippy is a good track"... Speaking of jungle and new stuff...I bought Gerald's "black secret technology' this weekend for myself and can say that this is the only truly (and i mean truly, i'm a big 4 Hero fan....) innovative jungle (save maybe ltj bukem) around. This album is amazing and it would do most idm'ers good to check it out... also found....LFO "tied up" and the old but fabu "what is house" ep....Blue "resistance" (the verdict is still out) and Sabres "Versus" ep (ESSENTIAL!) mikebee

Mikebee wrote:

quoted 3 lines On Sat, 6 May 1995, Erkki Rautio wrote:

> On Sat, 6 May 1995, Erkki Rautio wrote: > > > > > Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

quoted 5 lines Thumping, trancy, housy in a fucked-up way, surreal, the lyrics

> > Thumping, trancy, housy in a fucked-up way, surreal, the lyrics > > on weekend lager lout racists (or something like that). Really > > messed up my mind :) Oh, and jungle haters out there beware - > > there's some of it in the air, and not in the smallest > > amounts :)

quoted 6 lines as far as the 'jungle' in the track....i have to give a big two fingers

> as far as the 'jungle' in the track....i have to give a big two fingers > to all the hype machines...this track is as jungle as the Carpenters. > ;D (excuse the bad metaphor :) ) Just because the track has a breakbeat > in it it's labeled 'jungle'...whatever. It's got a nice > break-accompanied-by-a-FOTF-kick and i like it. It's *not* jungle. > "Born Slippy is a good track"...

OK Mike, you won - even the Underworld guys themselves denied it being jungle (in the fear of being accused of having jumped on the bandwagon?) in the latest NME, so I must have been in the minority here :) And no, I have *no* intention to be part of the hype machine - who gives a fuck about that anyway :) Actually I meant the B-side mix: but breakbeat or jungle, big deal. Do these labelings really make any difference to anyone else except the record company A&R men, the hype music journalists in the glossy fad magazines and the most desperate trend hoppers? Fock 'em - a good track is a good track is a good track... :)

quoted 5 lines Speaking of jungle and new stuff...I bought Gerald's "black secret

> Speaking of jungle and new stuff...I bought Gerald's "black secret > technology' this weekend for myself and can say that this is the only > truly (and i mean truly, i'm a big 4 Hero fan....) innovative jungle > (save maybe ltj bukem) around. This album is amazing and it would do > most idm'ers good to check it out...

I'll second that, wasn't there even a jungle mix of 'Voodoo Ray' ('Voodoo Rage') or have my old ears failed me? :)

quoted 3 lines also found....LFO "tied up" and the old but fabu "what is house"

> also found....LFO "tied up" and the old but fabu "what is house" > ep....Blue "resistance" (the verdict is still out) and Sabres "Versus" > ep (ESSENTIAL!)

Wow! I've been listening to this same stuff lately. I liked on the Blue album most the old skool dub tracks like 'Circle Lines'; maybe there should have been more that to my Augustus Pablo/King Tubby/Lee Scratch Perry tastes, but the-man-hanging-with-the-meat-hooks-in-his- nipples cover was neat anyway :) And the Sabres... mmm! That Depth Charge mix really blew my mind. I got the special edition of 'Versus'; with the 7", 10" and 12" packed in one - has anyone else seen this (remember that Link/E621 2x12" edition)? I still think I *gotta have* the CD, call me a trainspotter or something :)

quoted 1 line mikebee

> mikebee

Sorry for wasting anyone's bandwidth, but I had to get this off my heart :) ERkki Tampere, pHinland trerra@uta.fi OnNow: Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacrifice du Printemps

quoted 15 lines Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

> > > > Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh) > > > > mmm... a new underworld ?! > > > > snow > > Got it yesterday. Maybe not the best thing they have done (knowing > the nature of this list someone will complain anyway :), but not > crap either - could be a big grower. > Thumping, trancy, housy in a fucked-up way, surreal, the lyrics > on weekend lager lout racists (or something like that). Really > messed up my mind :) Oh, and jungle haters out there beware - > there's some of it in the air, and not in the smallest > amounts :)

What format? what label? etc ;) snow.

quoted 1 line Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

> > > > Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

quoted 1 line What format? what label? etc ;)

> What format? what label? etc ;)

12"/CDS. Junior Boys Own.

quoted 1 line snow.

> snow.

"Shouting lager, lager, lager..." ERkki Tampere, pHinland trerra@uta.fi

quoted 4 lines More memories last night though with footage of Chakk from the 80's

>>More memories last night though with footage of Chakk from the 80's >>does anyone on the list remember them? They were from Sheffield I >>think,and released an LP called '13 days in an elevator' which I owned >>once and loved, anyone know what happened to them?

quoted 1 line Yeah, a very good album IMO. Didn't one of them start up Fon studios ?

>Yeah, a very good album IMO. Didn't one of them start up Fon studios ?

I think Chakk used cash from signing a major label contract to set up the FON studios in Sheffield. I heard once that someone from Chakk was involved in the Porky's Productions label. Maybe with Fila Brazillia or Heights Of Abraham. Can anyone confirm this ? Jon Burrell

quoted 4 lines More memories last night though with footage of Chakk from the 80's

>More memories last night though with footage of Chakk from the 80's >does anyone on the list remember them? They were from Sheffield I think, >and released an LP called '13 days in an elevator' which I owned once and >loved, anyone know what happened to them?

Yeah, a very good album IMO. Didn't one of them start up Fon studios ?

quoted 1 line Vibert&Simmonds - Weirs (once overlooked 'til Teep showed me the light)

>Vibert&Simmonds - Weirs (once overlooked 'til Teep showed me the light)

Is this still available? I've ordered both Wagon Christ from Sister Ray and if the reviews about 'Throbbing Pouch' are anything to go by I should be in for a real treat. Besides, it's on Rephlex...

quoted 1 line Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

>Underworld - Born Slippy (fast, hard, fresh)

*Can't wait* to hear this one !

quoted 1 line Aphex - I care because you do (title speaks volumes)

>Aphex - I care because you do (title speaks volumes)

Kind of grows on you, I suppose (** Do Not Comment On This Remark ** :))

quoted 1 line Guy called Gerald - Black Secret Technology (has anyone else got into this

>Guy called Gerald - Black Secret Technology (has anyone else got into this

yet?) Well, I've flipped through the CD at a store in town and it's yummy.

quoted 1 line Aphex - SAW11 ( don't ask)

>Aphex - SAW11 ( don't ask)

I won't...

quoted 2 lines Apologies for the bandwidth abuse but I'm going to Tribal Gathering on

>Apologies for the bandwidth abuse but I'm going to Tribal Gathering on >Saturday and I'm sooooo excited i simply *can't* do any work.

You brits are soo lucky. Just what I'd need after a *hard* week at school. On Saturday I missed Chem.Bros/Dread Zone/MegaDog/Prodigy in Oslo (Norway) (:: Why? Exam period and living 550 kilometres away (Wahhhh). Oyvers signing off (so tired I can barely keep awake to hit the keys)