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quoted 2 lines Hi...with the review archives @ hyperreal down I'm hankering for

> Hi...with the review archives @ hyperreal down I'm hankering for > some opinions on the following and hoping someone out there will oblige.

quoted 2 lines Atom Heart / P. Namlook

> Atom Heart / P. Namlook > Jet Chamber

Really spacey ambient with the micro-clicky-percussion of AH coming in and out.

quoted 2 lines B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue

> B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue > Second Nature

In the same vein but w/o the clicks. BTW, neither of the above are particularly good--I've heard better from all four of them. Laswell's recent Silent Recoil Dub System One was really excellent.

quoted 2 lines Lassigue Bendthaus

> Lassigue Bendthaus > Semi-Acoustic Nature

This is not really a LB disc (well, although LB and AH are the same person, he normally reserves the LB name for the more dark industrial-ish stuff.) So it's really an AH album. If you like the other AH stuff on Rather Interesting you'll like this. The beats are a little meatier than the more recent BASS and Silver Sound. Ashok

On Tue, 26 Dec 1995, Ashok Divakaran 39191 wrote:

quoted 4 lines B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue

> > B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue > > Second Nature > > In the same vein [as Jet Chamber] but w/o the clicks.

I disagree. Jet Chamber is more trancey. The idea behind SECOND NATURE is as it's title suggests, a 'Second Nature' - a synthetic/ electronic version of one of those nature tapes you can buy in health food stores. For example, here are some of the song titles: "Synthetic Forest" and "Artificial Seaside". A lot of my friends hate it because of this. I really dig it personally... the sounds of crickets, birds, the ocean - all artificially created. With no MSG. The thing that differentiates it from the put-you-to-sleep genre of the 'new age' idea is (of course) the Uwe Schmidt (AH) and Tetsu Inoue influence - heavy industro beats rolling in and out of an ambient landscape, which ends up bringing it all together. Hell, the clicks and rumbling bass makes it all worth-while. It kind of reminds me of "Mu" by MPA, but more up-beat and less experimental. Oh, and there are only four tracks, ranging from 6+ to 16+ to 28+ minutes.

quoted 2 lines BTW, neither of the above are particularly good--I've heard better from

> BTW, neither of the above are particularly good--I've heard better from > all four of them.

Hm. There are of course better outings, but I dig them all the same.

quoted 6 lines Lassigue Bendthaus

> > Lassigue Bendthaus > > Semi-Acoustic Nature > > If you like the other AH stuff on Rather Interesting you'll like this. > The beats are a little meatier than the more recent BASS and Silver > Sound.

Ala VSVN... kohsa. christopher miller evil@ddi.digital.net

Teep <aran@MIT.EDU> wrote:

quoted 2 lines Hi...with the review archives @ hyperreal down I'm hankering for

>Hi...with the review archives @ hyperreal down I'm hankering for >some opinions on the following and hoping someone out there will oblige.

well you can still check out my FAX and Rather Interesting sites which has it's own set of press releases and reviews: http://www.hyperreal.com/fax/ http://www.hyperreal.com/music/labels/rather_interesting/

quoted 1 line Atom Heart / P. Namlook: Jet Chamber

>Atom Heart / P. Namlook: Jet Chamber

I love this one, ambintelligent stylee. Probably the best I've heard from both of them.

quoted 1 line B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue: Second Nature

>B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue: Second Nature

also quite nice, Tetsu does the atmosphere, Uwe (AH) does the beats and Laswell does the bass (and quite pronounced at times too!)

quoted 1 line Lassigue Bendthaus: Semi-Acoustic Nature

>Lassigue Bendthaus: Semi-Acoustic Nature

LB is usually Tetsu and Uwe (Atom Heart) but this is only Atom Heart and it's on his own Rather Interesting label. I liked this much better than his previous beat oriented release on this label, Interactive Music. This is much more focused on rhythm and warm samples of acoustic instruments and animals, etc. Again check out the URLs listed above or just bounce off my home page, URL below in my .signature ___ / / / / / / _ __/ will@panix.com (_/__/ / (__ (__ ___/ http://www.hyperreal.com/~will/

Ashok wrote:

quoted 9 lines Atom Heart / P. Namlook

> > Atom Heart / P. Namlook > > Jet Chamber > > > B. Laswell / Atom Heart / T. Inoue > > Second Nature > > BTW, neither of the above are particularly good--I've heard better from all > four of them. Laswell's recent Silent Recoil Dub System One was really > excellent.

I agree -- Jet Chamber & Second Nature were subpar, the latter primarily due to Laswell's irritating bass thuds. Substitute 62 Eulengasse, Electro Harmonix, or Psychonavigation 2 for a better sample of these artists. Tim

aran@MIT.EDU said (really!) :

quoted 2 lines Atom Heart / P. Namlook

> Atom Heart / P. Namlook > Jet Chamber

Pleasant ambient piece, at times with a very light electro beat. Layers of guitar texturing and dark flowing synth bring this entire disc together. I quite like it, and find it's very relaxing and moving... though at times the duo tend to get lost in their creation, the overall effect is good. ____ __,---' `--.__ ,-' ; `. "Everything you know is wrong." ,' `--.`--. ,' `._ `-. ; ; `-- ; ,-'-_ _,-~~-. ,-- `. ;; `-,; ,'~`.__ ,;;; ; ; .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. .:. ;; ;,' ,;; `, ;;; `. ; gas bar and dental supplies `: ,' `:; __/ `.; ; ; http://www.io.org/~amichel/ ;~~^. `. `---'~~ ;; ; ; `,' `. `. .;;; ;' ,',^. `. `._ __ `:; ,' `-' `--' ~`--'~~`--. ~ ,' Aaron Michelson /;`-;_ ; ;. /. / ; ~~`-. ; amichel@io.org ; ; ; `,;`-;__;---; `----' ``-`-;__;: ; ;__; `-- `-' * Offline Orbit 0.75a *

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quoted 5 lines Date: 13 Aug 1999 15:53:58 -0400

>Date: 13 Aug 1999 15:53:58 -0400 >From: "Scot G" <sgelinas@wildcatcanyon.com> >Subject: RE: (idm) opinions wanted. > ><< Happy99.exe >>

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