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wls@U.Arizona.EDU wrote:

quoted 1 line JEGA on SKAM is really good, everyone should get this one.

> JEGA on SKAM is really good, everyone should get this one.

quoted 1 line Gotta throw in my praise for this one too.....A+.

>Gotta throw in my praise for this one too.....A+.

I completely agree and was just about to post something to similar effect, but some beat me to it!! I LOVE this EP. Side A is a little stronger than side b, but B is still very good. Now more than ever I am wondering, though,WHO IS JEGA? I can't really tell just from the sound of the tracks... Andrew

On Sun, 19 May 1996 13:55:55 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 8 lines JEGA on SKAM is really good, everyone should get this one.

>> JEGA on SKAM is really good, everyone should get this one. > >>Gotta throw in my praise for this one too.....A+. > >I completely agree and was just about to post something to similar effect, >but some beat me to it!! I LOVE this EP. Side A is a little stronger than >side b, but B is still very good. Now more than ever I am wondering, >though,WHO IS JEGA? I can't really tell just from the sound of the tracks...

Jega is Jega :) A newie on the scene, I've been listening to a whole C90 worth of his amazing stuff of late... I think there is going to be another 12" on SKAM later in the year. he used to be Mike P's flat mate btw. spot the mu-ziq samples :) and there is currently a thread on alt.music.techno about him. g.

quoted 1 line he used to be Mike P's flat mate btw.

>he used to be Mike P's flat mate btw.

So who use to be the flat mate? Frank Naughton? Doesn't sound like him... Andrew

quoted 1 line Frank Naughton?

>Frank Naughton?

...was a BAND mate and I think G3 would have made that distinction. Teep

On Wed, 22 May 1996 11:40:34 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines Frank Naughton?

>>Frank Naughton? > >...was a BAND mate and I think G3 would have made that distinction.

yeah, I don't think it's Francis Naughton :) Who knows though? g3

quoted 1 line Frank Naughton?

>>Frank Naughton?

quoted 1 line ...was a BAND mate and I think G3 would have made that >distinction.

>...was a BAND mate and I think G3 would have made that >distinction.

Yeah, I agree, but I heard that they used to also be roommates, as well, before F. Naughton went away to school. I think that was discussed on IDM not that long ago. Andrew

i think the praises have been sung, but i wanted to hum a few bars of my own about the jega ep on skam. i've been looking for it since i first heard of it about two months ago, and it finally just showed up in san francisco's new release bins. man, what a fucking _scorching_ ep (and ep? seven tracks!). the best thing to ever appear on that label, imo, and a bit more kickass than anything i've heard out of freeform or gescom. "norton midgate" is incredibly original d'n'b-esque electro on par with some bedouin ascent and that amazing bowling green track on _further self-evident truths 3_. and "ionic"? some of the finest, most engaging ambient electro since "boogie down bronx" or bochum welt's "phial" ep on axodya. like berlin's "metro" genetically recombined with man parrish and mated with b12. makes my spine tingle. my only criticism is the track ends too soon!...i'm also diggin the way it moves from style to style and feeling to feeling with each track (from funk to hardcore to gamelan--really!--to goofball loungecore)...check this out if you passed on it etc. ...alright, enough. just needed to get that out of my system. sc p.s. can anyone fill me in on jega? who he/she/they is/are and whether they have other stuff out, etc.

scooper@best.com (Sean Cooper) wrote:

quoted 1 line p.s. can anyone fill me in on jega? who he/she/they is/are and >whether they

>p.s. can anyone fill me in on jega? who he/she/they is/are and >whether they

have other stuff out, etc. It's one guy, and supposedly he's going to have a full length out later this year. Supposedly it's one of Mike P.'s ex-roommates. Don't know the guy's name yet, though... I agree-Excellent EP! Let me know if you find anything more out! Andrew

At 11:07 AM 6/24/96 -0400, Ren8sance@aol.com wrote:

quoted 1 line Supposedly it's one of Mike P.'s ex-roommates.

>Supposedly it's one of Mike P.'s ex-roommates.

After several careful listens to the Jega/Skam I'm starting to entertain some musical detective instincts...I might go so far as to point the finger at Mike P. himself. I know Greg(3) asked us to identify the "u-ziq sample" (from Mu-Ziq VS. The Auteurs?) but isn't this whole SKAM shrouded in secrecy? Things to think about... 1. Wasn't Mike P. living @ home? (If not, where was his flat?) 2. A dedication to "mother"? 3. THAT DISTORTION! What else? Teep

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996 11:33:37 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 14 lines At 11:07 AM 6/24/96 -0400, Ren8sance@aol.com wrote:

>At 11:07 AM 6/24/96 -0400, Ren8sance@aol.com wrote: >>Supposedly it's one of Mike P.'s ex-roommates. > >After several careful listens to the Jega/Skam I'm starting to >entertain some musical detective instincts...I might go so far >as to point the finger at Mike P. himself. I know Greg(3) asked >us to identify the "u-ziq sample" (from Mu-Ziq VS. The Auteurs?) >but isn't this whole SKAM shrouded in secrecy? > >Things to think about... > >1. Wasn't Mike P. living @ home? (If not, where was his flat?) >2. A dedication to "mother"? >3. THAT DISTORTION!

Come on Teepy ol'chap sounds nothing like Mr.P (who in any case is living in his own house with girlfriend and kid now :) despite (or because) of the samples. Jega is doing stuff that Mike hasn't done for a long time now. Listened to the Cylob LP properly for the first time last night. very nice indeed. tuff uk techno at it best. one for the purists amongst us. sqpsh at Blue note was incredible, think every eq setting was at +11 so the whole thing just blurred into one great orgy of bass driven static. *sigh* rich amused us with some 1991 hardcore classics and some strangely familar test pressings. dunno what luke did but certainly didn't play live :( Crowd was interesting. Normski was there which bizarrely (and annoyingly) is my outstanding memory of the night. g.

quoted 13 lines Supposedly it's one of Mike P.'s ex-roommates.

>>Supposedly it's one of Mike P.'s ex-roommates. > >After several careful listens to the Jega/Skam I'm starting to >entertain some musical detective instincts...I might go so far >as to point the finger at Mike P. himself. I know Greg(3) asked >us to identify the "u-ziq sample" (from Mu-Ziq VS. The Auteurs?) >but isn't this whole SKAM shrouded in secrecy? > >Things to think about... > >1. Wasn't Mike P. living @ home? (If not, where was his flat?) >2. A dedication to "mother"? >3. THAT DISTORTION!

i've considered this possibility, too. some of the percussive and melodic interplay of his mu-ziq and kid spatula stuff is there, and we know mike can be funky when he wants to...i've come to the conclusion, tho, that it's too "deep" sounding to be mike. by that i don't mean mike is shallow, i just mean many of the melodies and compositional dynamics are very serious sounding, whereas mike's stuff is usually pretty light and tongue-in-cheek (ok "in with the in" and "bluette" are pretty silly)...i could be wrong, of course, and this could be precisely what skam-as-front wants me to think (geez, they've already won!). skam could also be an outlet for some of these artists to experiment with other styles, but my gut feeling (and the fact that freeform is a demonstrably real person) is that jega ‚ mike. that little modal melody toward the end of "norton midgate" does sound a bit like the quick little theme in the latter's half of afx's "children talking," tho... sc, paranoid but not delusional onnow: channel one : technicolor (metroplex), in the mix...

On 8 Aug 1996, Helen Adriaens wrote:

quoted 8 lines Just to spoil your day ...

> > Just to spoil your day ... > > I've actually got TWO copies of JEGA (bought in different shops) > > > Helen >

bog off! To rub Jega in an American's face is just as cruel as withholding information about Woodenspoon. Damn Europeans............. oops! This is gonna get me in trouble, innit? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- J A M E S B E N J A M I N G I L L U N F O R T U N A T E L Y L I V I N G I N A R I Z O N A J G I L L @ U . A R I Z O N A . E D U tim taylor is coming to phoenix!! da bomb -- 8/30 ?? -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

quoted 18 lines From: James B Gill <jgill@U.Arizona.EDU>

> From: James B Gill <jgill@U.Arizona.EDU> > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:57:16 -0700 (MST) > Subject: Re: (idm) JEGA > > On 8 Aug 1996, Helen Adriaens wrote: > > > > > Just to spoil your day ... > > > > I've actually got TWO copies of JEGA (bought in different shops) > > > > > > Helen > > > bog off! To rub Jega in an American's face is just as cruel as > withholding information about Woodenspoon. Damn Europeans............. > > oops! This is gonna get me in trouble, innit?

I'm curious.. is what you're talking about SKA 006? If so, I picked it up here Victoria, Canada. I had no idea who it was, but bought it based on the fact that it's a Skam release... it's a great disc, by the way. Can you tell me anything about Jega?

The countdown begins NOW! My friend Ori just got back from London and while reading me on the phone the list of 50 records he brought back he mentioned a Panasonic 12",Jega,Cylobian Sunset and some weird zionistic dub (not that we need any MORE zionistic stuff here in Israel now-a-days...sigh..). Helen, be aware that you're jega hype machine got me to contact him in london using an internet cafe (Oh we're s-o Cyber!) and bug him to "buyjeganow buyjeganow" until he agreed to enter fatcat again (which probably resulted in more 10 buys and less money to party with;) ) Anyway, in about 5 hours he'll be hear with the records and if jega isn't "THE BOMB" someone's gonna get it!!! snow

eborsboo@BingBong.com (a very melodic e-mail address) wrote: ec> I'm curious.. is what you're talking about SKA 006? Ofcourse. ec> If so, I picked it up here Victoria, Canada. I had no idea who it ec> was, but bought it based on the fact that it's a Skam release... very wise. ec> it's a great disc, by the way. I know it is. I'm glad you think so too. ec> Can you tell me anything about Jega? No :-) From what I've heard he's 18, hails from Manchester (UK), was somebody's roommate, and has the good fortune that Autechre and SKAM dig his music. I wish I knew more myself. But there again, rather than hearing or speculating more about him, I'd much rather hear his forthcoming album. Helen

quoted 10 lines On 8 Aug 1996, Helen Adriaens wrote:

>On 8 Aug 1996, Helen Adriaens wrote: > >> Just to spoil your day ... >> >> I've actually got TWO copies of JEGA (bought in different shops) >> >bog off! To rub Jega in an American's face is just as cruel as >withholding information about Woodenspoon. Damn Europeans............. > >oops! This is gonna get me in trouble, innit?

Don't worry - I'm just gonna rub it in some more. In the shop where I work, we had at least 15 copies. And I took my time - over a nice cup of coffee - selecting the one with the mintest looking sleeve. Aaah, the good life. Maarten on now: Wafta

Aimee C. Merritt said: aue> I found my copy at DMC. Of course, it was the only one. But (as you don't give your opinion) you haven't played it yet? Helen

jAE> bog off! To rub Jega in an American's face is just as cruel jAE> as withholding information about Woodenspoon. Damn jAE> Europeans............. We aim to please ... jAE> oops! This is gonna get me in trouble, innit? Nah. You can take my spare copy. Just put your money where your mouth is. jAE> U N F O R T U N A T E L Y L I V I N G I N A R I Z O N A jAE> J G I L L @ U . A R I Z O N A . E D U jAE> tim taylor is coming to phoenix!! da bomb -- 8/30 ?? Extremely sad ... but hey, I live in Barendrecht. NOBODY comes here. Helen (1 crisp 25 dutch guilders note (including *&^## postage) will suffice)

Of course I've played it!! It's brilliant, of course-- that goes without saying. On 09 Aug 96 15:22:04 +0200 Helen Adriaens <helen@syncnet.xs4all.nl> wrote:

quoted 9 lines Aimee C. Merritt said:

> > Aimee C. Merritt said: > > aue> I found my copy at DMC. Of course, it was the only one. > > But (as you don't give your opinion) you haven't played it yet? > > > Helen

greetings idm heads, i'm matthew. my first idm post concerns the jega release on skam. somebody raved about this release the other day, which made me feel good because i knew that my copy was in the mail. the bola release and especially the freeform release on skam impressed me. but i must say that i'm quite disappointed with jega. i expect a miss or two among seven tracks, but jega's got more misses than hits. while most of the songs could be considered mildly uninteresting, a couple are downright annoying. that's coming from someone who likes tracks like aphex twin's "ventolin (video version)." at least *that* track qualifies as *interesting* annoying idm. sorry about the lack of a descriptive review; i haven't heard enough good idm to communicate to you exactly *what* sucks about jega. i just want to make sure people don't give up on skam after hearing only jega... as long as i'm on skam artists, would anybody care to comment (publicly or privately) on freeform's _elastic speakers_ on worm interface? i just joined idm last week so sorry if i missed previous discussion. matt (who has a copy of jega for trade)

On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Matt wrote:

quoted 4 lines as long as i'm on skam artists, would anybody care to comment

> as long as i'm on skam artists, would anybody care to comment > (publicly or privately) on freeform's _elastic speakers_ on > worm interface? i just joined idm last week so sorry if i missed > previous discussion.

Well, I used to have a copy of Elastic Speakers if that says anything. I never heard the Freeform 12" on skam, but judging by the EP on Warp, and Elastic Speakers, Pyke's talent for obsure sequencing is adequately demonstrated on both releases. No one could accuse the man of not creating interesting sounds. But musically, the releases lack a lot, and go nowhere as a result. While Elastic Speakers trudged forth with quirky electro beats and polyrhythmical structures, it lacked the evolving sounds so desperately need to jolt life into the sound. I was disappointed. Mind you, the Warp release does have one astounding track. Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong." For reviews, interviews, art & trash http://www.io.org/~amichel/ amichel@io.org

On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Matt wrote: } sorry about the lack of a descriptive review; i haven't heard enough } good idm to communicate to you exactly *what* sucks about jega. i } just want to make sure people don't give up on skam after hearing } only jega... Granted you are entitled to your opinion, but I think you're in the minority here on that one (just ask Helen or James 8) ). I picked up the Jega myself and I think it rivals the Gescom releases on Skam as far as quality goes. All the tracks have a nice edge and melody to them. It's got the abrasiveness of Aphex Twin, the quirkiness of Bochum Welt and the melodies of Mu-ziq without going overboard as he sometimes does. Try giving it another listen or two... /\/\/\/\/\ /\/\/\/\/\ / / / / / / E r i c F r a n s \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ franse@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu / / / / / / \/\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/

quoted 4 lines as long as i'm on skam artists, would anybody care to comment

> as long as i'm on skam artists, would anybody care to comment > (publicly or privately) on freeform's _elastic speakers_ on > worm interface? i just joined idm last week so sorry if i missed > previous discussion.

Nice crunchy/churchy slow stuff in a sort of sub-Autechre vein. Unusual sounds. First half is excellent and second half quite dull.

I've finally got it. The new Jega 12" [SKAM009] Because of all the negative reviews I was somewhat apprehensive about putting it on my turntable. So I listened to Locust, Autechre and the Skampler first as I wanted to clear my mind. Anyways. Your reviews were wrong and right in parts. The guy has 'something': some things I like, others things I don't. Side A: The first track 'card hore' pisses me off. All this jungle, Squarepusher drumpattern madness, eheheh-stuff (whatever), is getting rather tedious. He does it well, but every time I played it, after about 1 minute I felt I'd heard enough already. It felt like a chore to continue listening to it. Time for something new. I like the moody melodies and straight rhytms of 'Oak Hanger', but 'Nausicaa' does credit to it's name. Whoever first thought of getting samples of kids singing silly la-la-la tunes should be hanged. I still have nightmares of expert knob twiddlers. For me Side B holds more Jega appeal. I LOVE 'stainless steel drum'. I've always been a sucker for harsh metallic beats, and broody melodies. (No, you can't have my Kinestesia) In a way it reminds me of one of Plod's demo tapes. Can't put my finger on it so I'll have to go and listen to Plod again now. 'Star' reminds me of Autechre. Incunabula Autechre that is; one of the best records ever made and still good music any day of the week. Jega gives it extra spice, so no complaints at all here. I also LOVE 'Houdini'. Good rhythms, great melodies, I couldn't wish for more. This track makes me feel as if I'm standing on the edge of the world watching it being created ... Great washing oceans, bubbling vulcano's, long, long flowing rivers ... All in all it's not a bad record. 2 Loves, 2 Likes and 2 Hates out of 6. But ... Helen

In message <0c2_9709010725@syncnet.xs4all.nl>, Helen Adriaens <helen@syncnet.xs4all.nl> writes

quoted 7 lines Side A:

>Side A: > >The first track 'card hore' pisses me off. All this jungle, Squarepusher >drumpattern madness, eheheh-stuff (whatever), is getting rather tedious. He >does it well, but every time I played it, after about 1 minute I felt I'd heard >enough already. It felt like a chore to continue listening to it. Time for >something new.

Hmmm personally, I love this track, it's a great piece of nostalgia from the hardcore scene of 1991... i.e. he's built a 'modern' piece up out of the old ravey/hardcore instruments of old. -- Ben Coffer Hybrid Productions http://www.hybridgame.demon.co.uk/

hi all. I have a slightly worn copy of the first Jega EP on Skam (SKA006) that I'd like to trade for the Boards of Canada EP on Skam. Any takers? -arjun

can anyone give me the lowdown on this artist? I have one of his tracks off the Mealtime compilation released by mr. u-ziq, and I thought it was damn good. I would like to get more stuff by Jega, so any info is appreciated. -daniel. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

i'm currently downloading the jega-spectrum album. my question is what kind of music is it and how long ago was it made? sam PS- ANALOGUE BUBBLEBATH VOLUME 5 MP3'S WILL SOON (tomorrow) BE ON THE BLEEPBLOOP SERVER COURTESY OF ME.

On 05 October 1998 03:30, sam stein wrote:

quoted 4 lines i'm currently downloading the jega-spectrum album. my question is what

> i'm currently downloading the jega-spectrum album. my question is what > kind of music is it and how long ago was it made? > > sam

I thought the reasoning behind this ftp server was for it to hold rare, difficult to get hold of tracks.. Jega is freely available (here in the UK) and under a year old. It's not even limited or anything. Jega could be loosely described as drill n bass.

At 09:45 AM 10/5/98 +0100, WARD Giles wrote:

quoted 6 lines I thought the reasoning behind this ftp server was for it to hold rare,

>I thought the reasoning behind this ftp server was for it to hold rare, >difficult to get hold of tracks.. Jega is freely available (here in the UK) >and under a year old. It's not even limited or anything. > >Jega could be loosely described as drill n bass. >

I think "boring" might fit as well. :: wells oliver / s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu / http://mute.simplenet.com :: 'try to smile as they devour our youth'

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, wells wrote:

quoted 3 lines Jega could be loosely described as drill n bass.

> >Jega could be loosely described as drill n bass. > > I think "boring" might fit as well.

i actually enjoy wells' blunt posts to the list. BUT.. i have to throw in my bit here.. the skam releases of jega (or what i have heard of them, i have the second one and whats on the skampler) i found to be *very* good. i was very much looking forward to the full length release, but really, upon listening to it in the store, decided not to buy it. "drill n bass" would fit the album well, and im just not too into that whole sound. it just seems that m-ziq, some aphex, and vibert have already burned me out. wee. so, dont discount jega all together if you have only heard the full length and didnt like it -- and i guess the opposite applies, if you didnt like the 12"s, dont overlook the full length :) chris.

Okay, I bought the Jega full length and while I'm not going to fully disrespect it it hasn't really found it's way into heavy rotation in my life. However, I just picked up a (new?) Skam compilation (01-61) with some very proper track(s) from Jega. Basically the Jega album should have begun with track 10, Mai. I'm not going to piss anyone off with a full review but lets just say that 10-15 are good ranging from LOUD (11) to soft Mai(10). There are some other highlights like Nia(5). Just a small question-is that a picture of Jega as a child on the back of the album? -d who enjoys getting a "what the fuck?" feeling when listening to asymetrical music From idm-owner-idmr4real=hotmail.com@hyperreal.org Mon Oct 5 09:52:55 1998

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>X-Authentication-Warning: e4e.oac.uci.edu: tofu owned process doing -bs >Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 09:51:20 -0700 (PDT) >From: zimbo <tofu@uci.edu> >X-Sender: tofu@e4e.oac.uci.edu >Reply-To: zimbo <tofu@uci.edu> >To: wells <s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu> >cc: WARD Giles <Giles.WARD@sema.co.uk>, idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: RE: (idm) jega >In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981005122015.00807100@titan.vcu.edu> >Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981005092232.1112A-100000@e4e.oac.uci.edu> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >Sender: idm-owner@hyperreal.org >Precedence: bulk > >On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, wells wrote: > >> >Jega could be loosely described as drill n bass. >> >> I think "boring" might fit as well. > >i actually enjoy wells' blunt posts to the list. > >BUT.. i have to throw in my bit here.. > >the skam releases of jega (or what i have heard of them, i have the

second

quoted 3 lines one and whats on the skampler) i found to be *very* good.

>one and whats on the skampler) i found to be *very* good. > >i was very much looking forward to the full length release, but

really,

quoted 10 lines upon listening to it in the store, decided not to buy it.

>upon listening to it in the store, decided not to buy it. > >"drill n bass" would fit the album well, and im just not too into that >whole sound. it just seems that m-ziq, some aphex, and vibert have >already burned me out. > >wee. > >so, dont discount jega all together if you have only heard the full >length and didnt like it -- and i guess the opposite applies, if you

didnt

quoted 5 lines like the 12"s, dont overlook the full length :)

>like the 12"s, dont overlook the full length :) > >chris. > >

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On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Warp Yourself wrote:

quoted 4 lines Just a small question-is that a picture of Jega as a child on the back

> > Just a small question-is that a picture of Jega as a child on the back > of the album? >

Yes it is. Read the excellent interview on Forcefield, it explains the picture and why this album (which I *really* like) is different than his previous work... Forcefield is: http://www.sonik.demon.nl/forcefield/ --hh -/\= Hess M. Hodge ~/\ hess.hodge@colorado.edu (/\) http://rtt.colorado.edu/~hodge

Daniel S. Pregman wrote: "Picked up _Spectrum_ last week and I'm waiting for it to grow on me. But I'm not holding my breath." Martin Wood replied: "you'll be waiting a long time..." I think not. Give the album a few more listens. Personally it grabbed me first time, absolutely massive album. If you like Squarepusher you have to give jega a go, in fact i prefer Jega. Check out the 12"s on Skam and also the 12" he put out on Planet Mu. Top class scary electronica. I think hes done a remix of Two Lone Swordsmen also, maybe someone can put me right on that. Another artist that didn't get the credit he was due is Simon Bowring, aka Pentatonik and now A1 People. He has always produced gorgeously lush sounds on all his tracks, stand out tracks have to be Like This and Credo. anyone else like minded? I have the two 12"s on Kudos and the 2xCD collection and Credo on Deviant. Is there anything else out there? cheers for now Graham

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:41:40 -0000, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines Daniel S. Pregman wrote:

>Daniel S. Pregman wrote: >"Picked up _Spectrum_ last week and >I'm waiting for it to grow on me. But I'm not holding my breath."

quoted 2 lines Martin Wood replied:

>Martin Wood replied: >"you'll be waiting a long time..."

quoted 1 line I think not. Give the album a few more listens.

>I think not. Give the album a few more listens.

once was enough for me..

quoted 3 lines Personally it grabbed me

>Personally it grabbed me >first time, absolutely massive album. If you like Squarepusher you have >to give jega a go, in fact i prefer Jega.

<cough, splutter> i could go on all day about how awful i thought jega's album was, tom jenkinson has more talent in his left big toe, etc.. how anyone could take what was last year's definitive drill'n'bass album (and i mean that in a negative sense) over any of tj's output, i will never understand.

quoted 2 lines Check out the 12"s on Skam and

>Check out the 12"s on Skam and >also the 12" he put out on Planet Mu. Top class scary electronica.

jega has got way too much of a good reputation.. for producing one great ep (years ago..), and one pretty good ep, he certainly crops up a lot in conversations. thing is, no-one i know remotely likes what he's doing now. and he had the gall in an interview to complain about so much music these days being derivative.. ha! i mean, if you're going to do dark techstep jungle, at least work on the production.. i don't think grooverider is chomping at the bit to play jega's tracks, which sound like they've been recorded on a dictaphone. <waves>

quoted 5 lines jega has got way too much of a good reputation.. for producing one

>jega has got way too much of a good reputation.. for producing one >great ep (years ago..), and one pretty good ep, he certainly crops up >a lot in conversations. thing is, no-one i know remotely likes what >he's doing now. and he had the gall in an interview to complain about >so much music these days being derivative.. ha!

thank you!!!

quoted 4 lines i mean, if you're going to do dark techstep jungle, at least work on

>i mean, if you're going to do dark techstep jungle, at least work on >the production.. i don't think grooverider is chomping at the bit to >play jega's tracks, which sound like they've been recorded on a >dictaphone.

word. his production is just so incredibly flat. i can't for the life of me figure out why he left behind what he was good at? sc

for fuk sake. i don't get what some of you don't like about this guy. is it something personal. its almost sounds like you're looking through his mail trying to find unpayed child support notices or some dirt you can exploit with. i think his stuff is PRIME. so many seem hung up on these trivial little things. what's this shit about production value.....!$&^!wha what!! i don't here a damn thing wrong with it. if someone could explain their reasoning for this i would be a happy listener. there isn't anything wrong w/ d'n'b if you can do it right (which many don't seem to be able to do). Dylan's d'n'b stuff is crack, but you kids are so hip these days, i guess you're above that shit. his stuff is just simply good. it doesn't strain off and get lost in varying details. everything doesn't need to be ground breaking to be good. a lot of it is exploring things that already exist at a deeper or more shallow level. many times you don't have to go far from home to find something nice. its not home but its just as good or even better because you don't have your mom harping on your ass to go wash the driveway or trim the hedge. your friend and mine// ???Ы ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

i never got a hold of a proper release of dylan's first ep on skam, but did manage to get a tape of it from a good friend. i enjoyed it very much. it was completely different from what i was listening to that did fall under the realm of "idm" or whatever one may call it these days. since then, i have bought everything he has done. i find myself listening to his" type zero" ep more than anything else. especially the tracks, "carbon 60" & "naem." unlike the wrestler, owen hart living under the shadow of old brother bret hart, i don't believe dylan is doing the same thing as mike paradinas is, if that point ever were to come up... as well as squarepusher. its completely different. im not too keen on what dylan does to produce his track but i was pleased to hear that the "spectrum" lp wasn't one drill n bass tune after another. if you are still unsure, please read the interview at forcefield. maybe that will explain what he does and perhaps it can answer these questions. jason Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

i've got jega's "legofeet" ep on mp3 if anyone wants it -- The only certainty is that there is nothing certain Pliny the Elder (c.23-79)

Anyone have any news on new material from Jega? I was sure I heard something about a new album towards the end of last year? Ta, Eddie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

the new jega album will be released hopefully before March of this year. It's called Geometry and it will be very good....hopefully. full jega website coming very soon....including news, interviews, full discography, planet mu section and ... well just check out http://jega.madvision.co.uk over the coming weeks... seeya ----- Original Message ----- From: Eddie Symons <Eddie.Symons@JesterInteractive.com> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: 14 January 2000 17:10 Subject: (idm) jega

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> Anyone have any news on new material from Jega? I was sure I heard

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if anyone has piccies of Jega peforming live, or magazine interviews would you mind emailing them on to me? thanks --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org