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1997-04-16 16:18G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 18:51:24 -0500 >From: AtL-5 <atl5@ica.net> >Subject: (idm)Heights

From:: <G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:18:55 +0100
Subject:: (idm) Re: idm V1 #1062

quoted 3 lines Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 18:51:24 -0500

>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 18:51:24 -0500 >From: AtL-5 <atl5@ica.net> >Subject: (idm)Heights of abraham or Solid Doctor?

quoted 5 lines Ok, I'm in a dilleima, There's a sale this saturday at a store near

>Ok, I'm in a dilleima, There's a sale this saturday at a store near >where I'm at, and I just can't afford both cd. Should I a) Get the >Solid Doctor album, 'How About Some ether, Collected Works 93-95' or >b) get the Heights of Abraham album? And if the answer is b, which >one?('Humidity' or 'Electric Hush'). Thanks for any help!

Get Heights of Abraham's 'Electric Hush', its tops. If they're cheap sell something and get 'em all, or alternatively, send 'em to me!!

quoted 2 lines ps. saw the subtropic cd 'homebrew' used for $11(canadian), is that

>ps. saw the subtropic cd 'homebrew' used for $11(canadian), is that >worth buying either?

S'alright. Sounded rather good at the time but has been superceded...

quoted 3 lines Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:50:05 -0400

>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:50:05 -0400 >From: Chris Fahey <chris@wanderlust.com> >Subject: RE: (idm) Still-underground AFX??

quoted 4 lines Yeah, how popular is he? How many records did he sell last year in the

>Yeah, how popular is he? How many records did he sell last year in the >US? In the UK is it any better for him, or what? How many did he sell >there? Does anyone have the numbers? I want hard cold facts. I like it >hard and cold.

Uh-huhuuhu-uh-uh. I remember reading in the NME a while back that Global Goon sold more than the Richard D.James LP. Don't know how true it is though. As for RDJ LP I think its the best and most innvoative thing he's ever done. It sounds like a RDJ/Cylob/Squarepusher soundclash to me. Even a bit of Kosmik Kommie and the other Rephlex influences in there too - easy listening, hardcore jungle-pop. And everyone hates it!

quoted 3 lines Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:32:39 -0700

>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:32:39 -0700 >From: "Gonzi (Fresh)" <fresh@linkonline.net> >Subject: Re: (idm) broadcast

quoted 3 lines stereolabs

> stereolabs > early stuff is excellent, but is now so bland > it makes me want to cry!....

quoted 4 lines What?! Don't agree with that at all. I've been a fan for years and I

>What?! Don't agree with that at all. I've been a fan for years and I >like the stuff they're doing now better than anything they've done >before. Emperor Tomato Ketchup is the best album they've dont i think. >Any other stereolab fans on the list? I'm curious...

Here's another lab fan! My fave is that 'Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center' Mini LP. Sweet stuff. Anyone heard the High Llama's LP which features Sean O'Hagen who does all the ace Stereolab string arrangements? Liked 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' too, but there's something a little not quite right about it that I can't put my finger on it. Can't wait for the new LP produced by John McEntire of Tortoise and mixed by my fave Kraut doodlers Mouse On Mars. There's a new MOM single on the way too with vocals from Laetititiitiitiitititia (okay so I don't know how to spell her name!) 'lab. As for the old stuff, I thing Mars Audiac Quintet is top, but the really old stuff tends to sound a little too similar. At least they seem to be moving forward now... Ping Pong should have been No.1! That's all... GrB. New from LWTCDi enterprises, more exciting record reviews of: DJ Krust - Genetic Manipulation EP (proper IDM jungle!) DJ Die - Something Special Roni Size - Fashion Jedi Knights - Big Ones EP Jimi Tenor - Intervisiions LP Secret Weapon - Surgery The Specialist (Dillinja) - Deep and Rolling Karime Kendra - Chemical Imbalance Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu ACR - Soundstation Remixes Vol 2 (by DJ Die/Fila Brazillia/Sons of Samarkland) all in Sammy Rawlins' Jukebox Week 6...plus the usual pointless articles and gibberish. All available free of charge at: http://www.Geocities.com/SoHo/7691 Go to it...

1997-04-18 12:44G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk> On Wednesday, 16-Apr-97, G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk wrote [about (idm) Re: > idm V1 #10

From:: <G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 13:44:05 +0100
Subject:: Re: (idm) Re: idm V1 #1062

quoted 6 lines On Wednesday, 16-Apr-97, G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk wrote [about (idm) Re:

> On Wednesday, 16-Apr-97, G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk wrote [about (idm) Re: > idm V1 #1062]: > >of Kosmik Kommie and the other Rephlex influences in there too - easy > >listening, hardcore jungle-pop. And everyone hates it! > > IMHO it's nothing like Squarepusher or Kosmic Kommando.

I said influences, not that any of the tracks sound 'exactly' like the artists mentioned. That would make the LP derivative and undoubtably a load of old spanners (an unintentional Black Dog reference!). What I mean is that the fractured beats are somewhat Squarepusherish, and the acid stylee on some of the tracks (Cornish Acid) is like acid which is very like Kommie.

quoted 2 lines hey, I don't hate it. I love it bigtime, in fact I think it's the best work

> hey, I don't hate it. I love it bigtime, in fact I think it's the best work > he's done in a while (some of the tracks)

All of the tracks! What makes the RDJ album great is that it makes a good album. Every track is brilliant, which is something I can't say for SAW II, I Care Because You Do, definately not Classics and not even Polygon Window. It works like pop music because the tracks are so short and hook filled that you want to hear them again.

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> > -- > __ > __\ \ Aurafix aka Hillie / PHD ^ DAMONES (aka Rare Guy) > / /_\ \ http://www.clark.net/pub/buh/index.html > \_____/ >> buh@clark.net >> < > .. >> .<>> >> > > , > m7= > > inducing mindwaves.. electronic techno muuusik controlled > manually by a p h e x t wi n .. .. . . . > >

1997-04-19 02:42The Rare GuyOn Friday, 18-Apr-97, G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk wrote [about Re: (idm) Re: idm V1 #1062]

From:: The Rare Guy <buh@clark.net>
To:: IDM <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 02:42:33 EST4EDT
Subject:: Re: (idm) Re: idm V1 #1062
Reply to:: Re: (idm) Re: idm V1 #1062

On Friday, 18-Apr-97, G.R.Booth@eee.salford.ac.uk wrote [about Re: (idm) Re: idm V1 #1062]:

quoted 6 lines I said influences, not that any of the tracks sound 'exactly' like

> I said influences, not that any of the tracks sound 'exactly' like >the artists mentioned. That would make the LP derivative and >undoubtably a load of old spanners (an unintentional Black Dog >reference!). What I mean is that the fractured beats are somewhat >Squarepusherish, and the acid stylee on some of the tracks (Cornish >Acid) is like acid which is very like Kommie.

I don't hear it. well I've only heard some kommie stuff and I don't like it much at all.

quoted 4 lines All of the tracks! What makes the RDJ album great is that it makes a

>All of the tracks! What makes the RDJ album great is that it makes a >good album. Every track is brilliant, which is something I can't say >for SAW II, I Care Because You Do, definately not Classics and not >even Polygon Window. It works like pop music because the tracks are

well, most of the tracks are his best work in a while is what I meant. I don't believe that Logon Rock Witch is one of the best things he has done in a while for instance. but yeah, all the tracks are brilliant. I have to agree with you about I Care, some of the tracks on there I don't like so much, however still I think Surfing On Sine Waves and Classics are all excellent (most tracks, quoth is ok).. Quoth(ep) is mediocre at best I guess if you really scrutinize it because the wooden thump mix is the same as the original really.. may as well just take the original and put it through fx. Bicycle pump meets bucket is great though. -- __ __\ \ Aurafix aka Hillie / PHD ^ DAMONES (aka Rare Guy) / /_\ \ http://www.clark.net/pub/buh/index.html \_____/ >> buh@clark.net >> < > .. >> .<>> >> > , m7= inducing mindwaves.. electronic techno muuusik controlled manually by a p h e x t wi n .. .. . . .