Kandis: Senking (Karaoke Kalk 1)
After being drawn in by the ultra cool, ambient-bordering-'post-rock'
sound of the excellent motel ep (kk4, presented by none other then,
kandis and saucer) I decided that the rest of this stuff might be worth
checking out. Anyway, Kandis' Senking is a lovely journey full of
experiments unlike any other. The title track kicks it off with some
deep, low-fi, experimental electronics, not dissimilar to that which has
been coming out of miami upstarts, schematic. Flip it over to hear 'luna
corona', which, despite starting off with just a sole, simple little
rhythm, it then breaks into all wild sound effects and deep "boooooop"s,
finally a happy little three note melody complemented by a back up of
beepings and faux-horns enters and continues for the duration of the
track. This all leads up to the wonderful 'treasure island', which is
more stuff along the lines of the opener, except focusing more on melody
than anything else. So, if your looking for a refreshing closing to the
already amazing musical year of '97, Karaoke Kalk's got the stuff for
you!
Microstudio/Ungai Patrol Split 12" (Carpet Bomb 2)
Following up this spring's heralded first effort, microstudio's
"cubensis", the carpet bomb boys are back. The favorite, Microstudio
starts it all up with 'Rural Development Project', a 15 minute epic,
wandering through tribal beats (with an obvious nod to the black dog),
hypnotic bass, and those oh so brilliant melodies we all know and love
from cubensis. On to the Ungai: They open up with the epononymus track,
which consists of hectic breaks, and a chessy sample, that sounds more
like a Plug, than a Bomb (get it...). Finally they finish it up with a
mad, er.. "drill n' bass" track,'Mr. Greco', which make the spunk jazzers
and spymaniacs look like the DMX Krew. All in all, another fine release
for the Carpet Bombers.
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