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1998-10-26 16:25WARD Giles> Back in the day indeed - the day being 1994 : ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..current

From:: WARD Giles <Giles.WARD@sema.co.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:25:41 -0000
Subject:: (idm) 1994

quoted 1 line Back in the day indeed - the day being 1994 :

> Back in the day indeed - the day being 1994 :

ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..currently enjoying the more ambient tracks on Biosphere's Patashnik album.. whats the more recent Biosphere like?

1998-10-26 18:20mike@hyperreal.orgWARD Giles wrote: > ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..currently enjoying the more ambient

From:: <mike@hyperreal.org>
To:: WARD Giles <Giles.WARD@sema.co.uk>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:20:19 -0800 (PST)
Subject:: (idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)
Reply to:: (idm) 1994

WARD Giles wrote:

quoted 3 lines ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..currently enjoying the more ambient

> ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..currently enjoying the more ambient > tracks on Biosphere's Patashnik album.. whats the more recent Biosphere > like?

Substrata is like the more ambient tracks on Patashnik. There don't seem to be any drum machines at all, although it's sometimes rhythmic enough that you can pick out a tempo in several tracks. Definitely not dance music, intelligent or otherwise. You can tell it's Biosphere -- same thick, dark yet warm production quality. I like about 50% of it a lot, 30% of it a little, and 1 or 2 tracks I could do without. I was lukewarm on the whole thing at first, but it grew on me. - Mike ______________________________________________________________________ Mike Brown / Hyperreal | Director, Hyperreal Music Archive PO Box 61334 | http://www.hyperreal.org/music/ Denver CO 80206-8334 USA |

1998-10-26 18:37Nate Harrison \[Toshok Laboratories\]Just to give another perspective, I f'n love Substrata. Drippy primal, organic ambient. No

From:: Nate Harrison \[Toshok Laboratories\] <nate@toshoklabs.com>
To:: <mike@hyperreal.org>
Cc:: WARD Giles <Giles.WARD@sema.co.uk>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:37:41 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)
Reply to:: (idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)

Just to give another perspective, I f'n love Substrata. Drippy primal, organic ambient. No slick production techniques/oddball rhythm programming here.That one track with the string section and the drunk/old Russian dialogue gets me everytime. I've listened to this record at least once a week since I bought it last year... peace Nate On Mon, 26 Oct 1998 mike@hyperreal.org wrote:

quoted 21 lines WARD Giles wrote:

> WARD Giles wrote: > > ah.. the 'golden age' of IDM ;-) ..currently enjoying the more ambient > > tracks on Biosphere's Patashnik album.. whats the more recent Biosphere > > like? > > Substrata is like the more ambient tracks on Patashnik. There don't seem > to be any drum machines at all, although it's sometimes rhythmic enough > that you can pick out a tempo in several tracks. Definitely not dance > music, intelligent or otherwise. You can tell it's Biosphere -- same > thick, dark yet warm production quality. I like about 50% of it a lot, 30% > of it a little, and 1 or 2 tracks I could do without. I was lukewarm on > the whole thing at first, but it grew on me. > > - Mike > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Mike Brown / Hyperreal | Director, Hyperreal Music Archive > PO Box 61334 | http://www.hyperreal.org/music/ > Denver CO 80206-8334 USA | > >

1998-10-27 11:20Christian Stigen LarsenQuoting Nate Harrison Toshok Laboratories" (nate@toshoklabs.com): | | Just to give another

From:: Christian Stigen Larsen <chrisl@stud.fim.ntnu.no>
To:: Nate Harrison <nate@toshoklabs.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:20:35 +0100
Subject:: Re: (idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)
Reply to:: Re: (idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)

Quoting Nate Harrison Toshok Laboratories" (nate@toshoklabs.com): | | Just to give another perspective, I f'n love Substrata.i | ... | That one track with the string section and the drunk/old Russian | dialogue gets me everytime. Actually it's a recording of a Russian telepath, trying to describe an object on a table two floors up from where he is. Geir sampled it from a TV-programme on the norwegian national television. :) -- Christian Stigen Larsen -- http://www.sublevel3.org chrisl@stud.ntnu.no http://www.stud.ntnu.no/~chrisl/

(idm) Biosphere (was: 1994)