to bring this thread into current related info, i just received a promo copy
of the new release on Lo Recordings by Alternative 3. Alternative 3 is a
collaborative project between members of Add N to X, Hairy Butter and
Stereolab.
Stereolab only participates on select tracks, but the release flows fairly
well between the expected acoustic experimentation from Richard Thomas and
the sci-fi-kitsch of Add N to X and electronic doodles from Stereolab. What
I have come to determine however is that despite Hairy Butter's (very
humorous) press release on DEI, rather than being the 2 girls they claim to
be, it has to be none other than Jon Tye and Richard Thomas. (I've used my
not-so-brilliant powers of deduction on this one based on the liner of Alt.
3)
In any case, I think this is a fairly interesting release. Anyone who heard
the track on the Lo sampler "Fresh Fruit" earlier this year should know what
to expect based on the selection showcased there.
More info from the DEI site:
Original Soundtrack featuring Add N to X, Hairy Butter and Stereolab.
Conspiracy theory alert! IT IS TOP SECRET - AND IT IS TERRIFYING. IT IS
ALTERNATIVE 3. The most astounding and frightening conspiracy ever! Research
for what was originally intended as a straightforward TV documentary on the
scientific 'Brain Drain' from Britain revealed some extremely disturbing
things: Many people joining the Brain Drain are vanishing off the face of
the Earth - literally. Earth will soon be unable to support life: our
climate's recent strange behaviour is only a warm-up for the cataclysms to
come. The super-powers have been working secretly together in space for
decades. Government agencies are kidnapping ordinary people and turning them
into mindless slaves by advanced brainwashing methods. Astronauts' reports
of strange things they saw on the moon have been suppressed. Ultra-secret
joint US/USSR conferences are being held each month in a submarine beneath
the Artic ice-cap. An international government conspiracy so monstrous that
the human mind can scarcely grasp its true enormity. In 1977 Anglia
Television aired a documentary called "Alternative 3" as one of their
'Science Report' programs. A3's basic premise is that our planet is doomed
to die from global warming and America and Russia, after secretly
co-operating for decades, have colonized Mars with selected superior humans
and plan to leave the rest of the human race to die when the time comes! The
response to the broadcast was unprecedented with many people phoning in,
newspaper articles and even questions in the house. In an effort to stop the
panic the producers of the program issued a statement claiming that the show
was in fact a hoax and had been originally scheduled for broadcast on April
Fools day. Some time later a book was published also called "Alternative 3",
which claimed that the story was true, but that pressure from the 'powers
that be' had forced Anglia TV to deny it. The book provided much evidence to
support the story and a cult was born. More recently one of the authors,
Leslie Watkins, revealed that he had intended to write a follow up called
"Backlash to Alternative 3" but that a chest containing that material was
mysteriously lost when he moved to Australia. This bizarre story has now
been made into a major feature film starring Cornelia Fischer and Oliver
Tubb, with a suitably eclectic electronic score featuring Add N to X,
Stereolab and Hairy Butter that recalls classic sci-fi soundtracks of the
70's such as The Andromeda Strain and Demon Seed. A web site with further
information, stills from the film and links to other relevant sites such as
thule.org where it is possible to view the original documentary, will be
launched to coincide with the release of the album. The film itself will be
released in the summer of 2001 with preview screenings scheduled to coincide
with the release of the album. (lo recordings)
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m.mercer :: systm
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http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/98/systm.html
mmercer@kent.edu :: vletrmx@hotmail.com
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