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2001-09-23 17:22lazlo [idm] [Fwd: [MMR] Tales of the Mad Monkey #9]
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2001-09-23 17:22lazloSilly simians... laz mmr@madmonkey.org wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > This email was origina
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Silly simians... laz mmr@madmonkey.org wrote:
quoted 88 lines Hello Everyone,> Hello Everyone, > > This email was originally planned about a week ago but things here got > pretty shaken up. I feel very fortunate that we did not lose any of our > friends in NYC. But, our thoughts go out to all those who were affected > directly by the attacks. Words simply escape me. > > But we must move on. > > It seems that the last part of the year will be the busiest for us. Here > is what is up: > > Tamarin 7" - Rule the Planet (de los 01) > Release date: Europe: Sept 15, 2001; America/rest of the world: Oct 2001 > > This is the first part of an on-going series on the de los siete label. > De los siete is a sub-label of Mad Monkey Records specializing in the > nosier side of electronic music. > > Strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide. > > Tamarin entered the scene two years ago with an unauthorized remix of > Prince's 1999 --- the pop track was fused with glitches and hard rhythms. > The end result was a new kind of disturbing pop. From that moment on > Tamarin has sought to recapture that feeling. With this in mind, Tamarin > followed up with a remix of AO23M's further down the rabbit hole, which in > turn has received wide radio play. This seven inch finds Tamarin > venturing away from future pop into bombastic distorted techno and > unsettling ambient. Some might compare it to power noise while others may > label it as gritty experimental electronics. Tamarin sees it as a new > start. > > ENE - Cost Vs. Consciousness CD (MMR06) > Release date: Europe: Oct 10, 2001; America/rest of the world: January > 2002 > > In two words this CD can be described as Broken Beat. But it is more than > that -- it is an assault on accepted notions of electronic music. Taking > a cue from Muslimgauze, Scott Hudgins (aka ENE) twists beat structures > until they become something entirely new. The end result is a swarming > cloud of sound that challenges, yet enthralls the listener. We > can use phrases like forward thinking but that would be missing the point. > This is not just an exercise in academics but an attempt to re-educate > the listener...and perhaps the dancefloor. > > A change in US distribution has meant that these Tamarin and Ene releases > will be available sooner in Europe than in the US and rest of the world. > All subsequent MMR releases will come out simultaneously in both Europe > and the US. > > In other news, the new Neutral full length is done. It is titled "Motion > Of" and will be a co-released between Mad Monkey Records and Hymen Records > (http://www.klangstabil.com/hymen). It should be out in January of 2002 - > promos will be sent out sometime in November. It is simply an astonishing > album. > > In somewhat related news, Tamarin has released a CDR titled "Fear of an > Extraordinary life" on the American label, Frozen Empire Media (FEM) > (http://www.frozenempiremedia.com). > > FEM describes it as: > the solo project of Mad Monkey Records label manager, Daniel De Los > Santos. With Tamarin, Daniel meshes experimental elements of drone, > rhythmic noise and glitch into a unique and powerful creation of his own. > 10 tracks in all. > > This is Tamarin's debut full length and it is available directly from > frozen empire media for $6.00 > > In unrelated news, I am heading to Europe on Sept 25 for 2 weeks. While > there I will be attending Maschinenfest in Aachen, Germany > (http://www.maschinenfest.de). If you happen to be at this event please > say hello - I will be wearing (at least for one of the days) a Mad Monkey > Records shirt. > > That should cover it for now - more is planned (especially in 2002) but I > will leave that for a future email. > > Thanks again for all the support! > > p.s. there is a really nice interview with Eric and me at: > http://members.tripod.com/rem_ind/audio/mmrfeat.htm > > p.p.s. And for an interesting article on autechre and the adventure we > almost had with them: http://www.xlr8r.com/issue/52/autechre/index.html > > -Daniel > http://www.madmonkey.org
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