hey folkerdoos...
i've been a semi-lurker on the list for awhile, if you're wondering how i
am. today i went out and expended almost every cent i had on a bunch of new
(to me at least) music. maybe later on i'll post some full reviews.. some
mini-reviews for now:
Sven Vath - Ritual of Life/Accident in Paradise (the remixes)
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this is an awfully long disc for a cd single (74 minutes, 12 tracks). i
found a played-once copy in the used bins and got it for $3, but even at $6
or $7 it's well worth it. there are remixes by william orbit+spooky (very,
very good mix of 'accident..'), spicelab (also both very good), as well as
hardcore mixes by lenny dee and some other good stuff. buy it, cuz you
probably will love at least 3 out of 12 mixes :)
William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf (CD single)
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I have had the original strange cargo album for a long time now, and really
enjoyed it. one of the tracks from that album, "Fire and Mercy" is included
on this single, as well as "Dark Eyed Kid" from SC2 and three mixes of
"Water from a vine leaf".. i like the new track alot, it's definitely one
of the best tracks i've heard in a while (the underworld mix is probably my
favorite).. i guess i shall have to buy the album now :)
Opus III - "When You Made The Mountain" (CD single)
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i hesitate to put this in a post to IDM.. but it's just to say.. DON'T BUY
IT! it's garbage, i should have known better :)
Chapterhouse "Blood Music:" retranslated by Global Communication (cheap CD)
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A sticker on this says something like 60+ minutes of ambience by ex-aphex
twin. yeah, whatever. anyway i really like this alot. can anyone tell me if
the original chapterhouse stuff sounds anything like this quality ambient
disc. it's cheap too - i picked it up for under $7
Future Sound Of London "Lifeforms"
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I'm listening to this now, so all i can do is give my first impressions:
not terribly bad, but... the first track ("Cascade") is almost entirely
drum loops from the X-Static Goldmine sample CD, probably the
most-oversampled sampling CD available. the loops are good, but with the
supposed talent of FSOL (i'm still not convinced these are the same guys
who did "Papua New Guinea" :) you would think they could have at least
resequenced the sounds into original loops. after this track it gets better
(whatever track is currently playing is respectable at least) but i've
heard an awful lot of these sounds before. this is definitely not on my
"Wow, how'd they do that?" list. I don't see what the big deal about these
guys is.. the amorph androg tracks i've heard sounded better than this
though.
i also have hear 'themes from vapourspace', instinct's 'chillout phase two'
compilation and instinct's domestic release of 'rising high trance
injection' but i have yet to listen to them.. stay tuned
- DanN
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