in my net i found:
i-f _Portrait of a Dead Girl: The Cause_ (Disko B)
A: I do because I couldn't care less.../ Superman (live at "der bruine planet")
B: Nothing else / Little Japanese feet
a little worried i was at the purchase of a slab of acidplanet wax; a few of my
previous encounters (beverly hills 808303 on DBN and i-f on mururoa) revealed
that though i like the grungy production of these records, they can be a bit
too tracky. this record is different. i was also nervous that the day after i
ordered it, it was revealed that someone's two favorite tracks have been left
off this issue. even without them, though, this is a pretty nifty release, if
not totally mesmerizing. that production is definitely in effect (stay away,
jon drukman) and the sounds are way beyond the elementary boxwork on, say, the
mururoa cut. one slammin electrofunker ("I do because...") and the rest have
this way of starting out plodding but growing strange, shifting rhythms like
the marching snare sounds in "nothing else". anybody wanna sell me their
original viewlexx pressing?
SRI _Grand Slam_ (New Transatlantic)
A: grand slam / seven seconds
B: five inch / echo pain
a twelver from mike ink's brother (?) sweet reinhard. it's my first encounter
with this corner of the techno world (Studio 1/Profan/etc.) and it's well done
but not stunning. The cuts are minimal, with a bass or drum line anchoring it
down, and an arsenal of clicks, buzzes and chord stabs wandering in over the
top. none are pounding 4x4, and "grand slam" veers towards aux88 territory, but
it needs serious pitching up. "five inch" has a grooovy house bassline and
finally "echo pain" has a few of the gnarly acid growls i heard on a previous
sri release in the store, which sadly are not in evidence here.
nick
ps. i love you, 4th world ;)