OK I should have mentioned these earlier but I forgot to... (duh!)
Scott Edwards - Distant Horizons CD... Anyone seen this? Very nice
melodic/ambient techno. The guy isnt "on the edge" but he's making some nice
stuff... love his improvisational solos and stuff. He takes mellow
chords/strings/melodies, but drops them over some hook or another... the odd
bassline or analogue tweak. Good for listening to at home but, like I said,
not exactly mind-blowingly experimental.
The Sunkings - Hall of Heads CD (GPR)... Am I right? Did this only come out
on CD/MC? If so why? There was hardly any fuss over this CD, which surprises
me because the CD is fuggin good. Sounds like Edgar Froese on a cosmic
electronic trip. Adds more to the current ambient scene than some
atmospheric pads and echoey bleepy noises, that cant be denied. These people
have put _loads_ of effort into this, the least you lot can do is buy it!
And while I'm on the subject, has anyone got their "Heart of the Sun" 12?
Weird stuff too... the analogue synths go "WUM! BOOM!" on 2 tracks but the
other is brilliantly chilled out... and is that a Pink Floyd sample in the
mix??
Brendan Nelson
Kinetic Illusion