On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, Greg Earle wrote:
quoted 19 lines I remembered some discussion a few months ago about the new Scorn album,> > I remembered some discussion a few months ago about the new Scorn album,
> > which I thought was titled _Dub_. Anyway, I was browsing my local
> > BlockBuster Music (high prices, but you occasionally can find something
> > out there) and stumbled on _Colossus_, recorded from 1992-93 and released
> > by Earache USA in 1994.
>
> [ >8 -snip- 8< ]
>
> > Anyway, if anyone out there sees this disc, take the time to listen to it
> > if you can. It's not bad. And if anyone knows what album by Scorn I'm
> > thinking about that *was* kind of dubby (in that Earache sort of way),
> > drop me a line.
>
> Gee, didn't we talk about this back last July, Dave? (-:
>
> Anyway, you're thinking of "Evanescence" - the one with "redefining Ambient
> Dub" on the sticker. Funnily enough, I just heard most of it last weekend.
> My wife went and promised an old friend (and Industrialist-Without-A-Clue as
> of yet, alas) that she'd play at his birthday party, so I had to miss the
industrial music is still alive and strong, and quite honestly i would
rather not see a bunch of industrial artists doing techno. to insult
them as being without clues only shows your ignorance which is oh so
typical of the rave/techno scene.
those industrial artists pioneered techno and ambience, so do us a favor
and shut up and get some knowledge.
quoted 18 lines Dust Brothers for that )-: (Sigh. Women. Ya can't ... oh, never mind.)> Dust Brothers for that )-: (Sigh. Women. Ya can't ... oh, never mind.)
>
> To be honest, I don't know where the "redefining Ambient Dub" comes from.
> It's not Ambient by any stretch of the imagination. There's plenty of Dub
> influence, though. If you're an Old Fart(tm), let me put it this way: the
> album "Evanescence" most reminds me of is Public Image Ltd's "Metal Box"
> (a.k.a. "Second Edition"). Not so much the music but the *feel* of the album:
> it has that bass-heavy bass-up-front claustrophobic Dub feel to it, which
> reminded me of "Metal Box". In other words, it's totally fuckin' cool (-:
>
> (What this has to do with IDM, I dunno. We resume our regularly scheduled
> mu-Ziq track list trainspotting ... (-: )
>
> OnNow: nothing (no CD player at work)
> OnLast: Vibbert/Simmons "Weirs" (Geez, some of this rages but most of it sucks)
>
> - Greg
>