In an email, Dave Manning wrote:
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> Well, in spite of the recent spate of "I hate compilations"/"I love
> compilations" messages on the idm list, I need to check in with a
> thumbs-up on _The Trip Hop Test_, on Moonshine here in the States. Yes,
> the packaging has a certain dairy quality to it (read: cheesy), but the
> mix of trippy tracks are really quite good, and for a domestic price, at
> least introduces those of us outside of San Fran to some quality music.
>
> Tops: The totally trippy Saint Etienne track, "Filthy", the Dust Brothers'
> "My Mercury Mouth", the Portishead remix of Paul Weller's "Wildwood", and
> the absolutely fantastic "Transmit Liberation" by Single Cell Orchestra.
>
I myself was disappointed with this comp; but that's because I was looking
forward to something harder (tough luck on a domestic comp, I suppose) --
somewhere along the lines of Omar Santana (dark side of the shroom ep),
full of hardcore hip-hop percussions/samples, some tougher efx/acid
lines (I liked how he reworked the efx from Prodigy's `Poison'), or
Chemical Brothers (Dust Brothers = Chem Bros on lightcore?), etc... I
only bothered to really listen to the Tranquility Bass track (yeah,
where was I?) I'd give it a 5/10.
Anybody have some recent tr*p-h*p / electro reviews?
Some of my recent purchases: Aneosis `Blood & Sweat in London' Magnetic
North's `Elements of Phunkee Noize Sampler' (or something like), X-911
`Les Champs Magnetique' -- Ask me if you'd like a review of any of these.
-Paul