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From:
Dr. Giggles
To:
Sean Cooper
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Date:
Tue, 13 Aug 1996 01:27:13 -0800
Subject:
(idm) Re: [EB] atom heart, biochip, pharma, etc.
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At 12:26 AM 8/13/96 -0800, Sean Cooper wrote:
quoted 42 lines down-tempo, ambient-leaning electro ala hia or some atom heart (but nowhere>>> down-tempo, ambient-leaning electro ala hia or some atom heart (but nowhere >>> near as interesting or detailed)...from what i've heard the pharma twelve >> >>a friend of mine lent me some atom heart stuff he got in germany (where he >>used to do record covers, etc - he has some sick stuff!) including a cd >>called 'atomu shimozu' or something like that ('atom heart' in japanese of >>sick, nasty, fucked up, distorted breaks that i can't stop listening to. >>as soon as i can take it home from work (ie - stop listening to it when >>i'm coding...) i'll post a track listing. >> >>does 'atom heart' still release stuff? > >as eylon pointed out, atom heart continues to release a steady flow, and >much of it of mindbogglingly high quality. although he reserves the harsher >edge to which you describe an attraction for his atomu shinzo/mike >mccoy/lassigue bendthaus and early pod atom heart material, anyone with a >deep love of electro will find much to connect with on any of his recent >releases on his own rather interesting label, including: > >vsvn >semiacoustic nature >silver sound 60 >bass >machine paisley >hat >mono trademark > >all, with the exception of _vsvn_, are cd-only (a _hat_ 12-inch is, >apparently, to be released on harmuomi hosono's daisy world label, but i >haven't heard a release date yet). a nice introduction to his rather >interesting work exists (and on vinyl, too!) on _real intelligence_, a >compilation combining tracks from the first 10 or so ri releases, as well >as a few new goodies. as i said, it isn't really electro per se, but the >centrality of electro in much of atom heart's work (in combination, most >often, with ambient, jazz, and jungle) is evident to even the most casual >of observers. atom heart is also--and despite all the great music being >made even today that i wouldn't necessarily characterize this way--one of >the few true innovators in electro, pushing many of the style's accepted >compositional attributes into new, unexpected areas and combinations. > >a question of my own: has anyone heard the biochip c cd called, i think, >_inside (chapter 2)_, on anodyne?
yea, i got it....not too much electro on it, more like spacey ambient breakbeat and synth heavy stuff kind of detroity... it's an interactive cd hybrid, and i'm
quoted 2 lines wondering if it's electro or not (and, if so, if it's available on>wondering if it's electro or not (and, if so, if it's available on >vinyl)..
no it is not, just cd here is a short anodyne discography biochip c -tb uproar ano. 1 cd only (not to electro) biochip c-gu-d ano. 2 ? metroscat-neutrino ano. 3 ? biochip c-inside ch 1 ano. 4 good shit biochip c-inside ch 2 ano. 5 pretty good cyberchrist-belief 7" ano. 6 top one anodyne-303 ano. 7-killer .most of biochip's non-anodyne stuff is straight 4floor techno, not all of it....he does electro and hard breakbeat as well especially on the older ones but
quoted 3 lines the anodyne stuff is pretty cool, and i'm wondering how this rates. also,>the anodyne stuff is pretty cool, and i'm wondering how this rates. also, >to whomever said pharma is biochip c's label: is this a guess, or do you >know this for a fact?
It is Jammin Unit's label according to Bleed (?) who is still on the list derek
quoted 7 lines thanks,> >thanks, > >sc > > >