179,854Messages
9,130Senders
30Years
342mboxes

← back to listing · view thread

From:
Che
Cc:
IDM
Date:
Mon, 4 May 1998 12:56:37 +0000 ()
Subject:
Re: (idm) a guy called trivia
Msg-Id:
<Pine.BSI.3.96.980504123858.28294A-100000@beacon.synthcom.com>
In-Reply-To:
<3575B25C.50DF@lwtcdi.prestel.co.uk>
Mbox:
idm.9805.gz
I've borrowed the new version from a friend, plan to load it into my Mac & A/B it with the original to tell the differences, then burn the alternate tracks on a CD w/ 28 Gun Bad Boy (so I can keep the original in a safe place, I doubt I'll ever see another copy). Full report by the end of the week. I've got the "So Many Dreams" CDS, and have to say I prefer the original to the remixes. On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, lwtcdi wrote:
quoted 6 lines Interesting to hear people rating Black Secret Technology, but I'm> Interesting to hear people rating Black Secret Technology, but I'm > afraid I have to say that it's not one of my fave drum and bass > releases. There's some interesting tracks, but to my ears the drums are > clatterly and all over the place, and even though it was slightly ahead > of it's time there's no excuse for not making the drums rip - see 4 > Hero's Parallel Universe for a better early drum and bass LP.
I think Gerald's drum programming has always been excellent. He gets some amazing textures from his rhythms on both BST & 28 Gun Bad Boy (the total mindfuck jungle album - it gets better every time I listen to it, and it rated as a great album the first time I heard it. Hard to believe it's from '92). 4 Hero, at least on Parallel Universe, tends to be a little more Catholic in their drum programming to maintain their dancefloor cred. I'm glad they strayed from that a bit w/ Jacob's Optical Stairway. But, if you want some really ripping tracks, try out their "Paranormal In 4 Forms" (MacroDubInfection), or the JOS remix of System 7 on the Foundations comp.
quoted 4 lines Speaking> Speaking > of which, someone game me a tracklisting for the new 4 Hero LP to be > released on Talkin' Loud in the UK (no US domestic release planned tho). > The album is called "Two Pages" and the tracklisting is...
Thanks for the info. Anyone care to comment on the "Jacob's Story" EP that came out on R&S about a year ago? I've been meaning to buy it for too long. Che