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From:
Tom Millar
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Date:
1 Nov 99 14:01:09 CST
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(idm) Reviews: V/Vm AOW10PoB+BoPS, WARP 10+(1,2)
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Various: Aural Offal Waffle Ten Pints Of Bitter And A Bag Of Pork Scratchings (V/Vm TEST Records OFFAL01) Greatest party record of the coming millenium. Also excellent for housework and the moral education of our nation's youth. V/Vm's treatment specialists have progressed beyond the audiomulching, the sonic decimating, and the original noise music standby of triple overdrive. Now in vogue is the act of taking absolutely horrid pop banalities and running the mess through a delay unit. Hurrah! Duchamp would be proud. Various: Influences, Classics (Warp 10+1, Warp 10+2) What this pair of records comes down to is this: In 1992, a gang of white British prats were accused of innovations they did not commit. IDM fans not possessing a Detroit, Chicago or Sheffield Bleep fetish should probably avoid this madness. I got a kick out of 'Influences' because I did the math and realized this stuff was being produced when I was eight years old. "Classics" just reminded me of the 909-driven silliness I was listening to in high school and as such wore out quickly (I FF'd the majority of the tracks, and I _like_ LFO). Listening for correlations between the "Influences" and the early Warp material I know and love produced some interesting revelations- for example, Aphex was/is more of a compression freak than whiz kid. Those Warp guys sure are brave. Tom ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org