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First, I want to give a quick thanks to Hillie for trying to answer my u-zig inquiries. As I found, not a lot of current info is available on the Paradinas projects. This must hit his pocket-book in some way. Now, for the meat-and-potatoes... I have really liked the orchestration and atmospherics produced by Paradinas in all of his projects thus far. I first heard of U-zig through a CMJ sampler disc with Phiescope on it. I was sold. Then, I got hold of the backlog of U-zig catalog - really great work! I just listened to the entire Urmur Bile CD(Volumes 1&2). What the hell happened!? I hope Paradinas isn't content with this- I sure was disappointed. Why? Most of Urmur was composed of super-fast beats sounding like they came from a Casio $25 keyboard. Songs were "long," but for no real reason (no necessary development). Last question- "How did the music make feel?" (Isn't that what music is all about?) Like I was stuck in a waiting room after 10 expressos wiating to be interviewed by 60 executive for a job that doesn't exist! .... "And, what makes you so qualified for our important non-existant position?!" "I can repeat looped beats so quick. Reeel quick. Didcha get that, huh?!!!!!!!!" I miss Kid Spatula! There's always tomorrow...

On 09 Feb 1997 19:01 +0100 (-0400), Curtis Hall wrote to me:

quoted 2 lines "I can repeat looped beats so quick. Reeel quick. Didcha get that,

> "I can repeat looped beats so quick. Reeel quick. Didcha get that, > huh?!!!!!!!!"

With all this slagging of Urmur Bile Trax... I feel it necessary to jump up in defence for the few tracks that are actually really quite cool. For instance, 'Let Let' from volume 1 is one damned fine piece of work. Very smooth, quirky... jazzy.... slick, yet hardly over-produced. Sure it still sounds like video game music (like most of paradinas's tracks) but has a lot more energy than his more recent bland efforts. Overall, I felt that volume 2 was the better of the two, with 1 Hip 007*, Hornet, and The Phonic Sox taking the cake for quirky d'n b sequencing. After all, I live for this kinda lively goofiness. What I regret is that months from now, I'll have lost interest in Urmur Bile Trax.... as there it just ain't durable against the likes of Squarepusher, Plug and... well... I still get a stitch in my heart everytime i hear the Jedi Knights. Maybe Paradinas desires to be the Pete Namlook of drum'n bass? I've reserved a space for Urmur Bile Trax right next to Aphex Twin's Richard D. James album. Keeps the dust from spreading. Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong" For reviews, interviews, art & trash http://www.on-it.net/~aaron/ aaron@defiant.on-it.net

cause i was off the list for a week i dunno the original message, but someone wrote:

quoted 3 lines What the hell happened!? I hope Paradinas isn't content with this- I

> What the hell happened!? I hope Paradinas isn't content with this- I > sure was disappointed. Why? Most of Urmur was composed of super-fast > beats sounding like they came from a Casio $25 keyboard.

super-fast beats??? erh? my copy plays at 33 rpm and it has _no_ fast beats at all. -- Toralf reporting live from Friedrichshafen, Lake Bodensee, Germany.

quoted 1 line beats sounding like they came from a Casio $25 keyboard. Songs were

> beats sounding like they came from a Casio $25 keyboard. Songs were

And whats wrong with that? :P I remember someone posting about the beats on RDJ with a similar criticsm; I think some of these _less expensive_ keyboards are capable of some lovely noises (especially when put through effects :D) I just hope IDM doesn't go the way of a lot of other dance music where everyone uses the same (trendy?) percussion/analogue keyboard sounds One of the main things I like about the music on this list is the variety of noises used, almost as a feature separate from the structure of the tunes/ melodies. -- Jameel Syed ______________________________________________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9798/ "it was an act of self hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise"