IDM Mailing Archive

Re: Blech tape:

quoted 3 lines As far as I know the warp release of the tape was very limited, maybe

> As far as I know the warp release of the tape was very limited, maybe > only a hundred copies, I'm not sure, but it was on the cover of Wax > magazine early this year or late last year, that's how I got my copy.

From what I've heard, the Wax one is a slightly cut down version of the original Warp one (although I don't know for sure - I only have the Wax one).

quoted 4 lines The sample from the film Dark Star of one of the ships crew teaching a

>The sample from the film Dark Star of one of the ships crew teaching a >bomb phenomenology over the top of B12's Soundtrack of Space is >absolutely classic. I'm surprised I haven't worn that part of the tape >out yet. :-)

I like the extra samples they added, but I thought the mixing was extremely uninspiring, especially seeing as there's two of them (Strictly Kev & PC). A lot of the tracks are texture mixed or sequed together rather than beatmixed, which I thought was a bit of a cop-out. Also I think the flow of the tape is all over the place - I prefer it when mixes move through sections rather than just lump everything together. Given the whole WARP back catalogue to play with, I reckon I could've come up with something a lot better than this. Haven't heard Blech 2 - how does this compare to no.1 and who mixed it? Also, have the 'exclusive' Plaid and Jimi Tenor trax on no.2 had a proper release yet? Gb.