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[re]views new kreidler, rephlex, ninja tune 12"s
quick [re]-views
kreidler - au-pair 12 " [kiFF SM]
kreidler, who feature to rococo rot's stefan schnider amongst their
ranks, combine the digital sleekness of YMO with loose instinctive
grooves of can or soft machine, sounds good on paper, however lead
track 'au-pair' is linear, predictable and mechanically stiff, sounds
like a tortoise demo with not enough instinctive push & pull interplay
between the musicians, flip over, 'gain', 45 i presume, emits short
bursts of randomized jap-crypto-funk during which various oriental
counterpoints combat for pole position, 'automatic tunnel' on the
other hand could have been composed on automatic pilot, plodding
porter ricks style minimalism probably meant to be mesmeric but
doesn't quite pull it off
chaos ad - remixes 12" [rephlex]
da pusher returns with this schizophrenic 4 tracker, a-side 'psultan'
is a lengthy workout which doesn't stray too far from the 'feed me
weird things' formula, i.e. cheesy break beats, pulverizing bass and
sledgehammer dynamics. 3 mixes on the flip are apparently the work
of tom's brother, andy, [??] and fit nicely into the 'so-bad'it's
good' category, check tom's crot 12" or universal indicator series
for reference points. lo-fi, psychotic 303 workouts with and
extraneous shrieking and moronic rhythms
various - funkungfusion sampler 12" [ninja tune]
precursor for ninja cuts 3 compilation due out on 27th april. featured
on this 12" are amon tobin, clifford gilberto, herbaliser and the
pairing of money mark & kid koala. both tobin & herbaliser's cuts
are rampant hip hop abstractions that groove but unfortunately just
do not MOVE!. clifford gilberto [who he?] humps effectively with DA
be-bop funk whilst kid K & M mark provide the standout cut, laconic
so-loose-it-could-fall-apart-at-any-minute opium shuffle with a
typewriter chattering in the background, maybe burroughs hard at
work in tangiers?
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