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1364: But this Tournesol/Kokotsu (Apollo AMB4931) is just brilliant! 62 1364: of the Tournesol/kokotsu)? I must know!! 1709: Subject: Tournesol/Kokotsu 2185: 4. Tournesol-Henka (Apollo/Belgium) I realize I'm abotu 3 months behind on this, but I finally heard a track from the Tournesol "Kokotsu" album last night. It totally blew me away (Can Apollo do no wrong?!? I heard another Ken Ishii track from Deep Space right before it that was great.). Has anyone seen "Kokotsu" in a store recently? I wonder how hard it'll be for me to find it 4 months after the fact ... Also, there was a Top 10 list posted sometime back with

quoted 5 lines OSCILLATE AMBIENT SOUND SYSTEM

> OSCILLATE AMBIENT SOUND SYSTEM > TOP 10 AMBIENT/INTELLIGENT/CHILLOUT VIBES > DJ ORION - DJ GRUMPY - DJ MATTY > TAMPA, FLORIDA > JUNE 1994

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quoted 1 line 4. Tournesol-Henka (Apollo/Belgium)

>4. Tournesol-Henka (Apollo/Belgium)

Is this "Henka" a track off of "Kokotsu", or a new & completely different release? Inquiring minds, - Greg

quoted 1 line Is this "Henka" a track off of "Kokotsu", or a new & completely di

>>Is this "Henka" a track off of "Kokotsu", or a new & completely different

release?<< It first came out on a 12", and then was included in the album _Kokotsu_.

quoted 1 line Has anyone seen "Kokotsu" in a store recently? I wonder how hard it'll be

>>Has anyone seen "Kokotsu" in a store recently? I wonder how hard it'll be

for me to find it 4 months after the fact ...<< Mod Lang in Cali carries it (510) 486-1880. They carry all Apollo releases on CD for $20.00 I too endorse _Kokotsu_ Excellent drum sounds, and ambient rhythms. ___________________________________________________________________________ Paul Rafanello Custom Forum #137: ambience@delphi.com A.U.D.A.C.I.T.Y. ___________________________________________________________________________

In article <34m14e$lqp@search01.news.aol.com>, Number19 <number19@aol.com> wrote:

quoted 17 lines In article <34h50q$5tua@lamar.ColoState.EDU>, mrblonde@lamar.ColoState.EDU

>In article <34h50q$5tua@lamar.ColoState.EDU>, mrblonde@lamar.ColoState.EDU >(Christopher Allen) writes: > >> This Tournesol LP "Kokotsu" is simply one of the best electronic >> albums of the year. It's restored my faith in the "intelligent" >> (cough) and Ambient genres which were getting to the ridiculous >> point of self parody. Has the rest of the stuff on Apollo >> as of late been up to this caliber? I've got to admit I've >> been sleeping on this genre for a while. It manages to cover >> Tangerine-Dream-esque electronics, pure electronic bliss, while finally >> delving into some electro flavored beats on the last side. > > I have a 2X12" by Tournesol on Rising High - be damned if I can find the > title - and I like very much. The music reminds me of Morton Subotnik, > pushed into the '90s and beyond. The cover has all these crude but > colorful ROM-like figures on it. Is Kokotsu something new, or does what I > described sound like what you have?

Are you (Number 19) sure that your double 2x12" is on Rising High? I have a double 12" on R&S (R&S 93026) which has these colorful figurines that look like a cross between car crash dummies (i.e., drawn without facial hair etc., very "figure study" type drawings) and Poirot dolls kinda sorta. There are lots of bright colors on it, fluorescent pink, bright yellows, etc. A couple of the figures on the front are drawn running, others look more carnival-esque, there's even a butterfly-like figure on the back with a "human" head. Is this what you're talking about? It, too, has no identifying characteristics whatsoever, no titles, no credits, no speed ratings (33 or 45?), etc. Over on the IDM list, Richard Vandooren posted an Apollo discography that claimed

quoted 8 lines Artist: Tournesol

> Artist: Tournesol > Title : Henka > Label : Apollo > Cat No: APOLLO 15 > Format: 12" > Notes : Previously released as a double 12" on R&S (RS93026). > Henka > Cathedral

but this is most emphatically *not* true; the tracks on RS 93026 are *not* "Henka" or "Cathedral". It's a completely different release altogether. I suspect the double 12" is the first Tournesol release, as the track "Henka" on the above-mentioned Apollo 12" appears on "Kokotsu". As for Christoper Allen's original query, I'd have to say most emphatically that the answer to "Has the rest of the stuff on Apollo as of late been of this caliber?" is a most definite "Absolutely!". The recent albums on Apollo have included: Locust - "Weathered Well" (AMB 9329) Phenomenal Jam & Spoon - "Triptomatic Fairy Tales 2002" (AMB 9330) [Not heard] Tournesol - "Kokotsu" (AMB 3931) Uzect Plaush - "More Beautiful Human Life!" (AMB 3932) Wonderful Cabaret Voltaire - "The Conversation" (AMB 3934) Very good I'd be interested to hear what AMB 3933 is, or if there have been any newer album releases on Apollo since "The Conversation".

Hey, I've been listenning to Tournesol's "Kokotsu" a lot lately--does anyone have info on this person (Tommy Gee ?) like discography, equipment used, etc? I'm guessin from listenning to it that the filters are from sh101, jx-something or juno 6, and some cheap cv analog, and a sampler. The music I find very soulful and moody, yet kinda crunchy and a good use of non-analogue waveforms (good digital pads/filtered). I highly reccomend this to idm'ers, though I don't buy much stuff, I'd say it is between Amorphous Androgynous (minus 75% of the ambient noises, birds, whales, and whatnot) and Autechre, though the filtery digi-pads remind me of Pentatonik, though the programming is not so... layered... and song-like. I love the weird/backwards-sounding choir voices on "electric church" and the kinda art-prog-rock way it just opens and closes with that 'theme'. David Chandler - chandler@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us (503)301-3011 grep -i casio goodwillbins >> mystudio ; grep -i atari goodwillbins >> mystudio ;

quoted 2 lines Hey, I've been listenning to Tournesol's "Kokotsu" a lot lately--does

> Hey, I've been listenning to Tournesol's "Kokotsu" a lot lately--does anyone > have info on this person (Tommy Gee ?) like discography, equipment used, etc?

Tournesol is actually 2 people - Tommy Gee and Thomas Lynge. They've got a newa album out on R&S very soon, called 'Moonfunk', which has had pretty favourable reviews in the music press so far. It's supposed to be a bit different to Kokotsu, lots of different styles. Also, they played live at this year's Love Parade, and the review in Mixmag said they were really crap... See ya Tom Churchill E-mail: tom@chrchfam.demon.co.uk Electronic DJ and musician