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From:
CiM
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Jon ROSS
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Date:
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 13:05:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject:
Re: Luke Slater
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On Mon, 25 Sep 1995, Jon ROSS wrote:
quoted 4 lines Real reason for me writing is I was driving back and we had a> Real reason for me writing is I was driving back and we had a > rather fine tape on (7000 ohm compilation) and it has Planetary > assault systems - booster on it. My brain was so impressed by this > that I wanna buy the album - which one was it.
I think _Booster_ is from the Planetary Assualt Systems _Future Funk Vol.4_ 12" on Peacefrog. The flip of this is _Diesel Drudge_, a nasty Basic Channel-esque track. Its okay as a 12" but not as good as previous PAS 12"s - _Vol.2_ has _Sleeping Sin Seemless_ on it which is quite possibly one of the best ever IDM tracks (IMVHO)...
quoted 2 lines And is any other> And is any other > Slater stuff as good (i.e seventh plain etc..)
You betcha. The first Seventh Plain LP is a corker but I haven't heard the other stuff. All the PAS stuff is good, but some of it is hard as fuck. The X-Tront series is also good - hard and funky. The Morganistic 2x12" on Input Neuron is excellent - kind of like Jeff Mills. There's also a Morganistic 12" on Irdial (rarer than rocking horse fecal solids) and some Clementine 12"s on DJax Upbeats... Trawl through some second hand vinyl stalls and you might come across some old stuff Luke did on the Jelly Jam label, which is showing its age a bit but still has an accessable funk to it. His remixes are also worth checking out; there's a PAS remix of a Steve Bicknell track on Cosmic (COSMIC 3.5) which is unbelievable; practically unmixable though as whatever you follow it up with sounds lame in comparison. The world would be a much poorer place without Mr. Slater around - he doesn't seem to get half as much respect as he should do... || [CiM] || u9323899@sys.uea.ac.uk || http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~u9323899/