At 11:28 PM 1/2/96, GD wrote:
quoted 2 lines On the Basic Channel compilation, though - it's quite sedated, to
>On the Basic Channel compilation, though - it's quite sedated, to
>the point that I'd call it ambient (although some might disagree).
Indeed. My only real complaint about this comp is that
it doesn't represent the primary (IMO) facet of the label --
their ability to driving, soulful, and yes, vaguely _creepy_
intelligent _dance_ music within the strictures of what is,
essentially, house.
What makes a track like, for example, "M04" so cool
is that it puts all this weird sonic context inside of a
track alongside a reassuring thumping 808. Food for
the dancefloor, mindfood for the headz. :)
None of the really boomy stuff (Phylyps Trak, Maurizio,
etc.) made it onto the comp, and the version of "Lyot"
there has all the cool scary thudding remixed out.
That said, it's fine for "coolin' out, chillin' out, relaxin'",
to quote a Wagon Christ sample.
Unrelated weird observation:
The Sci-Fi channel is having "Planet of the Apes" week. It's
positively littered with sample-spots: the GC boys raided the first
in the series ("perverted scientists", "missing like in the
evolutionary chain") and Orbital hit the second one (the nuclear
"Lord's Prayer" in [I think] "Oolaa")
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