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*Hey thought you guys should read this marvellous review from*
*someone who knows what they are talking about.... *
*Penned by and reproduced with the permission of Stuart *
*at 4thworld rekkids. *
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dial - the pause that refreshes 12" (spymania 05)
pre-cog seer mark smith once stated i dont want to be
in an experimental band, the experimental is now
conventional and the conventional is now experimental
and with this release spymania have sidestepped 90% of
so called cutting edge labels who flaunt their
underground credentials on one hand but bow down to
the mighty mullahs of the market place on the other.
its a brave step to put out music this experimental and
challenging when they could play it safe with the latest
mundane drill n bass / easy listening heroes, reminds me
of the the unpliable perversity of the mighty irdial who
surely now must be acknowledged in retrospect as one
of the most important electronic labels this country has
produced.
anyway......
across the 5 tracks daniel beattie steers clear of well
worn cliches and treats on his subject matter to an
almost musique-concrete form of composition, "expo 97
in 3d" rides on a funky looped groove that becomes
more unhinged with every passing moment, miless
"live evil" played by robots would be a fair comparison,
"anti submarine virus emerges" is a dirty electro
transmission from a stricken cruiser lost in deep space,
as the track reaches its climax bursts of distortion and
hi-pitched distress signals blaze a white hot path,
"silent waves" laps up against the analogue shore
bathed in soft sunlight of white noise, whilst a
polynesian tribe conducts a lilting ancient tribal ritual,
"the pause that refreshes" isnt afraid to get deep and
dubby, with a stringent marching rhythm and frenetic
atonal piano runs, final cut "gratification" could be the
soundtrack to jarmans "last england" conjuring up
aural pictures of industry & civilisation grinding to a
halt whilst monolithic structures crumble.
restore your faith with a little bit of spymania
stuart@4thworld
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k.F
"I tried unloading banana trains and for while I had a job
collecting horses hooves for a sausage skin and glue
manufacturer. They also gave me a job after that, throwing
cows heads into a bone crushing machine.I soon realised
that these jobs weren't really what I wanted to do."
-Lol Coxhill Quote.