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1997-05-15 02:34McCurdy, Bradbesides "we" which was released by asphodel, all are labels. the _as is_ cd by we has cont

From:: McCurdy, Brad <brad.mccurdy@intres.com>
To:: 'galaxey@earthlink.net' <galaxey@earthlink.net>
Cc:: 'idiomatic' <idm@hyperreal.com>, 'le chat noir' <elu279@bangor.ac.uk>
Date:: Wed, 14 May 1997 19:34:55 -0700
Subject:: (idm) the post-warphlex world (long winded)

besides "we" which was released by asphodel, all are labels. the _as is_ cd by we has continued to grow on me with ambience fused with melodic sense punctuated by either continually evolving hip/trip/hop beats or well programmed dnb breakbeats. for me, it questions each genre you might touch on within this forum. i don't want to overhype it but it stands up to my ears... _as is_ has just been permafixed to one of my changer slots. to fill out a five or six disc changer keep reading... dot http://www.nons.se/dot/ has the excellent cd comp: _the knights who say dot_ as well as four 12" singles by: "hab" "tupilaq" "quant" "friend" (more singles and full lengths out soon) variety of influences from ae tronics to squarepushereque dnb to airy sndtrk... holds up well after repeated listens (and i have a low attn span) recommendation: buy it asap skint http://www.loaded-records.com/skint/index.html has two cd comps: _brassic beats_ volumes one and two the skint style is more above-board varying between: a minimal style, perhaps b-boy meets ae (check out "req") and hard breakbeat uptempo, better than chembros imho (check out "fatboy slim" and "bentley rhythm ace") recommendation: start with the second comp play track 12 to see what "bassbin twins" did to a crate of skint schematic _homepage_________________? secretive small release label the silver stuff with no textual info compare their ambitions to skam they hope to release gescom material soon recommendation: buy a turntable emissions audio output (yes, the home of the swordsmen) http://www1.haywire.co.uk/haywire/emissions/index.html andrew weatherall's set of three labels in one: lo fi, static, and echoic try to provide limited help classifying the sounds they end up providing three series for 'spotters to collect and really cool symbols for label graphics ; ) pay more attention to what's coming up than to past releases andy is in the process of creating a signature sound, which, imho is a new subgenre of idm sabres of paradise, two lone swordsmen... always on the cutting edge -- bah dump bump! cd comps: _fresh emissions_ dbl cd and older _singular emissions_ recommendation: almost overdue for a new compilation so be patient. spymania http://www1.linkonline.net/fresh/spydisc.htm home of tom squarepushing jenkinson and his double agents the spymania allstars. great label if you like his stuff, as you'll love the more challenging stuff and continued 'progression' recommendation: check out blackops on the homepage if only to see a bit o' t&a ; ) leaf _homepage_________________? has a compilation cd coming out called _invisible soundtracks_ which is basically two previous vinyl slabs pressed to cd. we've all got to lean on labels at some point experimental with other influences like dnb and electro leaf's a good label to lean on. recommendation: make like a tree... (groan) lo _homepage_________________? have three cd compilations: 1:_extreme possibilities_ 2:_collaborations_ 3:_united mutations_ with work by luke vibert, springheel jack, tortoise, wormhole, etc. they also released the mike flowers pops "vs" ep with mixes by funki porcini, vibert, aphex twin, etc the "lo" label just appeared alongside "leaf" on the last "twisted science" record, though i don't know more about that... i know you all have other goodies to contribute such as small labels i've never heard of and others i'll never find for sale but i'll throw a tantrum if you keep them secret... so share. and please help fill in holes in the above, esp. homepages commence breath holding, don't let me down! bradministration aahhhfffffppppp....

quoted 14 lines as for the post warphlex world, it's beautiful out here!

> >> as for the post warphlex world, it's beautiful out here! >> asphodel has released brilliance. what do you think of the we: as is? >> dot, skint, schematic, emissions, leaf, and the usual suspects > >are all these asphodel releases? Or Labels. Emissions sounds like a label, >isn't >Two lone Swordsmen on emissions? I like that group, but don't own any of >their >stuff (except a track on a mixtape). We: as is, isn't this dn'b stuff? I >heard it was >like drillnbass really. Tell me about it. > >gil

1997-05-15 19:14Random JunkMcCurdy, Brad writes: > dot > http://www.nons.se/dot/ > has the excellent cd comp: _the kn

From:: Random Junk <jsd@gamespot.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 15 May 1997 12:14:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: (idm) dot
Reply to:: (idm) the post-warphlex world (long winded)

McCurdy, Brad writes:

quoted 5 lines dot

> dot > http://www.nons.se/dot/ > has the excellent cd comp: _the knights who say dot_ > as well as four 12" singles by: > "hab" "tupilaq" "quant" "friend" (more singles and full

i heard "tupilaq" and "friend" last night and i was distinctly underwhelmed. i'm not sure which one it was that really irritated me but it had some meandering synthy faux-jazz over not-particularly-inspiring drum and bass breakbeats. -- Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications ...I was an infinitely hot and dense dot...

1997-05-15 05:58BloodRush7@aol.comspymania >home of tom squarepushing jenkinson and his >double agents the spymania allstars

From:: <BloodRush7@aol.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 15 May 1997 01:58:00 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:: Re: (idm) the post-warphlex world (long winded)

spymania

quoted 2 lines home of tom squarepushing jenkinson and his

>home of tom squarepushing jenkinson and his >double agents the spymania allstars.

TJ may or may not have anything to do with the A.V.I.T. project. leaf

quoted 1 line _homepage_________________?

>_homepage_________________?

forthcoming...

quoted 2 lines has a compilation cd coming out called _invisible soundtracks_

>has a compilation cd coming out called _invisible soundtracks_ >which is basically two previous vinyl slabs pressed to cd.

with these extra tracks: Richard Thomas - menage a trois - here i am - intrusion reported by witness - dirt vs earth (part ii) - hidden untitled final track less than a minute long, but each packs in more restrained yearning and atmosphere than a Wim Wenders film. "here i am" is almost too slight to have any consequence whatsoever, but on infinite-repeat it'll add sunshine to your day. The Sons of Silence - the crater rim cafe SOS in distinctly O Yuki mode. heavily echoed footsteps and wisps of flute-like sound. subtle enough that even SOS's usual samples and skidding bike-tire noise feels light as a spring rain. the b-line, so gentle and patient, barely distubs the ether. SOS's debut album, _Silence FM_ - the first LP on Leaf - will be out in June. i'll post a review long before then. Nonplace Urban Field - beachside fx starts like a snapshot of Bernd Friedmann's static _Leisure Zones_ - all melody implied; then rides a swelling bass into a darkly beautiful explosion. tiny breakbeats pingpong through a thick layering of fantastic sounds. a truly gorgeous piece. Twisted Science - sloop b Jon Tye does it all - near silence to gabber-force breakbeat. he's best when he takes incongruous elements and synthesizes something completely new - like this. building from a threatning MLO-ish drift into a smokescreen of slowly flanged feedback. lacking the beats of his _Blown_ LP (review forthcoming) but no less intense for it. Air Miami - nevada 2007 a very unlikely appearance by 4AD's ex-Unrest popsters. somewhat pedestrian ambience, but there's a middle call-and-response section which sounds like a graveyard coming alive, ghosts, rattled chains, and synth moans. shows promise beyond Mark Robinson's usual sugar-frosted pop bombs. most of the original I.S. tracks also appear - I/S vI Zurich (Tony [Spykid/Echo Park] Wilson & Neil [Slowdive/Mojave3] Halstead) - a harsh truth (parts one and two) Being (Dave Being) - cue Disjecta (Mark Clifford) - vistic <--- Clifford's maiden journey as Disjecta! Gescom - bronchusix (a precusor to Autechre's "bronchuseven" ? (Garbage EP) I/S v2 Richard Thomas - muffin spencer-devlin/hawaii ii Bedouin Ascent (Kingsuk Biswas) - if mountains could sing Seymour (Darren [Echo Park/Scala])/Van Hoen (Mark [Locust/Scala[) - tema Vendor Refill (Tom Betts [a Skam artist. Logo Feet?] - pendulum strangely not included are Ronnie & Clyde's trip-boppy "Chicken Dinner" and another RT piece, "Intrusion Reported By Witness" - both from I/S v2. so look for the 12"...

quoted 3 lines Lo

>Lo >have three cd compilations: >they also released the mike flowers pops "vs" ep

and the Slack Dog Ensemble 12" - an all-star affair with Jon Tye, Robin Proper-Shepard (ex-God Machine), Kingsuk Biswas, Luke Vibert, and (?) Smith. super freaked-out noise. just recently released on Lo Recordings: 12"s from Margoo and Echo Park, featuring their tracks from _3: United Mutations_ as well as new material.

quoted 2 lines the "lo" label just appeared alongside "leaf" on the last

>the "lo" label just appeared alongside "leaf" on the last >"twisted science" record, though i don't know more about that...

Lo is Jon Tye's label. the Twisted Science record (again, review forthcoming) is a joint release between Lo (the first Lo LP!) and Leaf, who have released the rest of Tye's Twisted Science material.

quoted 1 line i know you all have other goodies to contribute such as small labels i've

>i know you all have other goodies to contribute such as small labels i've

never heard >of and others i'll never find for sale but i'll throw a tantrum if you keep them secret...

quoted 1 line so share. and please help fill in holes in the above, esp. homepages

>so share. and please help fill in holes in the above, esp. homepages

well - more information to follow - but: Soup-disk/Ishmitu is a little Japanese label which is TRULY da bomb. Ninebar is kicking serious jazzed-up/wigged-out freakbeat butt. Swim~ just released their ph@est platter, dol-lop's _Cryptic Audio_. Suburbs of Hell/Sprawl is always worth checking out. Si-{cut).db's where it's at! ever-reliable SSR's Language offshoot just dropped a mega-fresh Buckfunk3000 (Si Begg) 12" ("Systematic/Funkbwithu/Shakey") and SSR's Snooze brought in Flytronix and Cheap mainstays Pulsinger & Tunakan for a pair of terrific remixes on the "Your Consciousness Goes Bip" 12". also worth pursuing is Jordan Fields' _Rendezvous_ 12" - quality House for quality-House people and insatiable Jedi Knights and Carl Craig fans. this one's sly beatcraft could actually place it in the Universal Language family. excellent. also worth tracking down immediately are records by... America's own Magnet-F (contact list-member cdtoad@cdtoad.com) and an unspeakably whacked record from London's Hungarian dub/D&B massive (!), Szeki Kurva (_Music for Joyriders_ on Iris-Light). this little gem is too wild for words. think Pork's Solid Doctor in a side-on collision with Atari Teenage Riot and NPR's European radio hour ... very very surreal. and anything which shows up on Rising High's Blue Planet/World/Angel offshoots. the latest Bisk LP (_Strange or Funny-Haha?_) on SubRosa is another silverstreaked slice of Japanese genius from Naohiro Fujikawa. Tone-Rec's _Thugny-Trugny_ (also on SubRosa) is sure to find friends among the abstract crowd - and could serve as fantastic raw material for remixes. ...and that's really just the tip of the iceberg, isn't it? ciao 4 now- B.R.VII

1997-05-18 16:08BlipvertMcCurdy, Brad wrote: > spymania > leaf Spymania and Leaf are definately among the favored.

From:: Blipvert <blipvert@snider.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sun, 18 May 1997 11:08:14 -0500
Subject:: Re: (idm) the post-warphlex world (long winded)

McCurdy, Brad wrote:

quoted 1 line spymania

> spymania

quoted 1 line leaf

> leaf

Spymania and Leaf are definately among the favored. I was disapointed in my one Leaf purchase, Witchman "Shapes of Rage", I am still hoping to trade (any offers?). Is this EP a good representation of Leaf? What are the details on Wormhole Interface? Are there outstanding releases on these three labels that I should pick up, I am not sure where to start. Just got Autechre's Chiastic Slide, Squarepusher's Vic Acid, Doctor Rockit's Music Of Sound, Jedi Knight's Big Knockers and Fluke's OTO. Unfortunatley, I wasn't all that impressed. Seemed like more of the same. Dr Rockit was probably my favorite. I am hoping for something interesting from the above labels. Otherwise, I will just buy more 70s electric jazz funk. Maybe it's time that I just stop buying new releases and spend my money and time making the music that I want to hear. I had hoped for something more interesting from the inspiration of D&B on the electronica scene.

1997-05-18 18:08BlipvertScott Cullun wrote: > > Don't give up... I will point you in the right direction. Lets see

From:: Blipvert <blipvert@snider.net>
To:: Scott Cullun <spaceinvaders@hotmail.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sun, 18 May 1997 13:08:43 -0500
Subject:: Re: (idm) the post-warphlex world (long winded)

Scott Cullun wrote:

quoted 4 lines Don't give up... I will point you in the right direction. Lets see... Nothing

> > Don't give up... I will point you in the right direction. Lets see... Nothing > that I can think of that are on those labels that you mentioned except > Squarepusher - Conumber EP SPY 001.

I don't have the Squarepusher releases that are on Wormhole interface, either. I listened to one of them and I really enjoyed it. I was totally disapointed in Vic Acid. I am hoping that Hard Normal Daddy is more interesting. I like the jazz influenced D&B that is non-reliant on tired fusion samples (ala LTJ Bukem), Tom Jenkinson is really good at this. I am not sure what Vic Acid was supposed to be, though. I do wish that he would find new break beats. I keep hearing the same sample loops.

quoted 1 line Try the following: (Non Drum 'n' Bass)

> Try the following: (Non Drum 'n' Bass)

quoted 1 line Autechre - Key Nell Remixes

> Autechre - Key Nell Remixes

I have this and it is brilliant! I wish that they would do some full lengthe Gescom stuff, too. The Autechre remixing Gescom added just the right amount of sonic dissonance to the Gescom vibe. Autechre is great for their dissonant timbre and noisy harmonies but they are stuck on a formula that seems to have stopped evolving. Their was very little progression on Chiastic Slide and their melancholy atmospheres are growing tiresome.

(idm) the post-warphlex world (long winded)