HiYa Everyone!
Here are some reviews of a coupla records I've been playin recently, wow,
some really good stuff....and all of it Domestic!!!!!! Hey, tune in 2nite
for 'These Technotic Times', 9p-11p, go to www.technotica.com for the
direct link!
Enjoy!
Linda Leigh/L3
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BASSFACTORY - *RISE/CHEMICAL - ANTI-GRAVITY RESEARCH
Slyly evil Techno
Trance that demonstrates with style that you don't have to club someone
over the head to overwhelm their senses. Atom Smasher and Tom O'Hara
present 2 long, involved, well produced cuts here that are a necessary
ingredient to any heady musical stew that needs to be kicked up notch! On
the A side, 'Rise' is appropriately named, because rise you will, just try
not too, ha ha ha! Real deep, thick, runny, trippy sounds of light
percussion and strummin acid that has a didgeridoo sound
it all builds
such a delicate suspension bridge of tension
then the beats come in, yeah!
There's an edge of dread edge to this with some eerie sounds and slight
Aphexisms as subtle acid snakes thru
the beats get bigger and it really
rises to a massive building shaker with a wild psy rock 'n roll feel that
plays with you up and down. 'Chemical' on the B side has a hypnotic
bassline and weaving and bobbing sound lines gating and pulsing
you'll not
only dance, but LIQUID, even if you don't know how or even what it is
and
you'll look & feel good doing it too! The elements are added slowly and
used to great effect for maximum impact in such a minimal tight setting.
Btw, is that sex I hear in the background?
PUNISHER - THE PLOT SICKENS - SEISMIC RECORDS
One of the most enjoyable and
invigorating things is seeing/hearing great talent and following its
progress
..some people will stick to their original style, while others
reach beyond
.Punisher continues to reach beyond and offers something more
each outing. On this third release of hers on this label, she keeps the
techno theme, but works it in new ways that make all 4 tracks very
satisfying. A1 is a big comforting stomper with nice deep pulsing acid,
space3 signals and percussion that all adds up to a driven tune with a dark
edge. A2 goes a deconstruction/reconstruction road with the elements adding
a comfortable smooth and deep feel that makes it whole, and a slightly
experimental feel adds edge. B1 runs cool 'n deep with bloop ' bass, yum!
Very, um, pure The bass plays tricks and various percussive elements take
turns signaling and guiding. B2 is, well, Oh my, Oh so good! It's 4am and
the fog is thick
Intellibeams cut thru and move in time with the
music
..very trippy and ravey, hypnotic and strong.
COZMIC SPORE - VECTOR EP - SEISMIC RECORDS
Mike Brickman, aka Cozmic Spore
and label head of Seismic out of Michigan returns with a very strong and
appealing 3 tracker. On the A, the first cut is a powerful ravey fog lifter
that starts dark and deep and gets bigger and more expansive as it runs
along with cool percussion and a coursing mind sound line throughout. The
second cut is a rollin tribal workout that flys you up high above the tall
trees and submerges deep within the lagoon. On the B side, it's a big'un! A
mental run-you-over thang with an inlaid vocal and lots and lots of beats
'n percussion
funky! It'll make ya dance kinda wild!
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Here are 3 recent releases from the Ghetto Safari label out of the Drop
Bass stable in Milwaukee. Now, if you know Anything about the Drop Bass
label, you know to expect some of the sickest, twisted, innovative tunage
with top notch quality and production. From their roots in Hardcore, Acid,
and extreme experimentalism, mixed with a healthy dose of that Midwest
pioneer spirit
they now bring all of those past influences together to
inform this new labels sound
dark, wild, experimental, underground
tech-step D&B.
BOMBARDIER/ED TURBIN - PSYCHOSIS - GHETTO SAFARI
First up is some real
madness, Bombardier with 'Schizophrenia' ! Noise? Music? A ruff, tuff
exploration of the untamed, the unknown that Rocks Hard! (btw, baby Tommy
was singing during this one!) On the flip, Ed Turbin is 'Conspiring
Against Reality', an extremely versatile track that'll have Dj's from many
genres slappin it down for their sets from hardcore to acid to D&B. It
builds up deliberate and steady
up, up, up, then smooths out
then Bam Bam
Bam
check this bass! Rockin with big acid stabs and hard breaks
nice.
EYE D - DOWN FROM THE WAIST UP - GHETTO SAFARI
Tech-step D&B on the 'care
to dare' tip. 'Slipgevaar' makes a powerfully strong entrance, crashing and
burning it down
and all along in the backround, there's these deceptive
sweet sounds. Is that your alarm going off, wake up from this dream
once
your up and want to know what's been going on, whole bunches of Detroit
techno sneak on in. "metallic tech-step that rolls along in the darkness"
'Eye Design' has deep atmospheric darkness, threatening acid and subtle
nervous percussion...rollin off the cliff with the bass in place! Check the
cool vocoder action and slight electro influences
a four star track!
DAVID SKIBA - FAME & GLORY - GHETTO SAFARI
David is also known as 'Bomb
20' whose releases on Digital Hardcore exemplified that labels sound to the
extreme! Here he brings all that angst, along with his talent for
programming some of the biggest, baddest soundscapes to this label. 'Fame
& Glory' gets the fame and glory here as the standout track. Starting out
with a sample with some guy talkin about "livin underground" as helicopters
circle in a thick, evil atmosphere that becomes so crazed and rockin out
with some hip hop elements
.this is the kinda song you don't want to meet
in a dark alley! 'Ice T is White' has mechanical buildings in an
experiemental setting with great, slow Jungly bass and Hip Hop
shouts. 'What They Want' comes in flying deep & low as a female vox warns
you - dark, low slung D&B. 'Fame & Glory II' has people talking about an
execution, "you have done wrong and for that you are being punished". Big
'ole messed up D&B exploding all ova da place!
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