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just noticed this in a new release mailout. i'm excited to see that some of the early schlamm releases that i was never able to find will finally be available. anybody heard this one yet? SCHLAMMPEITZIGER : Collected songs of my temporary past - Domino At the forefront of the current wave of Germanic electronic action, the fabulous Schlammpeitziger, aka Jo Zimmerman hails from Cologne. From the same school of electronica as his friends Mouse on Mars he is a graduate of that city's exploding scene. Spanning six years and five LP's, 'Collected Simplesongs Of My Temporary Past' sparkles with timeless space age pop, this is music for the autobahn mixing chilled late night grooves and motorik rhythms with the finest in Kindergarten electropop lullabies. This LP collects tracks From Schlammpe's 4 A-Musik LP's and tracks from the ultra-rare split LP from 1994 with Marcus Schmickler. Killer. -- -->-Lance---- PO Box 450715 Westlake, OH 44145 United States --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 3 lines This LP collects tracks From

> This LP collects tracks From >Schlammpe's 4 A-Musik LP's and tracks from the ultra-rare split LP >from 1994 with Marcus Schmickler.

speaking of which, it looked like there was a new (is it?) Schmickler CD on A-Music at my local record stores. anyone check it out? i'm not really familiar with his work, though he seems to be on that Cologne scene that i'm so susceptible to. speaking of which there's a new Kompakt comp, "total 3", and a new Bionaut...guess i have to buy them but i'm so broke... hence listening to older purchases more thoroughly -- the good part of being broke. speaking of which: Matthew Herbert's "Bodily Functions". it came out months ago and everyone said it was nice. ever since Squarepusher's "Port Rhombus" i've been interested to discover artists using truly new approaches to mingle traditional intruments with electronica without first reducing them to pliant little samples. And here's this record, part oddball house-electronica, part song cycle for female voice, part lounge music with 'live' performances by piano, winds, etc. i've really liked some of the Doctor Rockit stuff and his Tresor mix, so i was intrigued by what 'Bodily Functions' turned out to be. but I'm so frustrated by the thing. the singing isn't up to the task of being the centerpiece of the album. for the kind of singing it's supposed to be, it just don't got the technique or the emotions or the ability to really put the words across. the lyrics, which breezily riff on torchy lounge songs, want to have a great singer. you know, call up nina simone or something. boy, then you'd have some IDM, huh? other main gripe: The electronic part of the show is where 100% of the playfulness is. it's elaborate, creative, spry. It reflects what's great about matthew herbert. The jazz stuff plays the straight man all the time, doesn't get to do anything remarkable; it's syrup. seems too bad, to me. Anyway, like i say, frustrating, because the album shows again and again what a good producer the guy is, and, on the whole, suggests that one of these days he could do something really great with the sort of fusion attempted here. there i've said it. and i'll never work in this town again. oh, wait a minute, that's my goal. k --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 2 lines speaking of which, it looked like there was a new (is it?) MarcusSchmickler

>speaking of which, it looked like there was a new (is it?) MarcusSchmickler >CD on A-Music at my local record stores. anyone check it out?

Wow can't wait to hear it. If there is anybody on this list who is not familiar with Mr Schmickler's music then may I implore you to purchase Pluramon's "pick up canyon". This is highly underrated and in my oppinion one of the best albums of all time. It also faetures Jaki from Can on the drums who is captured immaculatley by Marckus himself. There is nothing quite like it. Schmickler's production techniques shares simular ideas to Mr Steve Albini. However I find Schmickler's sources to be far more interesting.

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> >i'm not really familiar with his work, though he seems to be on that >Cologne scene that i'm so susceptible to. speaking of which there's a >new Kompakt comp, "total 3", and a new Bionaut...guess i have to buy >them but i'm so broke... > >hence listening to older purchases more thoroughly -- the good part >of being broke. > >speaking of which: Matthew Herbert's "Bodily Functions". it came out >months ago and everyone said it was nice. ever since Squarepusher's >"Port Rhombus" i've been interested to discover artists using truly >new approaches to mingle traditional intruments with electronica >without first reducing them to pliant little samples. And here's this >record, part oddball house-electronica, part song cycle for female >voice, part lounge music with 'live' performances by piano, winds, >etc. i've really liked some of the Doctor Rockit stuff and his Tresor >mix, so i was intrigued by what 'Bodily Functions' turned out to be. > >but > >I'm so frustrated by the thing. > >the singing isn't up to the task of being the centerpiece of the >album. for the kind of singing it's supposed to be, it just don't got >the technique or the emotions or the ability to really put the words >across. the lyrics, which breezily riff on torchy lounge songs, want >to have a great singer. you know, call up nina simone or something. >boy, then you'd have some IDM, huh? > >other main gripe: > >The electronic part of the show is where 100% of the playfulness is. >it's elaborate, creative, spry. It reflects what's great about >matthew herbert. The jazz stuff plays the straight man all the time, >doesn't get to do anything remarkable; it's syrup. seems too bad, to >me. > >Anyway, like i say, frustrating, because the album shows again and >again what a good producer the guy is, and, on the whole, suggests >that one of these days he could do something really great with the >sort of fusion attempted here. > >there i've said it. > >and i'll never work in this town again. > >oh, wait a minute, that's my goal. > >k > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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