I suspect that the types of tracks that made the first incarnation of
100% Pure so wonderful may be coming out on 100% Pure side labels Remote
Area and Area Remote. Both of those labels also have pretty healthy
catalogs, so it would have been a bit too much to include them in this
special. I'll be checking them out when I have the opportunity. I chose
this special partly for the tunes, but also for the human interest
angle. Hermelijn was so discouraged by his earlier experience
(culminated by the collapse of his distributor). that he gave up on
music for a few years. I find it heartening that this second attempt is
going strong. BTW, the remastered "Secret Life of Machines" should be
coming out soon.
Aidan O'Doherty wrote:
much prefer the first incarnation of 100% pure - secret life of
machines, for me, is just incredible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZBU86QH964&feature=related
even some of the stuff off thera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0MIyC0KNcs
100% pure, second time round, is a very different animal. they don't
even seem related.
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Richard Hester<gwrenc...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Tonight it's the 2nd and last segment of a 2-part radio special examining
the two lives of Amsterdam label 100% Pure. Last week took a look at the
first life (1993-1998), the label's ethereal "forward-looking" phase, with
tracks of interest to both experimentalists (one reminded me of 7th Plain)
and stalwart Detroit types. I also took a look at early tracks after the
label's 2004 revival. This first segment will be downloadable at
www.kfjc.org for another week.
Tonight I'm working my way through a good portion of the more recent 100%
Pure artist roster (extensive, lots of new faces and some old friends of the
label) and playing the "Voltt 2" DJ mix by label honcho Dylan Hermelijn/2000
and One.
The show is tonight, May 25, 10P-2A PDST (GMT minus 7 hours, London time
minus 8 hours - use San Francisco time to compute time difference form your
city) on KFJC-FM, 89.7 MHz, in Los Altos Hills, CA (San Francisco Bay Area).
Those out of the area can listen in via webcast, linked at http://kfjc.org ,
and download/stream an archive for up to 2 weeks after show time, linked at
the same site (both live stream and archives are linked right at the top of
the web page).
Next week is a 4-hour "Dutch Treat" special featuring 4 hours of Dutch
Electronic music of all sorts.
Richard Hester
"Goodwrench"
KFJC-FM 89.7
Los Altos Hill, CA, USA
http://kfjc.org
