> Call down to recordtime roseville, there might still be a few copies > hanging around, 7,8, and 9 are the only ones available on vinyl. > Definitely a label worth checking out, I like their stuff better than > most Chain Reaction.
I listened to a friend's copy of the Deep Chord CD today, and I have entirely mixed feeling. On one hand - the sounds are classic Basic Channel, from the synths used to the reverb to the grit and noise. It bangs, no doubt. If it were playing in a club, I'd run up to the DJ booth to see what it was. On the other hand - it sounds so much like records on the Basic Channel / Chain Reaction family of labels that it almost hurts. I was debating this with the friend who loaned me the disc, and mentioned this opinion. He said, "half the records you own sound like Basic Channel". My thinking is, yes, I own lots of records whose producers were heavily influenced by Basic Channel. My own music is certainly influenced by BC/CR, and I'd never deny that influence. But the records I own that are influenced have some sort of uniqueness that show that BC/CR is *only* an influence, and not the exact blueprint for the release. I feel bad criticizing, since Deep Chord are some of the only artists doing BC/CR styled techno in Detroit. They are doing very well with their tracks, too - I think their stuff is selling well, judging by what I've seen when I've been at Record Time. I'm not trying to player hate, but I do feel that I'd like their music a lot better if they took the skill it requires to make their tracks, and apply more of their own creativity to the sounds and composition than they have on the tracks making up the CD. I'm going to chalk this one up as "an impressive first effort by artists whose later work I'll buy if it progresses". I'll probably pick up number 9 on 12" eventually, as that (and track 10) were my favorites that I heard. > shake it fass, > mt Show me what you're working with. BVL -- http://www.chromedecay.org
