"Brendan Nelson" wrote: > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Tristan Watkins > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: 02 January 2003 10:46 > | > | I don't know a whole lot about [Portable], but I'm > sure > | that anyone who's into the idea of African-at-heart > laptop > | f*ckery should give this a listen. I didn't realize > this came > | out so long ago either. There's more info about him > here: > | <a href="http://mail.canada.com/jump/http://www.background-records.de";>http://www.background-records.de</a> > > Portable used to live in a flat directly above me when > I lived in > Whitechapel - I could tell that he was into music, but > oddly enough all > I'd hear from his flat sounded like him jamming on a > pipe organ! I then > saw him do a PA at Plastic People about six months > after moving out, and > was pretty shocked at how good it was - after all, bear > in mind that I > had been expecting a pipe organ solo. > > He still lives around East London but not in the same > flat - it's an odd > coincidence to find out that for three years I lived > right below someone > who made such good music, without realising that was > what was going on! > He must use headphones for monitoring, or something > like that, because I > *never* heard anything other than that crazy organ in > all that time... > > Brendan
His material on Sutekh's Context and Tony Morley's Leaf labels are also worth checking. Andrew albums out now: Sprung (http://bip-hop.com) More Destructive Than Organized (http://staalplaat.com) Highest Common Denominator (http://pieheadrecords.com) Physical and Mental Health (http://dialrecords.com) 74'02 (split with Hypo) (http://tsunami-addiction.com) check Cognition (http://techno.ca/cognition) for upcoming appearance and release updates __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com
