last i spoke lee grainge two years ago
he seemed to be pretty busy running the fat cat label (or do i confuse things?)
i read somewhere derrick may, has some kenny larkin material coming. but
there has been more promised in the past - there still should be the seven
nights album?
and yes - dave peoples?
and what about nate krafft?!
those first two infra reds are awesome!!!
i spoke steve pickton (aka stasis) about a year ago, and indeed he said
most of the uk school, b12 as well, seemed to go 'normal' jobs, etc
i still got my 'uk techno' set online
all class A - beauties!
direct link: http://www.forcefield.org:8000/content/nort_32_2.pls
tracklisting::::
the black dog - vir2l (gpr)
balil - island (rising high)
the black dog - vantool (gpr)
bjork bitten by black dog - come to me (bapsi)
u-ziq - iesope (rephlex)
aphex twin - green calx (r&s)
kape i'llmusier - gaspar (a13)
redcell - in version (buzz)
redcell - bio dimension (art)
future/past - dance intellect (b12)
plaid - scoobs in columbia [potatoe timbale] (gpr)
link - arcadian (evolution)
gak - gak 4 (warp records)
afx - .942937 (rephlex)
polygon window - if it really is me (warp)
stasis - view from the rille (peacefrog)
musicology - satori (b12)
balil & arno - flux d mix (rising high)
in sync vs mysteron - redrain (tenth planet)
repeat - lilt a [stasis mix] (a13)
the black dog - the weight [liposuction mix] (tbd)
balil - nort route [remix] (r&s)
esoterik - pursuit (art)
the black dog - the actor and audience (gpr)
alter ego - tanksahead [bitten by black dog] (harthouse)
link - (symbiotic)
global communications - ob-selon mi-nos (evolution)
( for steve's great old school page check::
http://www.forcefield.org/nortroute/playlists/playlist_032.asp )
At 7-2-2003 +0000 10:19, you wrote:
Alex:
1) Lee Grainge - I pulled out those 2 human records the other day. They're
great. Why did they stop? A shame....
2) Lee Insync - Great DJ, great producer.
3) Matt Cogger - Barely mentioned, yet some of his tracks were awesome.
'Facility Junction' was a staple fave at our club for a long while...
I was thinking about this the other day, I guess as we all know money is
tight in this 'scene', so I guess they might have just lost all their
enthusiasm. Or their marbles/money. A shame, some real talent there.
i haven't seen Lee Grainge in ages but last i heard he was no longer
working in Smallfish and was doing a sound production / engineering /
technology course. his tracks have moved in a different direction -
mostly experimental, dark, dubby soundscapes, one of which was released
(under the pseudonym Soundtree) on Smallfish's label. i don't know if he
dj's much nowadays, but i'm sure i recall him doing a few live sets as
Soundtree.
other lost (and / or dormant) talent:
B12. unfortunately, i think spending hours tweaking a few electronic
boxes in order to sell a few thousand records kinda lost it's appeal when
decent jobs and families came along.
Art Forrest. whatever happened to him? "The Flow" is an absolute
timeless classic!
Dave Peoples. the Vigilante crew never seem to have had the attention
they perhaps deserved, imho.
Walt Jones. how solid a label was Dow? the last release, "Endow" (i'm
assuming it's by Walt J) which came out back in '99, is amazing minimal
house - kinda like a prototype Playhouse record.
last but not least, Kenny Larkin!
...and the list goes on.
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