On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:39:50AM -0000, Ken Odeluga wrote:
> > Marc Acardipane is one of my favorite producers of all time, but
> > that record was a HUGE disappointment. The Mover is all about the
> > doom, and that record was all about... I don't know, boring, cold
> > techno with no atmosphere to it.
>
> OK, I'm less familiar with his work. What would you recommend of his
> that's better than this?
BIG FAT DISCLAIMERS: If you don't have a residual fondness for big
stupid doomy old-style rave music / EBM (think "James Brown Is Dead",
"Anasthasia", or "I Sit On Acid"), then Acardipane probably isn't your
cup of tea. Acardipane is one of the pioneers of both gabber and
doomcore (which is basically gabber at half the speed and twice the
attitude, goth-industrial music for drugged-out 15 year old candy
ravers). One of the labels he started, Cold Rush Records, has as its
slogan "music for huge space arenas". He's one of Simon Reynolds's
favorite producers ever.
OK, if you're still with me, there are a number of records I can
recommend. Acardipane's definitely a 12" guy, and the one record of
his you're most likely to have heard would be the Mescalinium United
"We Have Arrived" remixes that Aphex Twin did years and years
ago. It's still pretty easy to find, too. "One World No Future" by
Marc Acardipane is probably the most ominous piece of hardcore techno
/ doomcore / gabber ever recorded. "Underwater Operations" by The
Mover is one of the most beautiful trancey dark techno records I've
ever heard, and the Lightbringer EP on PCP is amazing -- dark,
bass-heavy and minimal. It would mix well into a set with some of
Adult.'s darker material.
His old "Frontal Sickness" LP on PCP is straight-up brilliant, if you
can get onto its wavelength. It's basically a set of reinterpretations
of "The Art Of Stalking" run through the Frankfurt FFM doom filters
(topical!). And although semi-hard to find, the _PCP Phuture_
double-pack is a scarily intense collection of music.
That said, there are three CD compilations you might actually be able
to find (old PCP stuff is scarce, although it pops up with fair
frequency on eBay): the Best of Marc Acardipane 2xCD on ID&T, the Cold
Rush Records 2xCD, and the Dance Ecstasy 2017 (sic) 2xCD -- the latter
two are on PCP Acardipane (which is somehow different from both PCP
and Acardipane records -- the Acardipane discography is incredibly
tangled, don't ask). If I had to pick one, I'd probably go with the
Acardipane comp, because it has the brilliantly dumb "I Like It Loud"
and the just plain brilliant "Into Sound" on it, and less of the
frankly disposable gabber and breakcore stuff. If you can't get that,
I think the Cold Rush compilation is brilliant (no lie, there's a
couple duff tracks on it, but nothing else I've ever heard is as good
at establishing its peculiarly oppressive mood -- like _Sheet One_-era
Plastikman in a really, really grim mood).
And anyone who listens to Acardipane's stuff and likes it should scare
up a copy of the Lunatic Asylum _Paranoid Archive_ 3xCD. It's insanely
well produced and a little more accessible than a lot of Acardipane's
stuff. The Horrorist album _Manic Panic_ isn't half bad, either, and
has some of the best spoken word stories I've ever heard about the
seamy side of raving in New York circa 1995 or so on it ("One Night In
New York City" is both disturbing and hilarious). And the single for
the Horrorist's "Flesh Is The Fever" has a remix by Acardipane, as
well as a remix by Manu le Malin that is easily the best, most messed
up doomcore tune I've ever heard.
I love this stuff, obviously. Most techno aesthetes hate it. Your
mileage will vary.
yrz,
Forrest
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