instinct *used* to be a *sick* label. I have loads and loads of old instinct CDs which are timeless IMO
-Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 6:01 PM Subject: Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP > As posted on LD earlier: > > Personally, his influence, and that of Rising High was enormous. The House > is Mine did as much for my love of techno as any other song - no > exageration. I used to listen to it on the radio in '91 (the only outlet > around me at the time), and I'd always wait impatiently for that Chuck D > sample to appear. After they stopped playing it routinely I'd harass them > with requests until I finally found it on the 'Rising High Techno Injection' > comp that Instinct released in the US. Thankfully, Instinct paid a great > deal of attention to them, since Instinct were one of most widely available > labels for CDs at the time. Those compilations opened my mind to all the > stuff named above, even moreso than R&S. I quickly started to track down the > Rising High originals and found some gems that totally extended my tastes. > At that time in the states, very little was available on CD except for > extremely cheesy novelty rave, and a few random releases that would be very > hard to track down without a good store or a lot of luck. Rising High were > probably the first label that got that attention (via Instinct), and they > were a huge eye-opener for me. > > I always loved Casper Pound and/or Pete Smith's stuff a ton, including some > oft-neglected things like the New London Scool of Electronics but there was > so much other amazing stuff too: Paragliders, Air Motherf*cking Liquid, the > first two Wagon Christ's and that amazing Wagon Christ remix of MLO's > Wimbourne (not to mention the other amazing mixes of it), Irresistible > Force's 'Global Chillage' (probably the best shelf-life of any of their > releases) and some trance stuff that hasn't dated quite so well but totally > killed at the time, like Union Jack, etc. All of this acted as a gateway to > so much other music for me. I seriously can't imagine where my tastes may > have wound up if it weren't for Mr. Pound and Rising High. A very sad loss > indeed. > > Tristan > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
