I think it's one of their best singles ever, plus one of the tracks that turned me to techno in the first place... the sound on that track is simply terrifying. Gwendal
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Universal Techno is it just me, or does anybody else think 'Tied Up' is the worst track LFO has ever done? it seems to be getting all this attention lately, it's on the upcoming Warp DVD compilation I believe... ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:16 pm Subject: (313) Universal Techno > Anyone heard or seen this documentary? Came out around 97-98 > Below is a partial review of it (includes comments of another > documentaryas well) > > __________ > > Universal Techno, directed by Dominique Deluze last year, covering the > scenes in Europe, USA and Japan. The film started with Richard D James > wandering in some eerie catacombs, explaining how it feels like > home, and > eventually almost looked like "Who's Who in Techno", featuring > Derrick May, > Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Kenny Larkin, Jeff Mills, even Mike > Banks(who only agreed to be interviewed with his face covered); > from Europe > (vastly overrated but for this feature essential, I guess) Sven Väth, > Autechre (touring in Barcelona), Mark Bell of (and these days also > all of) > LFO, Steve Beckett of Warp Records; and from Japan, Ken Ishii. > > All in all, and what usually troubles all features of this kind, the > documentary felt at times too patchy, giving artists only a chance to > provide some memorable soundbites at their best (the scene with > Derrick May > and his visual designer giving a weird rap on the tenth planet of > solarsystem was great!); with some interesting glimpes to the > streets of Detroit > (which looked at times like some post-apocalyptic war zone, really), > Sheffield and Tokyo, and of course to some sublime-looking raves, > parties(Jeff Mills in all-DJ action, mmm...), gigs and videos (Ken > Ishii's'Extra', LFO's 'Tied Up' and Autechre's 'Second Bad Vilbel'). > > And as usually, the omissions were almost as remarkable as what was > featured there: where were for example Robert Hood, Carl Craig or > RichieHawtin; all jungle and trip hop (or hardcore) artists; or > minimalists like > Maurizio and Sähkö/Panasonic posse (I must be biased here...) -- but > obviously it's totally impossible to cover all scene in merely an > hour. >
