samey rubbish ,tons a day. electronic music killers. thats what i feel about that "trendy" environment
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristan Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Simon Hindle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: (313) Trapez/Traum, etc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Hindle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:41 AM > Subject: Re: (313) 31-03-06 Süd Electronic Present Traum / Trapez / Mbf With > Alex Under , Triple R /Riley Rei > > > > I find Trapez can be a bit hit and miss, and they seem to be going in > > quite a proggy direction. Also definitely worth checking out is the > > sub-label, Trapez Ltd. Tends to have darker stuff on it. Check out the > > Coccopuffs EP by Und, bloody wicked stuff... > > http://www.discogs.com/release/344574 > > > > Yeah, "Christmas" is wicked, and "Ambivalente" on > http://www.discogs.com/release/442111 is none-too-shabby either. reminds me > of some older Dettinger stuff sort of. > > FWIW I lost track of Trapez/Traum for a long time (err... I didn't have much > of a record buying budget when they first hit the shops, so missed all of > the early ones) but have made considerable effort to catch up in the last > couple of years. Thing is I've listened to loads of it but I buy maybe 1 in > 10 records, and some of that verging-on-electroclash sutff they started > putting out last year was fairly horrendous, although you can hear bits of > that on the Coccopuffs EP and it *almost* works. For that matter, i find > most of the clickier labels tend to be fairly inconsistent but the good > stuff is defintiely out there, it just requires persistence to find it. > > What I find interesting is that a lot of the artists I associate with these > sounds seem to be moving away from the clicks 'n cuts model. I think a lot > of the producers are quite talented and it will be interesting to see what > direction they take going forward. For instance the Thomas Jirku track on > Arbutus 002 sounds an awful lot like Fabrice Lig, and I don't know how you > would characterise the Akufen remix of Brooks! Funk??? > > Tristan > ======= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > >
