RE: (313) Bitstream
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Robert Taylor wrote: I just know that it is a CD only release and is on Modern Love - dunno if it is out yet (http://www.discogs.com/release/241640) It looks like it is a compilation rather than an album proper but it hangs well as an album. One Third Standard Lux contains tracks from Bitstream's first outings on Signal in addition to a few unreleased ones. There is no way I could recommend this as much as I'd like, I'vee been following the Conner brothers' output on various labels since the Signal releases. Other releases on Modern Love (with the exception of Special Blends Volume One) are similar, too, and I highly recommend them as well. The latest offering on the label, Il.Ek.Tro's White Void EP is an absolutely fabulous release from the archives of Daz Quayle and Carl A. Finlow. I had the pleasure of hearing Finlow do a live set at this year's Koneisto (http://www.koneisto.com/) - his live set as Silicon Scally is very energetic, sadly a bit lacking on his fantastic use of exquisite melodies and string layers - nevertheless, I was very, very happy to finally have caught him live. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: (313) what's the most people are willing to pay for records?
Hullo 313ers, On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Aidan O'Doherty wrote: just trying to get a feel for the market price of sought-after techno/house records. just who are willing to shell out the big bucks, especially in such a niche market? The most I've ever spent on just one record was in 1997, I went to London to pick up a copy of Caustic Window's Joyrex J9i 10 picture disc with a 606 on one side, a 303 on the other. Limited pressing, under 300 copies. I bought it for £100, after that I've been fortunate enough to get RDJ to sign the sleeve. Besides, I've been a RePHLeX fanatic since around 1990 and I own about every release on the label this far, so to have such an important release was quite paramount to my obsession. What's it worth now, I don't know. I'm not selling. Other than the above, I've shelled out between 20-50e on some rarities I've just had to have. Money well spent, I'd say. Recently I obtained a second copy of Autechre's Garbage EP for 45e. There are quite a bit of IDM records that fetch substantial amounts on eBay, eg. any early Skam releases, especially Lego Feet 12, pre-Skam/Warp Boards of Canada vinyls, obscure/rare labels eg. Likemind, A.R.T., B12, and historically significant releases like early Black Dog/Plaid/Autechre/AFX vinyls etc. Some of the most rare items go for 100-300e. It's insane to bid for a slab of vinyl that goes for 100e++, and then actually pay exorbitant amounts to get a worn-out, almost unplayable copy of something that might sound like surface noise, clicks, hiss, pops and crackles. Go figure, but that's IDM for you. Let's see what happens when Warp's Bleep starts selling all Skam back catalogue as high-quality MP3s, even Lego Feet. And yes, there are plenty of us deranged fools willing to pay an arm and a leg for somthing that one could've got for £5 when they were released and no-one paid any attention. Oh, not exactly 313 content, but I thought I'd share anyway. More on target, a friend of mine has been searching for Neil Landstrumm's Inhabit the Machines 12 on Peacefrog. Last time he checked, it went on eBay for something like $150+. He even ruminated on actually bidding +20% over the last bid to be sure to get the record. Totally loopy, I have to say. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: (313) Bitstream on Modern Love
On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Andrew wrote: Anyone else a fan of Bitstream? Not heard their one on Signal?? I got this one (Modern Love 001) on Saturday, and it fairly blinding, the lead track is a real peak-time uplifting electro affair, whilst the other tracks are by turns funky, inventive, and scary. I've been following the Conner brothers' ouput ever since I was introduced to them via the Signal label. On Signal they have released three 12s, two as Bitstream and one as The Monsters From ID. I did hear one of theirs which wasn't all that (orange label, can't remember) but I definitely think these guys are one to watch. Apologies if they've already been discussed. The orange labeled one is on Pylon, their own label, the release is named Retreat Pod. Besides the Modern Love release (Radiotherapy), there is a 7 on City Centre Offices as well, Crab Nebula. They have also appeared on Groovetech's Groovetechnology 1.3 compilation with the track Monolith. I heartily recommend everyone to check them out, absolutely blinding. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: (313) Matt Cogger
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Max Duley / ARCart wrote: Matt Cogger did several albums, I believe. I have one of them, which is mostly excellent: http://www.discogs.com/release/73987 and I've heard others which are also very cool. I'll have to agree with Max here - Cogger's releases as Neuropolitique on New Electronica were and are superb. The ones that that I have are ELEC21T (12, 1995) Neuropolitique (Matt Cogger) ELEC22LP/CD (2xLP/CD, 1995) Neuropolitique (Matt Cogger) ``Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?'' ELEC29LP/CD (2xLP/2xCD, 1996) Neuropolitique (Matt Cogger) ``Nomenclature'' ELEC33LP/CD (2xLP/CD, 1997) Neuropolitique (Matt Cogger) ``Beyond The Pinch'' Since we're on the subject of New Electronica, I must suggest the whole bloody catalogue of records on that label. I went through the trouble of actually obtaining all of them on vinyl, and I'm in the (long-winded) process of filling the gaps in the CD catalogue. You can find a partial discography at http://members.vip.fi/~gordon/ne.txt . My personal favourites are the Objets D'A.R.T. compilations, everything by Kirk deGiorgio and Morph's Stormwatch. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: (313) solexis label decode help
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, dmc wrote: so this Solexis audio record that says particles, beta light, lazy bones... what's the full info? artist, tracks, label? There are two Solexis Audio releases out this far, both are quite mysterious as to the producer(s). To my feeble knowledge, they are by the same people who put out the three absolutely fabulous electro releases on Scopex, (two as Simulant and one as Pollon). I haven't got the faintest idea who are behind the releases, though I would make it almost mandatory for everyone who likes electro to hunt the Scopex releases down (if you can - they are very, very scarce nowadays). The Solexis releases are both very solid, well produced and fine material for almost any set. I recommend them heartily, though the first one could be a bit difficult to find. If anyone has any information on Scopex/Solexis they want to share, I'm interested as well. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: (313) solexis label decode help
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Nuutti-Iivari Meriläinen wrote: On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, dmc wrote: so this Solexis audio record that says particles, beta light, lazy bones... what's the full info? artist, tracks, label? Oh yes. The information :) PLS12001 Solexis Audio - Deep Flight (1999, 12) A1Deep Flight B1Dusk Til Dawn SLX12002 Solexis Audio - Particles (2002, 12) A1Particles B1Beta Lite B2Lazy Bones Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
(313) Two Mixes.
If anyone's interested, I've made available two mixes I've done within the past couple of months. Not necessarily too much 313-centric, since I'm mostly an UK techno fanatic. Both are quite hastily done, the first one as a promotional mix for a russian promoter who visited Finland a few months back, the second one a bit more curious - I used records that I received last Wednesday and Friday, and mixed them earlier today without even listening to any of the records before I canned the mix. Both are live, by hand, first takes, by yours truly, here at home. Comments, criticism welcome, in private. Track listings available upon request. http://www.niitty.org/dcom/2002-10-04.mp3 (59M) http://www.niitty.org/dcom/2002-12-01.mp3 (67M) Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
[313] IDM (and Braindance).
with the mailing list. Those WARP AI comps were seriously crucial in 'explaining' the link between Detroit and british electro f*ckery - think Kenny Larkin on AI II, or Azemuth's US release as an AI album (I think) - I know it was at least released through WARP stateside (never seen the import to know if it was originally a WARP release, although I'd assume it must be, unless RS had it). Yes. The Artificial Intelligence series, starting off with the first compilation in 1992, were quite crucial in the formation of the IDM list, in conjuction with RePHLeX, A.R.T., B12 etc. The first compilation also sort of named the prototype IDM-related artists as well - The Aphex Twin (as The Dice Man), B12 (as Musicology), Autechre, Black Dog Productions (as I.A.O.), Jochem Paap (as Speedy J) and Richie Hawtin (as UP!). In the series, each of these artists got an album: WARP7 Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves (AI 2) WARP8 Black Dog Productions - Bytes (AI 3) WARP9 B12 - Electro-Soma (AI 4) WARP12 FUSE - Dimension Intrusion (AI 5) WARP14 Speedy J - Ginger (AI 6) WARP17 Autechre - Incunabula (AI 7) The series culminated in Artificial Intelligence II, showcasing some of the earlier pioneers as well as some that are still part of the discussion on the IDM list - the best examples are probably Autechre and Darrell Fitton, nowadays known as Bola on Skam and Jello on Peacefrog. Larkin's Azimuth, although released in 1994 (WARP20), is not part of the AI series. The same goes for Richard H. Kirk's The Number of Magic (WARP19, 1993). Fine albums, both. Funny you should mention RS here as well, the connection is quite obvious with Larkin, though RS released a version of A.R.T.'s first release, ART1, with just a tiny bit different a track listing. There's one on Planet E as well, PEART1 - the story goes that Kirk DeGiorgio made a deal with Carl Craig for an exchange release - thus PEART1 on Planet E and ART3 with Psyche/B.F.C. on A.R.T. When you count the re-release of ART1 on the New Electronica 4x12 compilation, that makes 4 different releases of ART1 on four different labels. I won't deny the obvious connection between the IDM movement and the music it spawned and detroit, but I wouldn't go as far as to describe it as a bridge between the two. IDM-related music drew some influences from Detroit, but I still think the music stands on it's own as well. It's not an UK version of Detroit, it is original and in the end owes nothing to the early pioneers on the other side of the Atlantic. And once again, I reiterate - IDM is not a genre. Not. A. Genre. It's a mailing list discussing (if you can call it that nowadays) a very heterogenous group of musicians, a myriad of labels and mostly just good old plain nothing. There are some artists and labels which by historical definition could be labeled as IDM. If it could come down to just me, I wouldn't call anything IDM except the mailing list. As for Braindance, it's a term coined by the jesters at RePHLeX to differentiate their releases from the fodder of IDM - it's not intelligent, it's not dance, it's not music it's so much more... it's braindance (http://www.rephlex.com/ ) Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] IDM. (((RE: [313] mp3 cdr trade)))
On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Robert Taylor wrote: Excuse my ignorance but what the F*** is IDM? I've seen mentioned over and over again but only on Yank sites. IDM started off as a mailing list in the early nineties, gradually becoming something of a movement. It is definitely not a genre as such, it is just a mailing list that used to concentrate on artists like The Black Dog, B12, Autechre, The Aphex Twin, Speedy J, Orbital etc. and labels like B12, A13, RePHLeX, Warp, Likemind, Ifach, GPR, Clear etc. Nowadays it has regressed into more noise than signal, though you can get some idea what's going on by sifting through an SMTP-load of drivel. Let's reiterate: IDM is a mailing list, not a genre. US people seem to have adopted Electronica as a marketing term to describe a loose genre that includes some artists and groups discussed on IDM, though Electronica seems to be a superset with more commercial inclusions. The name itself is a misnomer, there is as much lack of intelligence on IDM as within any self-defined subculture. This is not to say that there aren't any intelligent people on the list, just that defining IDM through itself as intelligent the point becomes lost. That's why I think of IDM nowadays as just a non-expandable acronym. Cheers (from an IDM member since 1994), -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] (reposting) Fracture lable
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, rob webb wrote: i think you're right that Fracture was connected to Blueprint. As far as I know, Fracture was run by Richard Polson and Nick Dunton, who also run Surface (http://www.surfacerecords.co.uk/). Recently, they started yet another label, Ebullition ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), with one release out this far. Although Richard Polson and James Ruskin have collaborated (and will again in the future), Ruskin's Blueprint label (http://www.blueprintrecords.co.uk/) has nothing to do with Fracture. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. given Paul Mac's liking for bizarre aliases i fancy there's a good chance that the Huburtus Krantz and Quentin Garlic 12s are his handywork too. Yes. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] Kirk DeGiorgio
electronica with jazz and new breakbeat, drum'n'bass and other music that has influenced him. There are the 2xCD ``Checkone'' (XTR22CDM, 1996) and ``Synthesis'' (XTR48CDM, 1998). Both well worth checking out - even just for the mixing. It's not impeccable, but the diversity of music makes it all click. There are some that I must be forgetting since there is so much output by DeGiorgio, but the above is probably the meat of the matter. I'm prepared to go out at the moment, so I'm a bit too fidgety to ransack my shelves for the one-offs and remixes he has made, but if you want some more information, check out http://www.kirkdegiorgio.com/ - that should give you the fix you need. The original question - what are his best releases - truthfully, I'm totally unable to answer that. I love the diversity of his work, so I'd probably have to recommend everything. There are high and low moments. As Beaumont Hannant states on his collection of out of context tracks (his own words), ``Sculptured'' (GPRLP9, 1994, on the now also defunct GPR label): I want you all to hear my failings as well as my successful compositions, so you will then have a true representation of my work. Cheers, I'm off to a party. -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] paul mac info
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Henrique Casanova wrote: a friend told me thet there are at least 5 more records from paul mac on FD recordings. I haven't got any of his Fragmented releases, but I do have several other releases by him on various labels, e.g. ``Too Much'' (STIM008) on Stimulus, ``Four Candles'' on Phont Music (PM16) and two releases on C-Side (his own label). C-Side 003 was just released. On Fracture (a sister label of Surface as far as I know) he has an EP called ``Outerspace Obsessive'' (FR001), and two others under aliases (see below). On Fragmented, there are ``Seaside Electronics'' (FMD005),``Bateman Tower EP'' (FMD008), ``Another Escapade EP'' (FMD014), ``Closed Account EP'' (FMD017), ``Authentic Moment EP'' (FMD020) and ``Old School Former Pupil'' 2xLP (FMDLP003). On Ongaku, ``More Of The Same EP'' (ONGAKU19). Also on Stimulus, ``Blank Below'' (STIM006). Split 12 with Ben Sims, ``Stimulus vs. Theory EP'' (TR007). He is recording under various aliases, from Quentin Garlic and Hurburtus Krantz (on Fracture), Herman Funker III (Stimulus) and Jorge Zamacona. He also has several remixes and tracks on labels like Pure Plastic and Native Sampler (a sublabel of Theory). This is not by all means a preemptive list, there are probably several releases that I've missed or don't even know about. But that should get you started. Happy hunting. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Looking for Gaetano Parisio's ART10 2x12
I'm terribly sorry to waste the bandwidth, but I just haven't been able to locate the last in Gaetano Parisio's ART series anywhere. It was released a while back but not one mail order shop I've tried to get it from has it listed. If anyone knows where I could order this item, let me know privately. It's a 2x12, catalog code ART10. Someone must know what I'm talking about :). Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] Looking for Gaetano Parisio's ART10 2x12
On Wed, 23 May 2001, Dennis Donohue wrote: Good luck finding any of the ART series. There were only 500 of each number pressed. I think Number 10 may have even been more limited than that. Then it seems that I've been fortunate enough to find all from 1 to 9. A friend has already got ART10 and the bugger mail-order where he got it from is sold out on them. I've tried several others but mostly the answer is huh?. But it seems that ELP does direct mail-order. I just ordered a copy of ART10 - ``ART - Selection 98/00'': --- BEGIN QUOTE --- The end of the ART-series will be a doublepack/CD compilation of the strongest tracks from the ART-series which has brought Gaetano Parisio to attention of the Technoscene. 10 track including 2 un-released tracks of pure Gaetek Sound !!! --- END QUOTE --- See http://www.elpmedien.com/ for more. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] [WTB] Geophone releases
Hullo All, I'm really sorry to bother everyone, but living in a far, far off place like Finland doesn't exactly give me an advantage in finding the records that I want. I've scourged the net and found a few, but I'm still missing more than half of Mike Parker's excellent Geophone releases. If anyone has a copy they'd like to part with and/or know of a mail-order shop that still has the following records, please contact me off-list. GPH01 Trybet - ``Nautical'' GPH02 Mike Parker - ``Shakuhachi'' GPH04 Mike Parker - ``Voiceprint'' GPH05 Mike Parker - ``Drain Hum'' Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] Track ID DJ Hell @ Motor (Halloween)
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Gary Girard wrote: How does this track go? There's a tune that Dave Clarke's been playing with a vocal that goes you spin me right round baby, right round, like a record baby, right round baby, right round - I'd like to know what this is called. The original is Dead Or Alive's ``You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)'', a rather cheesy pop tune dating from 1985. I haven't heard the mix in question nor Clarke spin it, so I'm not sure if there are newer mixes of it. The above is the original, though (or it surely sounds like it, judging from the lyrics). CHeers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: [313] track wants
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Tom Serna wrote: I am desperately seeking a copy of the following : joey beltram : caliber ep on warp A friend told me last weekend that it is a really rare one nowadays and that I'm probably one of the few here in Finland who have it. But sorry, I'm not parting with it, it's just too good. I also heard it goes for quite a bit of money... also can anyone tell me what ep and label a track called ARTECH by Dave Angel was released on? I can't find out anywhere and its buggin me. It was released in 1994 on the UK label A13, on both the ``Experimenta'' 12 sampler (AA001) and the CD compilation (AA001CD). Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Killabite 003 Disclaimer
Hullo All, here's a note from Ben Sims. - Original Message - From: Ben Sims To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 2:46 AM Subject: killabite again hello people.. sorry to drop a mail on you like this but it's probably my only chance of letting you know before it's too late.. attached is a disclaimer i placed in a uk magazine, basically there is a forthcoming ep that will be released as 'killabite 003' but has nothing to do with me or the other unnamed person originally involved. it is produced by 'rob jarvis' who had little or no involvement in the music featured on the first 2 ep's (he also did a remix on 'projex' under the same name) - he did however think up a name for the project and helped initially sell it, which i guess is the main reason he's trying to cash in on it's suprising success. unfortunately there doesn't appear to be much i can do legally to prevent this happening or to stop the bootlegging of the first 2 ep's. as 'killabite' is essentially a bootleg dj tool anyway. all i can hope is that you do not support this release or any other similar release/remix/repress not generated from the original source, i just want to try and let as many people as possible that i have nothing to do with this release and that i'm not f***ing happy about it. i will continue the series myself next year. thank you for your time, please do me the personal favour of forwarding this mail to every dj/shop/magazine/distributor you know and help me distance myself from this release before it hits the shops. if you have any questions or wish to drop me a mail please feel free thanks again, ben sims. Get the disclaimer image from http://www.diversion.org/killabite.html Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Please Ignore This Message
You didn't? Well, it is just a waste of time since I'm only testing because my previous two messages have been gobbled up by the dreaded Shub-Internet (Iä! Iä!). I hope this escapes so I can start tormenting people again. -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
[LONG] Possible Futures (was Re: [313] digital mixing/trading on napster)
that one piece of vinyl still missing from that favourite label's catalogue. It is the limited editions, it is the promo releases... All those things would be lost in an all-digital future. Yes, undoubtedly all those things could be simulated, made to represent what we used to have, but it would only be a shadow of the real thing - a simulation of a past where tangible objects and skill had value. Personally, I love the smell of fresh vinyl in the morning. If I wake up when the mail carrier rings my doorbell, I know that there are new records for me. I love ripping open the boxes, carefully inspecting each record and taking them to the turntable and listening to them. I love going to shops (virtual or not) and searching for those missing pieces in my collection. I love chatting with like-minded people who appreciate the trouble one goes through to get that missing record and have the same enthusiasm towards music that I do (a friend once likened a pair of us to a couple of kids comparing their collection of card collectables - we were comparing the first and second pressings of Boards of Canada's ``Hi Scores'' vinyl - the labels of the pressings have different colour). You don't get those things with Napster or other forms of digital music distribution (and I'm not talking about CDs, should you have the need to pick nits). Yes, I do like CDs for their ease of use (I don't have to flip sides of my favourite albums all the time) and the portability of MP3s, but vinyl is still the most important medium for me to get the music I want. I'm puzzled by the fact that some kid in the middle of nowhere has the same pieces of music that I do in MP3 format, and that he got them with just a few clicks of the mouse when I had to invest substantial time and money to get the music on a physical medium. But it all depends on what you appreciate and respect. It's a matter of ethics and choice - things I take quite seriously. Besides, digital music doesn't get the wear and tear, the patina of age that vinyl gets. Of course it could be once again simulated, but I can hear Baudrillard whispering from the shadows of postmodernism. Each scratch has a history, each click and pop possibly being a point in time where the dog had its day (I'm not saying that scratches and clicks and pops are good when playing, but they add their own variable in the whole). Maybe I'm romanticising and waxing a bit poetic here, but that's how I feel about it. I will not directly discard the idea of a better way of mixing music, but I don't see a directly possible vinyl-free future for us DJs in the digital world. Can someone else can come up with more possible scenarios? I haven't seen too much discussion on the future of the DJ profession in the advent of digital music distribution. Popular technologies will gravitate towards all-digital and the new music formats and distribution methods will affect how DJs will work, but I'm missing the discussion on it. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places - does anyone have any pointers? Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Surgeon - ``Body Request'' (DTRLP1)
Hullo All, I just received my copy of Surgeon's ``Body Request'' album - his first on his own Dynamic Tension imprint. The album starts off with ``Hunger'', a foray into ``Red Two''-ish Clarkean techno with clinks and clonks thrown in for good measure. ``Setting The Scene'' begins with a clinging percussions and a hard beat, gaining momentum and reverb as the track progresses (reminding me somewhat of Beaumont Hannant's remix of Autechre's ``Basscadet'' - but the comparison is a bit shaky). From somewhere out comes the bell/string background, fading in and out of focus under the relentless beat and percussions. ``Fight Or Flight'' is very reminiscent of Surgeon's earlier work on Dynamic Tension - furiously repetitive percussions over a booming bass drum and a variety of shakers and hihats. A few detuned bellstrings in the background - similar to ``Setting The Scene'' but shorter and only momentary. ``Discipline'' lashes out hard and sudden with a bouncy percussive melody line, escalating to another furious in-and-out-fading hihat/shaker/snare workout over a booming bassline. ``Instinct'' is another tapping detroit repeating chord track with a rather interesting overlaid syncopated rhythm. Not a lot of variation here, nevertheless a good track with a snappish bassline. ``Stringent'' is very similar to ``Discipline'' - a bouncing percussive melody over a repetitive square bassline. Nothing new here. ``Sleep (Ultra Violet)'' is the definite high point of the album - starting off with a couple of minutes of buildup drums and percussions (but with that familiar Surgeon touch - very loose and open). The a string layer is added - just two chords repeating over and over - very similar to Claude Young's ``Angel'' on his third release on Deta or Ruskin's ``Prevention Beyond Cause'' on Blueprint. The strings fade out but then fade back in during a break from whence the track continues to its inevitable end - a symphonic chaos of strings and reverb and noise. These were my first impressions as I was listening to the album, so take everything with a grain of salt - I think all Surgeon releases require more than one listen-to before all the nuances become apparent. All in all, a very good package. A tad too level and unsurprising when compared to Surgeon's latest work on Counterbalance, but nevertheless worth buying if you're into Surgeon, Ruskin, Ho and the like. DTRLP1 (Dynamic Tension [UK], 2xLP, 2000) Surgeon (Anthony Child) ``Body Request'' A1 ``Hunger'' A2 ``Setting The Scene'' B1 ``Fight Or Flight'' B2 ``Discipline'' C1 ``Instinct'' C2 ``Stringent'' D1 ``Sleep (Ultra Violet)'' If anyone knows if the CD has more tracks, let me know. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
User/00A... Eh?
Hullo All, I got the ``Serial Scratch User/00A'' (mixed by Harvey Lane) CD today, and from the inlay I read ``Mixed by Harvey Lane of 00A Records'' and ``Dean Cole of USER Records'' and a booking information number for both of them. To paraphrase Mrs. Broflovsky of ``South Park'' - ``whatWhatWHAAAT!?!?'' Who has released what on whose label and who is who anyway? I'm really looking forward to the Overload Media article on User - they have probably done some proper research. I'm quite mixed up as it is. Sounds like a one-take or a live mix - not too great, but it's nice to listen to these tracks without having to flip sides all the time. But, a collector is a trainspotter is a DJ (and vice versa). What can you do? Puzzled, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: [313] richard harvey explanation
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, janos wrote: Corrsion http://www.sonox.com/label.box?id=CO39775e70b3c77 I haven't been paying too much attention since the Corrosion label has completely blown past without me even noticing, even when the releases have been under Cole's own name. Oh well, time to catch up. Nevertheless, I've also heard that Reality Or Nothing on Housewerk is one of Cole's projects as well. True/false? I haven't heard anything on the label/by the artist, but my sources tell me that it is more house than releases on any of the User labels. Also, there's one more label, Abuser, on which he has released one 12 with both sides being the same (or I have a defective copy). USER09 came out a while back (I had to wait for a new pressing since the first one was defective) but I haven't had the time to check it out too well yet. But since I've liked the previous 8 on User, 6 on 00xA and the one on Abuser, I think it'll be as good (and probably as variable) as the older ones. Always the trainspotter, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Dark House Music label (Trackhead Series) Information?
Does anyone have information on a british label called Dark House Music? A discography would be nice, here's a start (just fill in the blanks if you can, and I'm not too sure about the the ones that I know about either (except for DHM004, DHM005 and DHM008 which I alredy have): DHM001 ??? DHM002 ??? DHM003 ??? DHM004 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 1 (12) (Mark Broom, Terry Mitchell, Ben Sims, The Assembly) DHM005 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 2 (12) (Terry Mitchell, Mark Williams... ?) DHM006 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 3 (2x12) ??? DHM007 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 3 remixes (12) ??? (Mark Broom...) DHM008 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 4 (12) (Max Duley, Ben Sims, DJ Hazy, Mark Williams) DHM009 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 5 (12) ??? (Mark Williams, Terry Mitchell... ?) DHM010 Various: Trackhead Series Volume 6 (12) ??? (Robert Armani, DJ Pro One... ?) Thank you, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: [313] Surgeon Ruskin
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Cyclone Wehner wrote: Surgeon and Ruskin are coming to Australia for the first time. What is the vibe on this two out there, as DJs and, since we're on the topic, producers also? I haven't heard them spin (as of yet, but we're working on getting them to play Finland at some point), but see my comments on their music below. Maybe someone else can comment on their turntable work. Any one else heard Ruskin's Point 2? Yes. ``Point 2'' is probably the hardest record Ruskin has put out in a long time, some of his early output on Blueprint (his own label) as Outline had a sort of the same feel. His latest output, like ``The Definition Of EP'' (CODA1, 2000) on Coda (a new label run by him) is more in the style I like his work, deep, dreamy, and hypnotic techno. The latest Blueprint, ``Cipher'' (BP016, 2000) is a really weird one, sounds a bit like a cross between Ruskin's earlier work (like ``The Divide'' (BP08, 1997) and Samuel L. Sessions's latest output on Ben Sims's Hardgroove and Swiss Phont Music (and Dave Angel's Rotation), with a heavy bass line and a bit of a more tribal sound. I have a very soft spot for Ruskin's older (yet not the oldest) material, like ``Prelude'' (BP010, 1998) and ``Prevention Beyond Cause'' (BP012, 1999) - and especially his first full-length, ``Further Design'' (BPLP/CD1, 1998) with it's dreamy, slow-building, very hypnotic tracks. As for Surgeon (Anthony Childs), I don't have his output on Downwards at all, but I'd suggest checking out both of his own labels, Dynamic Tension and Counterbalance. I assume Dynamic Tension has been discontinued since there hasn't been a release on it for a while (but I can't be sure, www.dj-surgeon.com is a bit vague on that) - but the six releases on it are all fabulous rhythm-play techno with not a lot of melodic elements. Counterbalance has only three releases this far, and I'd suggest the latest release ``Waiting For Me'' (CBX003, 2000) the most, scratchy percussion-based hypnotism with wailing female singing chopped up in the background. You'd probably want to know that Ruskin and Childs have collaborated as well: ``Outline Meets Surgeon'' on Blueprint (BP07, 1997) and Surgeon James Ruskin's ``Sound Pressure'' on Dynamic Tension (DTR003, 1998). Both very highly recommended. Both are rather hard to get into, their rhythm programming gets quite hairy at times, but with a few listens they sink very deep. If you like the music of Ruskin and Childs, I'd suggest checking out the whole back catalogue of Blueprint (15 12 releases and two full-length albums and one CD collection, all either by James Ruskin or Oliver Ho, another of my favourite producers), Surface (Richard Polson and Nick Dunton's label) with more by Oliver Ho, Claude Young, Polson himself with a collaboration with Ruskin as well, and Meta, Oliver Ho's own label (my personal favourite), with Ho, Max Duley (who runs Arcane) and the latest collaboration of Ho and Ruskin, ``Mutate And Survive'' (META10, 2000). Other recommended labels would be Claude Young's Deta, Ben Sims's various labels (Theory, Hardgroove, Symbolism, Native Sampler, Killabite), Paul Mac's Stimulus and C-Side, and a more recent addition to my UK label fandom, Product. And of course the abovementioned Childs's labels, Dynamic Tension and Counterbalance. I know quite many of the records mentioned here are hard to come by nowadays, but if you are able to find them they are all keepers. You would have to walk over my ashes before you could get my copies. Should anyone need any more information on any of the releases mentioned here (that isn't available at ad.techno.org), just send me a (private) line or two. Say ``anal retentive trainspotter discjockey collector (and sometimes producer)'' ten times in a row, click your ruby slippers's heels three times and you should find yourself in my playroom here in Finland. Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
UtilityPlasticsWho?
I have been trying to find out high and low who is behind the superb Utility Plastics series (8 releases this far) but to no avail. If anyone has more information on the label and on who is responsible for the releases, please respond privately. I know it's an UK label, but... -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
Re: [313] tribal
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, crisk wrote: I need some recommendations for tribal techno records... Names and specific record recommendations will be great. I would suggest checking out releases on Oliver Ho's Meta label (all but one of the eleven releases so far are by him, the one other is Max Duley's Watch As We Now Drift), especially ``Prima Materia'' (M006 2x12), ``Metaphysical'' (M008 12) and Ho's latest album, ``Listen To The Voice Inside'' (METALP01 2xLP/CD). Other Meta releases are similar in style, well crafted rhythm layers intertwined with cut-up and repetitive vocal samples, giving the records really a distinct tribal feel. More of similar repetitive percussion and rhythm-based techno can be found on Richard Polson's Surface label, with quite many releases by Ho. James Ruskin (of Blueprint fame) has had his hands on some of the Surface releases, as well as Polson himself and Claude Young. Check out the Meta and Surface discographies at ad.techno.org for more clues, but most of the releases have been quite limited and could be hard to find nowadays. I spent nearly two months earlier this year hunting down just a few missing items from the Meta back catalogue, but it sure was worth it. Some of Ben Sims's releases have a tribal feel to them as well, so labels like Theory and Hardgroove could be good to check out if they fit your needs. The latest Rue East/Ben Sims collaboration on Pure Plastic (PP029) has some tribal elements (or at least from what I've understood the concept of something being tribal to be). Cheers, -- nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
