Metro Area 3
ENV011 Metro Area Metro Area 3 EP Produced by Metro Area (Darshan Jesrani Morgan Geist) Strings: Kelley Polar Quartet Guitar: Craig Hillelson Flute: Ana Dane Out this month on Environ. Preview loop at http://www.webspan.net/~environ Please ask for it at your local shops if interested! Thanks.
Re: Balihu records
You have the rarest one - number 1. Daniel's album to be released on Environ next February will have the classic track Let's Go To Mars on it, but for the rest you'll have to hunt the stuff down. I think all the back catalog was repressed in limited quantities for Manhattan Records in Tokyo...so if you can track them down and feel like spending loot, maybe that's the answer. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
re: recordtime alumni
2. Dan Bell Yes. I remember well Dan's making fun of my New Jersey pronunciation of Gratiot. How is Damon's doing? Is that shop still around? (I think I have the name right...) environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
environ news
313 ! Environ upcoming releases: http://www.webspan.net/~environ ! The little loop is from Metro Area 3 ! Peace ! environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
dj bone
Yeah, DJ Bone is great. Also Buzz Goree (sp?) - finally seeing these names mentioned on the list is cool. I have tapes of them from 7-6 years ago and it's amazing. I can't remember which one (I think Goree) really blew me away with his ability to mix in sort of corny music and make it sound amazing. There were a few NY/garage/near-trance tracks in there pitched way up and sounded so sweet mixed and cut with techno... It's all in the mix and the context, like Red Alert dropping George Michaels, or how Bambataa played Mountain Dew ads in his sets. Or Balihu playing er...Tarzan Boy... environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Old recording techniques...
I think there is definatly something very profound about the analogue sound of real to real as opposed to ADAT. When you record digitally every millisecond of time is accounted for and everything inbetween doesn't exsist. When you use tape, there exsists another dimension of time. Inbetween each kick drum is some kind of space that often sounds like hiss or noise. Interesting observation - but not exactly the case. Every millisecond of time is accounted for with tape too - I guess you just mean that the nature of the medium and dirty heads produce different sound on each playback. I do think this charm depends on how you produce though, and is possible in a digital environment. I love tape - but in a non-ideal digital recording environment, even the purr and clicks of the recording hard disk can supply some interesting noise to a mic. Anything is possible - in fact I think most of the clicky and noisy music out today is produced on Macs with MSP (note: am I the only one wondering where everyone was the first time around with Basic Channel? A lot of Wire-types act like this type of techno is new...) I also think there is a certain beauty to incredibly precise, deliberately clean music. This doesn't necessarily mean digitally recorded music. Tape edits often sound tighter than hard disk edits. I recently had the honor of talking to Anthony Shakir and found out one of my favorite moments in older Detroit techno was done on purpose: the tiny bit of silence right after the distorted bass on Day of Reckoning on his Metroplex EP. Mistakes are cool - but achieving the same quality of suprise and strangeness on purpose is even cooler, imo. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
MA in NYC
For all you NYC/NJ/CT 313 people: Environ artists METRO AREA will be spinning a set of old and new deep treats tonight at Junky Blues, located at Flamingo, 219 2nd Avenue btw. 13th and 14th Streets in NYC. METRO AREA's newest EP Metro Area 2 is out now. Hope to see some of you there! Regards, -mg @ environ PS: On the 24th Environ peep DANIEL WANG will be spinning at the same venue! environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Re: ANNOUNCE: ENV010 METRO AREA METRO AREA 2
At 2:16 AM +0200 5/31/00, David Moufang wrote: hi morgan! just want to let you know how much i like your destination funk mix on 7th city!!! cheers david -- http://www.source-records.com http://www.besonic.com/source_records http://www.mp3.com/dsn http://www.mp3.com/moved http://www.besonic.com/moved __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Thanks David! Hey - good to hear from you. Jamie Hodge called me last night asking for a record! Try to check out the Metro Area - I really think you'll like it. If you have trouble getting it let me know. How are you and how is music? -mg environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Agh! was Re: ANNOUNCE: ENV010 METRO AREA METRO AREA 2
Agh - the bandana bandit a.k.a. Deason was right! A classic accidental reply to list executed perfectly. I def. need to uncheck reply to all on Eudora! While I'm here, re: DEMF - Is Theo Parrish's set going to be up anywhere? He rocked in NYC. I've been hearing amazing things about him for years ever since Dan Curtin brought him to Cleveland ages ago. In NYC he played the best music - Stephanie Mills, Klien + MBO, Billy Ocean - awesome shit! (In fact many of the records Metro Area has in their box - contact Environ for bookings!) It was like KISS Club Classics meets new Detroit geats and moods - could have listened all night. -mg environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
minx
Is the DJ Minx being mentioned the same as the DJ Minx who hosted the Deep Space radio show in Detroit? environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Subject: RE: [313] Bass
I second Shake's 5% Solution - an amazing EP. Day of Reckoning is in my all-time Top Techno 10! Another bass job which blew the lid off was the recent Alton M. on Moods and Grooves. Nice mastering, ouch! -mg @ environ environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
gilles p. address
Anyone have a mailing address for Gilles Peterson? His staff has been less than responsive. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
dbx - giving it to ya raw
On the decks: ACCELERATE RARE UNRELEASED High Voltage Beep Baby Judy Squelch Schizo Raw Rubber Ducky Losing Control A must-have for DBX phreaks. Fuck the tens of producers that stole Dan Bell's sound and check out the real deal. Who gave a shit about the RZ1 before him? environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
RE: (313) dbx - giving it to ya raw
Sorry if that email sounded like an attack, it wasn't :) So does anyone know anything about Steve P?? No sorry needed! My statement def. needed clarification. Re: SP, last mention I saw was Rise on Djax..? Anything since that? environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
RE: (313) dbx - giving it to ya raw
A must-have for DBX phreaks. Fuck the tens of producers that stole Dan Bell's sound and check out the real deal. Who gave a shit about the RZ1 before him? Uhh... everyone in Chicago. A fellow by the name of Steve Poindextor especially. Yes! Maybe I should have clarified I meant besides Chicago, but I was feeling overzealous as DBX was pumping out of my monitors at the time. I didn't feel the need to mention this as an element of DB's output seems to be a reinterpretation or permutation of some of Chicago's source ideas (most notably SD's Losing Control) - and anyway, most of his records were produced after a lot of Chicago's most memorable track output. Another example is how almost every genre of club music copied at least a part Basic Channel's style even though Basic Channel was reinterpreting and mutating dub. To extend this example, I would have put on a BC record, irrationally posted who gave a shit about dark 7ths, near-subs and Space Echo before BC? and gotten Uhh... Tubby. Scratch. I'd say there is no argument about the worldwide RZ1 explosion happening post-DBX, not post-Poindexter, right? That's not a statement about either producer - it's a statement about the world noticing, digesting and copying a style. Yawn! The point was: go out and check out the new Accelerate double pack, it's dope! Work that. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Re: (313) 2 track EP's SUCK!
It's sort of irresponsible to use that much plastic for so little music. As long as we record labels are making products that will take forever to decompose - we might as well use both sides of the disc. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Re: (313) The instant globalisation of music?
lest anybody should get the wrong impression--hot 97 bascially plays the most commercial pap imaginable (think endless slow jams for the 'ladies') interspersed with equal time given to ads. they used to have frankie knuckles spining from 2-4 on saturday nights. i have a pile of great tapes. but that was a few years back now. let me take the chance to say radio sucks in new york. Agreed, Hot 97 is disappointing now. I used to listen to it all the time as well, then it faded to just Old School At Noon and Funkarama Thursday nights. Now I can't take it, it's the same shit over and over and over. Talk about getting programmed... I do have to say 98.7 Kiss can be sweet. It was most amazing a few years ago when Roger was still alive and doing his Uptown Saturday Night right into Jay Mixin' Dixon's Kiss Club Classics. I have a ton of tapes from then. It's since been replaced by the Allen brothers doing Saturday Night House Party which can be really good but also lame in spots - which Roger's show never was. However Saturday nights bring out a lot of amazing music - some pre-techno Detroit-style sounds, like Was Not Was, Kano and Kraftwerk. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
(313) record mailer help/dj assault
Have to ask for some help, little OT - I'm looking for record mailers. I need to find the envelope-style kind that fit a 12 or two, like Europeans have access to. Are those available in the States? Any help provided will be much, much appreciated! If I see another one of these fold-together-and-tape deals I'm gonna freak out. DJ Assault: the recent 12 is great - the minimal, 808-ey cut on it is sweet! Don't know the name of this because it's an Intuit-Solar white, but it mixes really well with the older stuff. Metro Area plugged it in between some Profile and Emergency records last weekend and it was tight. Thanks, -mg environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
(313) correction
Still send me info on 12 mailers, but here's a correction on my last post: The 12 on Intuit-Solar is by DJ Godfather. The EP is called Via Satellite From Detriot. Sorry for the misinfo. environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
Subject: Sv: (313) ID help
Regarding DJ Unknown/Unknown DJ and Techno-Cut Records... Does anyone know if/where these are available as re-issues? There's a track by Unknown DJ/DJ Unknown on the label that is gorgeous, I've been looking for it forever. It seems like it was big in Detroit, I have it on a lot of WGPR mixtapes from 1991. It has sweet piano chords in it and sort of a bass/freestyle drumtrack... I've heard the 12 once - it has a clean instrumental on one side and then the other side has samples (vocals etc.) all over it. Any info appreciated! environ * 73 mandeville drive * wayne, NJ 07470-6566 * USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.webspan.net/~environ
