RE: (313) 808 State (what you don't read in Techno Rebels)
> by downhill - i guess i'm getting at the route they went down with > collaborations.. bjork, bernard sumner and david bowie for > example.. you've by the collaboration with Bowie, i guess you mean the mixes of his Sound & Vision single ? they were pretty good I thought, I especially remember one named "'lectric blue mix"... Gwendal
Re: (313) 808 State (what you don't read in Techno Rebels)
on 12/19/02 8:57 AM, Stephen Kelly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > previously.. > >>> i can't help but think it all went downhill once he'd gone.. > >> Well you have to be A Guy Called Gerald fan to make a comment like that. >> How can you downplay Exel? >> Especially people who lived through that era. > > i am a guy called gerald fan - hands up.. but i'm also old enough to have > lived thru that era (check my thinning hair and beer belly).. I disagree about that. Exel had some excellent collaborations especially the track Ooops featuring Bjork. A very popular album with the alternative and industrial crowed at the time esspecially here in the US, a ground breaking techno album. > you've > maybe blocked their god awful single with ub40 from your memory - but that > was released shortly after ex:el.. each album had gradually more ill > conceived collaborations (imo) that were aimed at a different kind of > listener.. On the contraire I don't think Georgeus is a bad album, the collaboration with UB40 did achieve some radio success. There is a quirkiness too a lot of the tracks, lots of Alexis SR-16. It's like The Prodigy's Charley meets 80's New Age music. Try mixing Nimbus and Southern Cross with new school electro. > i'm a fan of them, so don't think i'm being harsh - they've made some bad > (not meaning good) records imo, that's all.. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] More good records than bad records after Gerald left the band in my opinion. By the way, 808 State have a new album out called Outpost Transmission that just hit the stores. I should be mail ordering a copy very soon.
Re: (313) 808 State (what you don't read in Techno Rebels)
previously.. i can't help but think it all went downhill once he'd gone.. Well you have to be A Guy Called Gerald fan to make a comment like that. How can you downplay Exel? Especially people who lived through that era. i am a guy called gerald fan - hands up.. but i'm also old enough to have lived thru that era (check my thinning hair and beer belly).. by downhill - i guess i'm getting at the route they went down with collaborations.. bjork, bernard sumner and david bowie for example.. you've maybe blocked their god awful single with ub40 from your memory - but that was released shortly after ex:el.. each album had gradually more ill conceived collaborations (imo) that were aimed at a different kind of listener.. i'm a fan of them, so don't think i'm being harsh - they've made some bad (not meaning good) records imo, that's all.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Re: (313) 808 State (what you don't read in Techno Rebels)
on 12/18/02 4:12 AM, Stephen Kelly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i can't help but think it all went downhill once he'd gone.. Well you have to be A Guy Called Gerald fan to make a comment like that. How can you downplay Exel? Especially people who lived through that era. The same goes for people who dismiss Richie Hawtin's contribution to techno. How can you say that after Technarchy? One of the biggest and most influential techno tracks of the early 90's?
