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Trolley Route - A Occhi Chiusi (Pure Plastic) Agree with you there. Well produced, hard techno, basically, that deviates from club fodder yawndom. -Original Message- From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 December 2003 3:01 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed Having enjoyed my old-fashioned record shopping trip to ye olde Berwick Street the weekend before last, I just couldn't resist heading on down there again. It's over ten years since I started frequenting the shops of Berwick Street, and by now the smell of rotting vegetable matter (from the street market) is firmly linked, in my mind, to the experience of acquiring new vinyl. And what website can assault your nostrils with such a pungent stench as you're browsing their online catalogue?? None! Again, I bought a few records randomly alongside the ones I'd been specifically looking for - what with all these end-of-year lists that have been published, my want list is becoming fairly lengthy, but that doesn't stop me from buying the odd thing I've never heard of just for the excitement of discovery... Shawn Rudiman - Deal With It (Eleventh Hour) The first release from new London label Eleventh Hour makes a clear statement about the direction we can expect the label to pursue - well-produced, colourful, club-oriented but still highly listenable techno music. On this EP, it's the first track on each side that does it for me; Bluesky reminds me of Star Dancer in a way, with its slowly developing chord static over a pacey rhythm, while That's What I'm Talkin About on the flip is my favourite cut with its variety of sparkling synth sounds floating over another insistent club rhythm. The other two tracks blend electro and broken beat influences, with Welcome to the Junkyard doing it most effectively IMHO. Rei Loci - Faction EP (Seventh Sign) The question is, is there a place in the world for high-quality dancefloor techno which is influenced by old Orlando Voorn and Black Dog records? And the answer to the question, on the basis of this release, is a resounding yes!. The range of influences on display here is staggering, and I find it difficult to think of other producers who come up with tracks which incorporate that much melodic variation and complexity into solid, heads-down techno so effectively. I was expecting a lot from this release after reading more than a few positive reviews, and was not disappointed in the least. What are the other Seventh Sign releases like, by the way? K-Led - Tomorrow In The Morning LP (Force Inc) I'd picked out the 12 of Detroit City to listen to in Koobla, but the staff member tasked with tracking down the stack of vinyl I'd picked out said I may as well check the album instead, so I did. Pretty stunning stuff I have to say! Really proper techno, wearing its Detroit influences on its sleeve, with that perfect balance between atmosphere, funk and rhythm that characterises most of my favourite techno records. Haven't had enough time to give a track-by-track rundown, though - I've only scanned through it once, and I'm really looking forward to sitting down and listening to the whole thing later on tonight (although I don't know if I'll be able to remain sitting all the way through the LP!)... Trolley Route - A Occhi Chiusi (Pure Plastic) A random purchase, this one. I got it home and had a look at the back of the sleeve, which told me that this album had been produced by Oscar Mulero. Without any real preconceptions about what it might sound like (not being overly familiar with Mr Mulero's material), I put it on, and had a weird flashback sort of experience. Years and years ago, when I was still discovering a lot of 313-type techno music, I'd go to Fat Cat records in its little basement cupboard underneath that menswear shop in Covent Garden, and while I was flipping the racks in search of records by people I'd heard of I'd hear these techno records which combined dirtily shimmering chords and strings with pacey but measured drum programming - which sounds like a lot of techno when described like that, I guess, but was in fact a particular sort of sound that I've always find hard to actually track down (back in those days, the closest I was able to get was Cosmic Movement on Red Planet 2). Anyway, this album is *very much* that sort of sound - the sound that I first latched on to as being *serious* techno back in the days when I was still a relative newcomer to the scene. The drums are nicely compressed with a metallic rusty texture to the higher percussive elements (ride cymbals, open hi-hats etc); there are a lot of strings, all of which have that nice dirty sound to them which complements the heavy sound of the drums perfectly. Some of the tracks are more explicitly funky, with house-style stabs and chord progressions working extremely well against the punchy drum production.
Re: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed
Paul St Hilaire - Faith (False Tuned) I am now wondering what I may have missed by having slept on the first two False Tuned releases! I was wondering that too! in fact i think I might have posted about that when it first came out. but, then, I was flicking through my mates records at his house the other week and spotted one of the first two releases. It had a black and white label. I can't for the life of me remember what it was though - I recognised it when I saw it. I think *maybe* it was some of those things that featured 'tikiman' (under that name) but were produced by someone else (as opposed to any of the basic channel/chain reaction crew). alex *minister of useless half-assed information* _ - End of message text This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
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while we on records...sorry this is not 313 but does anyone know how much a PINK Underworld 12 Rez on one side and Why Why why on the other, original on Fat Cat Records would fetch? also does anyone know Alex 's email from Fat Cat? thanks Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 09/12/2003 15:25 To: 313@hyperreal.org Cc: Subject: Re: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed Paul St Hilaire - Faith (False Tuned) I am now wondering what I may have missed by having slept on the first two False Tuned releases! I was wondering that too! in fact i think I might have posted about that when it first came out. but, then, I was flicking through my mates records at his house the other week and spotted one of the first two releases. It had a black and white label. I can't for the life of me remember what it was though - I recognised it when I saw it. I think *maybe* it was some of those things that featured 'tikiman' (under that name) but were produced by someone else (as opposed to any of the basic channel/chain reaction crew). alex *minister of useless half-assed information* _ - End of message text This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
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not a clue about your record Ian - sorry. but... also does anyone know Alex 's email from Fat Cat? do him and dave still do the label? if so, maybe something here? http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/ if not try...? http://www.haywire.co.uk/ maybe? alex *on an info roll* _ - End of message text This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
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d'oh! False Tuned info here http://www.discogs.com/label/False_Tuned looks like it's tikiman's own label. alex *minister of 'right on the money' information* (just been promoted) _ - End of message text This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
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ahh thanks man..i'll try it :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 09/12/2003 15:41 To: 313@hyperreal.org Cc: Subject: RE: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed not a clue about your record Ian - sorry. but... also does anyone know Alex 's email from Fat Cat? do him and dave still do the label? if so, maybe something here? http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/ if not try...? http://www.haywire.co.uk/ maybe? alex *on an info roll* _ - End of message text This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
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It is Paul St. Hilair's (Tikiman's) label. The first 2 releases and the CD album are by himself and they are more in roots reggae/dub style. http://www.false-tuned.de/ has some sound samples to listen to. Jernej www.soundoflj.com/octex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 9. december 2003 16:37 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed d'oh! False Tuned info here http://www.discogs.com/label/False_Tuned looks like it's tikiman's own label. alex *minister of 'right on the money' information* (just been promoted) _ - End of message text This e-mail is sent by the above named in their individual, non-business capacity and is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring
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-Original Message- From: Blackman, Ryan (UKEKT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 December 2003 15:07 To: Brendan Nelson; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) More new (well, newish) records reviewed Trolley Route - A Occhi Chiusi (Pure Plastic) Agree with you there. Well produced, hard techno, basically, that deviates from club fodder yawndom. It definitely makes me think of that quote, the hardness in techno comes from funk - it's hard techno, but it doesn't achieve that hardness by being loopy, heavily distorted or pushing the BPM up massively. Hard techno as it should be! It also puts me in mind of what Aril Brikha has said about how Drexciya's Black Sea is one of his favourite techno tracks, as it demonstrates perfectly how something can be fairly hard techno yet still incorporate strings and other elements, rather than just get stripped down to the loopy club fodder. Brendan
