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Name: Joe
Member Since: Jun 16, 2004
Rank: 160
Rated 506 releases, average: 3.71
Location: London Town
Profile: Won't sell any records, but my all means pester me with your offers for anything on my Wantlist. Just don't be offended if I don't reply, I'm a cunt like that.
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Franklin's groups (3)
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Reviews:
LFO - Advance - 18-Nov-05 11:32 AM
Despite the nostalgic praise heaped on their debut, 'Advance' is the duo's finest hour, a subtle update on the beats n' bleeps of Warp's Artificial Intelligence concept.
Brash, bold, brave and beautiful, 'Advance' is timeless in its own mid-90s kinda way. 40 years ago, this is probably what people thought pop music of the future would sound like.
John Starlight
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Kitbuilders - Space Marines - 12-Sep-05 04:36 AM
Quite what the Warhammer fanbase will make of the Art of Perception series is unclear - I have my suspicions there will be a collective turning up of pierced noses - electronic music has never had much in common with the sort of geeky heavy metal and rock that these role playing games inspire.
That aside, this is some 12". Ignore the Kitbuilders rather flat electro and head instead for John Starlight's furious offerings. If you're a technohead you'll know 'Blood Angels' by now - at first listen it comes across as Vath-fodder, but soon it becomes addictive. Maybe its the rubbish vocoders (that you'd sing along to if only you could understand the words), the distorted breakdowns or the screeching klaxons (thats right - klaxons), but this track grabs you and grabs you hard.
'The Ultimate Human Fighting Machine' sounds more like Zombie Nation's usual style, but is a slightly tougher retro-futuristic electro stomper.
Check.
Artificial Arm, The - 12-Aug-05 07:52 AM
I remember meeting the Artificial Arm in a pub in Ealing in about 2001 - he attended the same college as me. I was staggeringly drunk, as usual, and asked why he was called Artificial Arm.
"'Cause I've only got one arm" came the casual response.
Genius.
Prodigy, The - Hotride EP - 12-Aug-05 06:56 AM
Rex shows that, as always, he can turn the most limp-wristed musical turds into spangly stompy bleepy disco gems.
The original Howlett numbers leave a lot to be desired, not least the eye-wateringly bad 'Who U Foolin' - a cack-handed attempt to gain some credibility with the garage/grime fraternity. Scare-the-parents music by numbers.
Zombie Nation - Absorber - 12-Aug-05 06:56 AM
After hearing 'Souls At Zero', (the only experience I'd ever had of ZN) and wondering whether it was the best or the worst track I'd heard all year, I'll never be quite sure why I then went and bought the album.
But flip me, I'm glad I did - anyone who knows ZN/John Starlight's output will know what I mean when I say he has his own, distinct home-made broken-equipment-in-a-basement sound - bad vocoders, rubbish sampling, wonky melodies, $10 drum machine beats..... its chaotic and badly made - this sounds like he made it in his sleep.
But it works. Don't know how, it just does.
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