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Name: Manys Home Page: http://www.synthesizer.org Member Since: Aug 30, 2003 Rank: 1114 Rated 672 releases, average: 3.86 Location: San Francisco, CA Profile: I only buy from Discogs. Do not send me EBay links. | |
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K-Alexi - 3 Men And A Loft - 22-Feb-07 05:24 AM
A very in-your-face release with that brittle DJax sound. "Ha" is as Chicago Techno as anything Steve Poindexter did (well...), but with the added touch of guitar-ish stabs. You get a bit of acid and a whole whack of drums and fills for your money and it remains characteristic enough to be playable to this day. In an age of constant nondestructive audio editing and production, something so stripped down and chaotic - not an oxymoron - could hardly leave the studio. Back then...it could!
Bill Nelson - Acceleration - 13-Feb-07 01:38 AM
"Hard Facts From The Fiction Department" is the track here. Electro synthpop in the vein of DMX Krew or Frank de Groodt with a heaping helping of funky marimba. Much more New York than Detroit in the electro department. If that isn't enough for you, the whole track is overlaid with TV samples a la Steinski or Coldcut. I bet they played this at places like the Funhouse. Only three and a half minutes long, but killer from beginning to end.
David Sylvian - Blemish - 28-Apr-05 01:24 AM
This was the first David Sylvian I ever heard, and I noticed it merely because of Fennesz' presence. He has a peculiar voice, deeper and heavier than I usually hear in music such as this, but it goes well with the painterly and sparse music - improv guitar and electronics (or post-processing) - and there isn't much structure to speak of. It's almost a spoken-word album with some background noises, but miles apart from Air's "Baricco" or Hakim Bey's album on Axiom. Fans of Tujiko Noriko or Lithops might take note here.
It wound up being my favorite album of the year, and definitely one of my top 10 of all time. As unusual as the description above might be, I liked it from the first noteword, Fennesz or no.
Shiver (5) - Doctor Break - 13-Mar-05 03:34 AM
I never listen to this, and can think of only two words to explain this record's inexplicable popularity: "Dave Clarke." It filled the need for a new Hashim track until Breakin' Records was born and sounds very similar to what Sem was doing on Electron Industries around the same time with chika-chika hi-hats, punchy popped drums and a resonant bassline. Don't forget your obligatory wavering strings up top and you'll have yourself a collector's item. A fine piece of craftsmanship for those who think early Eidesche and Frank de Groodt are weird.
X-101 - X-101 - 08-Jan-04 06:07 PM
First Tresor release. "Whatever Happened to Peace" is a dark, sophisticated, and suprisingly simple classic. Note that this was re-released by Mute as "Sonic Destroyer" but with this EP's tracklist.