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Jega - Phlax - 03-Aug-07 03:01 PM
Ah, Phlax...

Try as I might, I cannot will myself into enjoying the so-called IDM glitch-beat phenomena. Micro edits for the sake of sparkle never appealed to me and so, I found I couldnt get into Jega back when he hit The Mu.

Then I discovered his debut 12" on Skam (rather backwards, I agree).

While I find most of it unremarkable, the EPs namesake track is lodged in my head (and has been subsequently recorded to a cassette of essentials that Ive been toting around). Mysterious, dark and brutally effective, the sickly lead stabs are joined by lo-fi electroish beats just as the listener starts to stir with exhaustion.

Phlax (the track) is a grand testament to the raw power of minimalism.

Various - Freaky House Beats - Volume 2 - 22-Feb-07 07:52 PM
Alright, folks...this is one of those secrets Ive kept for far too long. Back in 1993 at the green age of 14, I was given two cassettes by a friend. One of them had this terribly odd bleepy music (turns out it was FUSEs "Dimension Intrusion" and the "Train Tracs" mixes) that put me off (at the time), and the other one had this instantly accessible, shake-y0-arse thing going on. Can you guess what was on that second tape?

This album is one of my dark obsessions. Cheesy 909, 303 and hooverific JX-3P and Alphas are smooshed together with samples varying from the profane ("Fuck You") to the downright ridiculous ("Who is Elvis"). I still love "Boomerang" for the happy, rolling bass line and "De Rode Schoentjes" for the irresistible rave-stabs and indecipherable vocal samples (does anyone know what language that is and what is being said?)

Im guessing these tracks were cliché even back then, but they are buckets of fun for anyone that can stop taking their music seriously for an hour.

Mark Verbos - Damned For All Time - 21-Feb-07 02:44 PM
"All This For Acid" really stands out for me. Assuming it is recorded live (per the usual Verbos) I cant get over the groove and the treatment to the acid line. The sparse hats and syncopated claps make me feel like Im being flung around the room.

Ive yet to figure out what sort of processing hes using to get such a spacey, lofi feel over these recordings.

Woody McBride - Bad Acid No Such Thing - 07-Feb-07 10:12 AM
There is a short acid rif (on the order of only 8 16th note steps) in AFXs "Boxing Day" on Analord 3 that is similar to that in "Health Kick". As I was listening through DBN003 it bugged me to know where Id heard it before.

Cybersonik - Technarchy - 07-Feb-07 10:12 AM
This is the first record I ever purchased. I recognized the distinctive logo from a tape borrowed from a friend (the tape was Blueprints for Modern Technology VOL1 and he had drawn the logo on the case paper). The plodding drums and nasty bassline from the title track still transport me back to that first night, as I listened to it in the dark wondering wtf was making all those sounds.

I was short-circuited because, at that time, Id heard nothing like it (save for the aforementioned tape). OBear in mind that back then, this type of music wasnt on the mainstream radio or in super hip TV commercials.

I was SO glad when the Classics were released and I could get a new copy devoid of "the scratchies" from overuse.

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