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Atari Teenage Riot - Live At Brixton Academy 1999 - 22-Sep-09 05:45 PM
Piss funny and completely outrageous; The band seemed to be revved up to antagonise the audience to the max, they were supporting Nine Inch Nails, and completely overshadowed the shoegazing tedious Industrial show with all its glitz and glamour that followed...

Id seen ATR a few times before this and their gigs always had some edge - one particular gig at the then Astoria 2 in London consisted of the band storming on and off stage several times before the music stopped, Alec Empire pushed through the crowd and adopted a Jesus Christ Pose on top of the sound booth while people yelled Life of Brian quotes; until he was pushed off into the crowd, kicked a girl in the head and had to be rescued by security as the venue erupted into a riot... - the show recorded here was memorable for its sheer fuck off-ness, pure noise and feedback, people hurling abuse and ripped up ATR shirts at the stage. Releasing it on CD was (I reckon) definitely a comedy move; pretty unlistenable really but a good statement of the power of music to get inside peoples heads and fuck with them. ATR (& DHR) were the soundtrack to breaking down culture and society to its bare brutal bones through sonic attack; they managed to piss off pretty much a whole crowd, play a half hour set of noise and still get one over Trent Reznor and his NIN pomposity...

And then release it as a live album...

hahahaha :)

Items & Things - 14-Jun-09 03:01 PM
This is a lovely little minimal techno label, each one of the three (at time of writing) releases contains beautifully crafted tracks; On IT 01 theres the sublime Coma Couch Surfing by Konrad Black which Ive played to old acid house heads who love the vibe of the tune, and gabba freaks who cant help but be sucked in by its superbly crafted rhythm, the rest if the 12" is completed with three more outstanding tunes. The Spies and Lies 12" is another great collection of 4 tracks, Oogity Boogity by Thrill Cosby is a well-kaned (by me anyway!) long bass-happy tune with groovy percussion and just the right amount of tweaks and pops to keep it moving - a great track for 3+ dex mixing, or just beautiful on its own - the 12" finished off with great tracks by Kasper & Alexi Delano, the Spies and Lies title fits great - its a kinda subtle creepy record, maybe a soundtrack for a slow German James Bond with a bad haircut (!?) IT 03 by Clickbox contains 4 more minimal gems, my personal fav being Bass Tilt with its dogwoof-esque noises fading in and out over some lovely quality bass which pervades under all the tracks on offer here.

Magdas input is clear - listen to her Shes A Dancing Machine mix CD for more tracks along the same lines and you can see where the inspiration comes from/where the label is headed. Where minimul techno seems to be the new en-vogue music to produce or mix and so the ouput is greater with producers from other genres venturing into minimal, its nice to see a label keeping it tight with 3 releases in three years, all maintaining proper quality techno bizness. I love these records and a couple of tracks always find their way into my sets - quality :)

M.A.N.D.Y. vs. Booka Shade Feat. Laurie Anderson - O Superman Remixes - Vinyl 1 - 23-Mar-09 12:57 AM
I love O superman as a tune, and any remix of it is gonna get my ears open! The Matt John Remix is really good; a nice piece of minimal with quality bass work, a tune to shake your ass to in a git down! fashion. But what Im after here is clever use of the original tune, and Matt John has just used the ah ah ah bits leaving out the vocals - a shame. Reboots rework is good, and very clever, took a while to get it but it weaves the vocal into the tune really well, with unsuspecting drops and nice bass. On this vinyl I prefer the original; it has to be this! Nothing too clever, just a really funky bassline using most of the Laurie Anderson original, a tune that is immediately fresh, funky, danceable and very uplifting, some lovely sonix pick up as the vocals continue towards the end, leaving you craving more and more and more.
A vinyl WELL worth getting, purely for the original alone; Cubans rework to use as a nice tool in a 3+ dex set, and Matt Johns remix for some quality O Superman checkin quality minimal techno.

A worthy nod to the original:

Cause when love is gone, theres always justice.
And when justive is gone, theres always force.
And when force is gone, theres always Mom. Hi Mom!

So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. So hold me,
Mom, in your long arms.
In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms.
In your arms.
So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.
Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms.
In your electronic arms.

Brilliant!

Filter Code - Human Dance - 15-Mar-09 10:56 AM
I searched for this record for a long while, fully expecting it to be at least £10; in the end I got it for £4 odd - bonus!
The A-side Human Dance (organic mix) is a nice techno tune, some good sonics flying around in the mix before a piano line takes the lead giving it an old school flavour and maintaining a nice pounding kick - its a good track, the piano lines are just not my cup of tea. The original on the flip (B2) is a quality track - lovely wobbly bass, the same quality sonix as on the A but where the remix drops and comes back with a piano line the original has good 303 action going on; a ripply 303 line lies nicely over the track making you wanna dance hard as all the sonix meld together over the bass and 303 line nicely.

If that tune werent a good enough reason to own this, Human Dance (1.2.3 - revolution mix) (B1) is pure class - a proper little gem of a tune! A nice simple 303 starts the tune, then the beat kicks in - its almost a bouncy but not cheesy hard house kick and off-beat bass - the track builds and drops with good use of percussion, maintaining the simple 303 line. What makes this track SO good is the break, a heavily vocoded voice comes out of nowhere and the track suddenly turns into a pounding bass-heavy techno monster, the way it has been put together is pure class (and its one of those records useful if you mix yourself into a corner - you pop this on and off you go!) proper dancefloor music - one of those whats this? tunes. Synth swishes fly about until the vocal reaches a peak and then drops some real quality irresistably danceable driving hi-end percussion, keeping the heavy techno kick-drum pound going.

I dont know why this has been classed as Trance, apart from the build up to the vocal on B1 which has a hard house-y bass line it is pure techno/acid techno; and if you like your techno I highly recommend this release. The only issue I have with this record is the recording quality of Human Dance - its far from terrible; but I find pushing the treble and the mid on the EQs (just a little) makes this tune sound so much better :)

Recommended! (But dont pay more than 5-6 quid for it!)

Jehst - Falling Down - 05-Mar-09 01:42 PM
This is a proper quality release on Low Life, I caned it on my Tables for a long time; The tunes are deep and perfectly produced with Jehst and cos lyrics always maintaining a strong flow. The album is immediately engaging, The intro track is a head nodding opener immediately making you eager to hear the rest of the LP. Saying that, The album as a whole took a while to sink into my consciousness; To realise just how good it is! For fans of Jehsts earlier stuff, The High Plains Drifter EP for example, Falling Down shows a different side to Jehsts output; The album has some quality upfront tracks, But where this LP excels is in Jehsts handling of the deeper introspective moments; Tracks like ESP (Essentially a love song created expertly by Jehst, The beats and his lyrics holding it together perfectly) Monotony (With ace contributions from Asaviour) and Die When U Die show how thoughtful and clever Jehst and cos lyrics are; Hes giving it all with both barrels on all the tracks here, the lo-fi tunes on offer just as good as the more upbeat tracks. Overall this album maintains a sense of positivity, Despite outlining and struggling against the forces Jehst sees around him, And around the world.

The album title tells you Jehsts mindset as he recorded it, The Fear Skit Probably the best insight into his thoughts and whats on his mind as he flings quality bar after bar. The liner notes state Jehst makes music like he still believes in hip-hop A perfect sentence to sum up the LP as a whole; Self-conscious but also aware of the world Falling Down around him, And music as a force to confront or contemplate it. Thats not to say there arent upbeat tracks - Manimals, Citizen Smif and Brimstone Rock for example. If youre looking for some quality hip-hop, Proper beats and clever insightful lyrics thatll make you listen to the album over and over again you cant do any better than this LP.

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