Re: [microsound] kid606

[amnesia <amnesia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have just bought the 606 cd , never having bought his stuff before, but
loving his track on Mills Glitches cd......I must say its really a great
vague cd!!


ross healy ( CRAY)
http://www.fallt.com/artists/cray.html
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/2567/amnesia.htm

OUT SOON:

CRAY
 "comment" MP3/3"CD (fällt/ireland) (nov2000)
(http://fallt.com/invalidObject/index.html)
"communications error" (vibragun records/sydney) (dec200)
http://www.vibragun.com.au

----- Original Message -----
From: "david turgeon" <david.t@xxxxxxxx>
To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:24 AM
Subject: [microsound] new records: vladislav delay strikes again + kid606 +
phthalocyanine


> my roommates are confounded by the fact that i'm so crazy about the new
> vladislav delay (or "uusitalo" rather) album on force inc ("vapaa
> muaari" or something such, sorry my finnish is er, inexistent.)  knowing
> it's a live set i had to buy it, still bearing in mind that wonderful
> 2-hour set i had heard at mutek.  this cd sounds like the end of that
> set, when it had "finally" gotten housey (not like the first 2/3 were
> "boring", of course), but in that totally alien vladislav delay way ~ as
> if that needed to be said.
>
> i have to confess that i'm finding the first track (out of 4) to be a
> bit weak, but the rest of the cd is fantastic; as messy as _multila_
> (chain reaction) but with beats (if you liked "huone"...), giving it a
> dynamic edge contrasting with the contemplative lines of _multila_ or
> _entain_ (mille plateaux), which my roommates are finding far more
> interesting.  go figure.  so anyway, that's that.  personally it was
> just the album i needed to hear.
>
> the next vladislav delay i get may just be _sistol_ (phthalo) though.
> haven't made up my mind yet whether i want to dive into that luomo stuff
> just yet...
>
> also, i'm sort of surprised (though perhaps not so) not to find anyone
> talking of the kid606 cd _ps i love you_ on mille plateaux.  the
> bedazzlingly minimal (yet dangerously efficient) cover art by alorenz
> which i'm not sure i should absolutely love or be scared of, is a good
> hint at what you get: it's lovely & scary at once.  this is definitely
> the most polished thing i've heard from kid606 so far but i can't say it
> converted me, though most of the tracks definitely have something
> personal & twisted about them ~ definitely kid606's biggest strength.  i
> particularly liked the trio of minimal techno vs dsp/microsound (tracks
> #2, #3, #4) & the fantastic sound of "now i wanna be a cowboy".  overall
> i think this is an appreciable leap forward for kid606, not so much in
> terms of genre (i still like "don't sweat the technics") but rather
> effort.  just curious what others on this list thought of it...
>
> & perhaps i should add, as a follow-up to my earlier enquiry, that i
> have gotten phthalocyanine's new album _25 tracks fer 1 track_ (planet
> mu).  it's of course beautiful throughout (up to the cover paintings ~
> are those fergadis'?) & bursts with the kind of energy usually found on
> the most radical free jazz records.  a completely overwhelming listen,
> impossible to comprehend completely as it's so full of themes &
> narrative.  not for "casual listening", yet with undeniable lasting
> power.  you can't have it all now can you.
>
> ~ david
>
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