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potuznik + uli troyer + cex



a short one before i get back to work...  :)

1)  i'm decidedly late on this, but: amazing _concorde+_ cd by gerhard
potuznik & ramon bauer (on cheap records, also featuring hecker & pita,
amongst others, a gorgeous cover art by chicks on speed & tina frank). 
it has an indescribable, almost prog-like narrative form, & yet the
songs themselves (with lyrics!  & it works!!) have a resounding 80s feel
to them (but then again, there has been no real "90s style singing" with
electronic music, has there?)  anyway, on the musical side, very subdued
melody, it's mostly atmosphere & an always prevalent rhythm.  i was impressed.

2)  a less tardy review now, but still from the mego camp.  the 3" cd by
uli troyer, _nok_, is quite pretty.  for those who thought dat politics
were not digital enough...  :)  _nok_ reminds me a little of pimmon, but
also of the sine fiction ep we've just put out on no type...  6 solid
tracks with plenty of exuberant computer noise, bubbling with ideas.  a
fine little piece of work, worthy of your attention, be it of the short
spanned type.

3)  i saw mention of the dreaded "idm" word...  i'll assume that some
people on this list are at least a little into it.  if your idea of idm
is "chiastic slide", "ischemic folks" & "that funkstörung record", my
choice for album of the year in that area is definitely cex's _role
model_ (tigerbeat6, kid606's label).  don't be fooled by the
self-deprecating cover.  for those who don't know what i'm talking about
but who'd like to hear horribly digitally mangled beats with cutesy
melodies (but quite good ones by idm standards; really outdoes autechre
at times) then give this a try...

argh, gotta get back to work!

~ david