From: owner-faxlist-digest@2350.org (faxlist-digest) To: faxlist-digest@monkey.org Subject: faxlist-digest V2001 #87 Reply-To: faxlist@2350.org Sender: owner-faxlist-digest@2350.org Errors-To: owner-faxlist-digest@2350.org Precedence: bulk faxlist-digest Monday, June 11 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 087 (fax) Whatever (fax) open carefully, opinions inside (fax) summer f/t (fax) Bryan/Darkwave trade (fax) Replugged ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 23:34:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jonathan Osborne Subject: (fax) Whatever > I reckon Houdini, Gorn and Gamma have to be > the cheesiest releases > >on the label. Too bad the rest of us can't speak on those, since the people who bought them aren't willing to share! I say that half-jokingly. Make of it what you will. forcasa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 03:39:10 -0500 From: "Heff-Ra" Subject: (fax) open carefully, opinions inside I have to stick up for Gamma. "Spirituale" is one of my all-time faves... Long-winded (and rather relentless) 303 noodled dub hooks with "drunken master style" breaks. Classic.. Silence V is excellent, btw. Get it before it goes away.. cheers, Heff-Ra np: Silence V (again) _________________________________________________________ "Is Your life too taxing? Try new Pop Culture Lifestyle[TM] instead..." ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 19:47:22 +0200 From: "stm" Subject: (fax) summer f/t Have got a mint copy of Summer for trade. Looking for Silence III, but may consider other cds also. Bye - -- Riccardo .. . . . . . . . . .. tradepages www.crosswinds.net/~stm73/ .. . . . . . . . . .. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 19:43:48 EDT From: Chrisknow1@aol.com Subject: (fax) Bryan/Darkwave trade Sorry to the list for this--Bryan, please contact me again as I accidentally deleted your message. Alio Die is gone, but have Grassow stuff to trade for "Dreamfish 2"... Thanks, Chris k. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:41:48 +0100 From: "Paul Milligan" Subject: (fax) Replugged I don't believe it !! Having spent part of the weekend drafting a review for this release (one of just three titles I thought were still outstanding on 2350) someone's pipped me to the post. Never mind, here it is anyway: T1 - had to check that I'd put the right disc on; this certainly doesn't sound like something you'd expect from the Fax stable. It's almost a mainstream synth/new age crossover ... very heavily sampled including a variety of voices, wind chimes (and other tribal woodwind sounds) plus, a xylophone passage that's remiminiscent of Schulze's soundtrack album Angst. The influences are multi-cultural, from S.America to the Far East and it's all pleasant enough stuff but, ultimately, going nowhere in particular ... think of it as chill-out wallpaper. T2 - somewhat more purposeful than its predecessor, this track is underpinned by a repetitive bass theme interwoven with various electronic and 'acoustic' percussion such as woodblocks, hi-hat and bongos. English (annoying) and German voice-overs are thrown into the mix and it generally bobs along at an entertaining, if unspectacular pace. T3 - as the Deep Space Network track fades in there's a feeling things are starting to sound distinctly more promising. Okay there's a digeridoo that enters after a few minutes which momentarily gave me cause for concern but, actually, this is exceedingly groovy and laid back stuff. As the music develops we are treated to a combination of spacey effects, swirling electronics and occasional funky organ work, set against an African plains backdrop. Structurally it tightens up around the 10 minute mark, although there remains throughout a dreamy, undulating quality. This would certainly not have been out of place on either of the two excellent I.F. releases. T4 - Those already familiar with the Sextant 4 (LIve at XS) track will instantly recognise this as a remix, with liberal sprinkling of Air references. Personally I don't think Namlook was ever better than when ... in the early 90's ... he produced a wealth of music of this ilk, demonstrating to great effect how uncomplicated structures and a 'simple tune' (use of this term advisedly!) could be at least as warm and evocative as anything that existed outside the ambient genre. Hypnotic and definitive. ------------------------------ End of faxlist-digest V2001 #87 ******************************* --- + To post: ; to mail a person: + To unsubscribe: "unsubscribe" to + Online info at: www.faxlabel.com www.hyperreal.org/fax www.2350.org