From: owner-faxlist-digest@2350.org (faxlist-digest) To: faxlist-digest@monkey.org Subject: faxlist-digest V2002 #11 Reply-To: faxlist@2350.org Sender: owner-faxlist-digest@2350.org Errors-To: owner-faxlist-digest@2350.org Precedence: bulk faxlist-digest Monday, January 14 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 011 (fax) Environments for Silence Re: (fax) Detecting SHADO's correct listening environment (fax) Re: nice virus (fax) Virus (fax) A couple of trades (fax) Spyra, Ear/Rational and Manikin Re: (fax) Environments for Silence ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 01:52:02 -0800 (PST) From: ambient Subject: (fax) Environments for Silence > >>naah, it is the person who suffers > > From what do I suffer from? > No, i wrote that people suffer... not anyone in particular...only that music has no "sense" at which it has an ability to suffer...that is all, nothing more > If I owned a masterpiece I would be inclined to play > it more than an average of once every 16 months.) not me. i have played Silence twice in the last 3 years - 1st - at the Summer Dreaming Festival at the chillout area. feb 2000 the next time - at jay`s house...smoking salvia divanorum. Sep 2001 - - the time was right the time before these - Boston apartment - feb or mar 1999 Appreciation of a masterpiece, that is all, nothing more. 5 times in 7 years > >> my front entranceway to my home and i looked at them everyday. > >> >http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Palais/4714/dav3.jpg > >> >http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Palais/4714/dav2.jpg > > Don't follow - do I need to go here to get point? Relevance > to Silence? It is a masterpiece, and so is Leonardo Davinci`s art. that`s all, nothing more ,scoUt np. Timothy Leary - soundbites from the counterculture __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:55:08 -0700 From: "Craig D." Subject: Re: (fax) Detecting SHADO's correct listening environment I thought the UFO detection system track was rather interesting. It was made even more interesting in knowing that the sounds where actually created by a UFO "tracker" in Australia. :) Turn up the bass and let it sweep over you. :) Although I must admit I am rather into these random experiential sounds. One of the reasons why I rate CDs such as "Bedroom" so highly on my list of favorite FAX CDs. Craig On 1/13/02 1:43 AM, "ambient" wrote: > --- Greg Hill wrote: > .. I do have to say the >> last song was terrible! UFO dection system. >> > > :-) that track definately requires the correct listening > environment.... > > try playing it very loud.. driving 45 mile an hour, late at night, > flying up and down the streets of San Francisco. At a time when the > streets are all yours and the traffic lights are in synch with > eachother. I mean.. really flying :-) > > Especially the landing zone of Franklin Street, northbound just > before Lombard.....you can catch air at the right time of night! > > i love that track even more after that drive last year :-) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:20:57 -0000 From: "Adrian Jenkinson" Subject: (fax) Re: nice virus Sorry, about that virus m8... i can only say to everybody on the faxlist as with all emails. use a virus checker (norton antivirus) to check emails. the virus my computer had is the Badtrans i-worm virus. Sends itself to all unread emails in the inbox. Causes miniumal damage but pain in the arse. The user doesn't know one has the virus. go to www.symantec.com type badtrans in seach box and follow the instructions after that... people on your email list can only tell you if you still have the virus. i followed all the instructions loaded all the plug-ins. that as much as i can do after its formatting time. Cheers Ade - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heff-Ra" To: Sent: 13 January 2002 05:46 Subject: nice virus > > Mr. Jenkinson, > > Whatever you sent had a virus. If you feel the urge to > respond to one of my Fax posts, please do so on the > list. Sending me a personal virus is extremely bad > form... Consider yourself blocked. > > _________________________________________________________ > "Is Your life too taxing? Try new Pop Culture Lifestyle[TM] instead..." > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 15:57:23 -0000 From: "Rich" Subject: (fax) Virus sorry about the off-list topic, but considering the light of what happened recently, here's a warning to anyone using the @virtual-mail.com system. This has a similar virus to the one encountered recently. Just don't look at the attachment if it's a .dat format apologies again about this. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 23:16:45 -0000 From: "David Calvert" Subject: (fax) A couple of trades Other than what's on my web page http://home.hiway.co.uk/boo I have spares of ... Cymatic Scan (PS08/50) Outland (PW19) I am looking to complete my Fax/RI CD collections with ... Compilation 1 (PK08/01) Ambient Compilation 2 (PK08/02) Silence (PK08/25) Air (PK08/54) Silence II (PK08/68) Live at XS (PK08/78) 4 Voice (PK08/79) Namlook II (PK08/84) Dreamfish (PW02) From Within (PW11) Flextone (RI 023) DOTS (RI 024) VSVN (RI 025) Semiacoustic Nature (RI 029) may also consider EM:T CD's. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks. e-mail: dakota.boo@pop3.hiway.co.uk web page: http://home.hiway.co.uk/boo ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 19:28:51 -0800 (PST) From: ambient Subject: (fax) Spyra, Ear/Rational and Manikin Since there was alot of posts a few months ago asking for where someone could get any of Spyra`s releases, Ear/Rational (Fax Distributor in North Ameriterracamps...) now carries the entire Manikin catalog...and that includes alot of Wolfram Der Spyra..... Manikin Records (http://www.manikin.de) EAR/Rational Music 1592 Kilkenny St. Boulder, CO 80303-1646 888/453-0986 (toll-free message) 775/414-5414 (fax) http://www.ear-rational.com email addresses: orders@ear-rational.com for automated ordering status@ear-rational.com for automated order status contact@ear-rational.com for human contact I have attached their reviews at the bottom of this email > ,scoUt - --- Jonathan Osborne wrote: > > > likewise, i have it on order with Manikin... > > when i ordered it about a month ago, Mario > > emailed saying that it would go out the > > Last week of October.... > > Can someone please post a message as to where the rest of us might > find it? > Spyra rocks, and I'd like to check this out. > > Jonathan > > --- > + To post: ; to mail a person: > > + To unsubscribe: "unsubscribe" to > + Online info at: www.faxlabel.com www.hyperreal.org/fax www.2350.org [ MANIKIN RECORDS ] EAR/Rational Music is proud to announce that we are carrying the entire Manikin catalog! Price are subject to some fluctuation due to the fact that these items are purchased in Euro from Germany. We're also not sure about the overseas shipping costs yet, which is another factor in determining price. Listed below are the releases from Wolfram Spyra, but we will be adding the rest of the Manikin roster (Klaus Schulze, Fanger & Kersten, etc.) to the catalog shortly. Spyra - Future of the Past [MRCD7026] Manikin $13.50 This album couldn't fail to catch my eye - the graphics at the bottom of the page are splashed below the clear CD tray. PPG Modular, made famous on the cover of Zenith 2 - may even be the same one! Actually it's not clear from the sleevenotes who the artist(s) behind Spyra actually is, however the quality of the music is unmistakable. It is a melting pot of styles and approaches, all brought together as a sort of 90's chill out package but with an definite bias towards 70's analog wizardry. 'Non Disperdere Nell Ambiente part 1' is a subtle sequencer driven outing, almost minimalist in approach but oozing poise and "street cred" for want of a better phrase. Once I'd heard the second track 'Source' I knew I was hooked. The opening reminds me very much of Neuronium in 'Chromium Echoes' form - ie brilliant! White noise percussion then heralds the introduction of fantastic sequencer lines, accompanied by weird effects which almost lock into the sequencer pulses. Extra layers are added, backed by more traditional synth pads. Classic Tangerine Dream or (especially) Schulze fans will be bowled over by this. Suddenly a deep ambient beat hits home, transporting the sound 20 years forward in time. The sequences hit back, morphing constantly in an attempt the overpower the rhythm. It probably ends up an honourable draw, but the end result is a totally essential 15 minutes of Electronic Music. 'Non Disperdere Nell Ambiente part 2' brings Node and FSOL to mind with organic pulsations and subliminal sequenced patterns, though the MiniMoog lead again angles the sound towards EM territory. The title track serves up laid back sequencing and relaxed synth leads, and I wish I'd left more space for the closing piece because it's another sequencer epic! But hopefully I've said enough to give you an idea that this is one of those albums which combines old and new to perfection as the title suggests. (GG, Neu Harmony) Spyra - My Little Garden of Sounds [CCA110697] Manikin $13.50 Future of the Past is still a regular in my CD player, so imagine my enthusiasm when two more Spyra releases dropped onto the door mat. "Der SpyraM-S as he is credited on the sleevenotes is again pictured amongst an impressive combination of old and new technology, and the sound he produces is very much in that league. By the looks of it the music was composed for a 100 days exhibition in Germany featuring "serious listening & sound sculpturesM-S. The 6 pieces are split into Zone A and Zone B, with the 12 minute Seeds getting the album off to a brilliant start with pulsing bass beat and magnificent filtered sequencing. Again the production qualities are expansive with every nuance and effect jumping from the speakers. Subterranean Gardens signals a change of approach with drifting synth lines backed by minimalistic electronic effects. Le Chant des Fleurs features a shuffling laid back beat with plenty of added colour provided by motifs and atmospherics. Zone B starts with Seasons, at 23:25 very much the feature track of the album - - and what a corker it is! It bristles with fantastic electronic rhythmics, reminiscent of Banco de Gaias sequencer epics on Last Train to Lhasa. Secure all loose objects because the bass gets vicious at times, and its the type of piece which really does transport you to places far and wide. The remaining pieces again change course into more atmospheric territory, however for me the sequencer outings offer most. Seeds and Seasons produce 35 mins of unmissable 90s EM. (GG, Neu Harmony) Spyra - Homelistening is Killing Clubs [MRCD7047] Manikin $13.50 A welcome re-release of this album which was getting increasingly difficult to get hold of. Actually, it's a lot more then a straight re- release so if you have the original it's still worth investigation. Cosmetically things are radically different with a fresh, minimalist slant to the packaging in contrast to the busy cartoon capers on the original. But the changes are not confined to visuals, the music has been reworked too. Firstly there's a completely new opening track, a fine piece with Schmoelling style piano and a persistent heavy beat. However, to make way the opener from the original album 'ADSR Z' is sadly missing, a real shame because for me this was one of the highlights of the original album. Perhaps I'm being greedy however, with the album topping the 70 minute mark, and the new track will delight fans who can't get enough Spyra magic. The closing track is a remixed version of 'Future of the Past' and this really is a cracker described as "an analogue remix with additional tape echo and phasing fx". The melody, the sequencing, it's all pure delight. The intervening tracks have been re-ordered slightly (losing the 3 "zone" approach) and a glimpse at the track timing suggests a small amount of pruning to some of the pieces, but there are treasures aplenty here all sounding fresher than ever. The sound quality is completely top notch. If you haven't got this already, it's essential. If you have, it depends on how much of a completist you want to be. I'm hooked, I'll take both thankyou very much. (GG, Neu Harmony) Spyra - Elevator to Heaven 3-CD Box [MRCD7063] $34.00 German synthesist Wolfram Spyra creates accessible music that doesn't sound risk-taking, but in a sense it is, because it straddles so many genres that you must be willing to appreciate all of it. This 3-CD set definitely has a little of everything. Disc one, entitled "Live in Berlin.de," flows effortlessly as a continuous piece, even though it is indexed as several tracks. Snippets of familiar pieces like "Etherlands" are heard, but by and large it sounds new. This is much more traditional Berlin school than he usually gets, and very well done. Disc two, "The Bright Side Of The Sun," is trademark Spyra, featuring finely crafted, well-layered compositions with distinct melodies and a wide variety of sounds. There are danceable numbers like "Rememberance" and "Rain On Water," and even "Last Train To Bayreuth," a Schulze tribute. "Chord3Organ" has smooth jazz touches. There are dark haunting choirs in "Mentalized," a rather epic-sounding piece, ending with Spyra's always accomplished piano playing. "San Tommaso Eqed" takes a page out of Schulze's book of mixing classical and electronic music. This could be sweeping soundtrack music, and makes a nice segue to the third disc, "Motion Picture Music," which is a series of varied, shorter pieces. From the somber majesty of "Die Hanse (intro)" to the quirky "The March of the Dwarfs," lots of different experiments are tried, quite successfully, adding to Spyra's already diverse and powerful sonic arsenal. (2002 (c) Phil Derby / Expos Magazine) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:22:57 +0000 From: "Paul Milligan" Subject: Re: (fax) Environments for Silence >>> http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Palais/4714/dav2.jpg >> Don't follow - do I need to go here to get point? Relevance >> to Silence? >It is a masterpiece, and so is Leonardo Davinci`s art. Notwithstanding that I'm less inclined to agree on Silence being a masterpiece (over-used term imo) I could hardly argue against the fact that much of Davinci's work is, of course, just so. Incidently, about two weeks ago I spent a very enjoyable couple of hours listening to Otras 2 and In Starless Space whilst reading (well, looking at, to be more precise) a book on the Flemish painter Brugel - fascinating artists, both. Maybe their compliment of each other is something to do with a shared, slightly other-worldy quality? ------------------------------ End of faxlist-digest V2002 #11 ******************************* --- + To post: ; to mail a person: + To unsubscribe: "unsubscribe" to + Online info at: www.faxlabel.com www.hyperreal.org/fax www.2350.org