From mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Thu Oct 13 05:03:38 1994 Received: from bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id FAA14164; Thu, 13 Oct 1994 05:03:37 -0700 Received: from localhost by bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (8.6.4/4.940426) id IAA22724; Thu, 13 Oct 1994 08:03:34 -0400 Received: from phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu by postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (8.6.9/5.901231) id CAA26909; Thu, 13 Oct 1994 02:20:30 -0400 Received: from fuzz-e-mail by phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu; Thu, 13 Oct 94 02:20 EDT Received: from arl-img-2.compuserve.com by phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu; Thu, 13 Oct 94 02:20 EDT Received: from localhost by arl-img-2.compuserve.com (8.6.4/5.940406sam) id XAA26463; Wed, 12 Oct 1994 23:41:40 -0400 Date: 12 Oct 94 23:38:59 EDT From: JARED HOFFMAN <72170.1753@compuserve.com> Subject: INSTINCT 10/12 NEWS To: JOEL HOFFMAN <73757.3650@compuserve.com>, Bill Camarata <76106.674@compuserve.com>, John Higgins <76646.3353@compuserve.com>, DEBBY LEAVELL <71530.3712@compuserve.com>, Alexander Topaz <71764.157@compuserve.com>, Axis <74220.1004@compuserve.com>, Judd Hardy <70711.2427@compuserve.com>, Fred Madre , Jeremy Wells <72717.3323@compuserve.com>, jeff phillips <71344.171@compuserve.com>, Chris Blechschmidt <74200.2364@compuserve.com>, Daniel Rubenfield <75000.562@compuserve.com>, Michele Kinnamon <75300.444@compuserve.com>, Charles Gruber <74670.510@compuserve.com>, Randy Dietz <71052.260@compuserve.com>, Fiona McQuarrie <70233.3426@compuserve.com>, Colin Irwin <100117.1337@compuserve.com>, Network <71052.1742@compuserve.com>, George Ludwig <76234.3302@compuserve.com>, SHELBY KLODNER <70751.545@compuserve.com>, "Mike J. Brown" , , , Rami Mourtada <75020.1133@compuserve.com>, CARLOS@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu Message-id: <941013033858_72170.1753_HHB65-2@CompuServe.COM> X-Envelope-to: mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Sender: mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Status: OR INSTINCT RECORDS RECENT RELEASE NEWSLETTER (10/12/94) ===================================================== 72170,1753 @ COMPUSERVE.COM 26 WEST 17TH STREET #502 NEW YORK, NY 10011 This list is distributed by EMAIL only to persons who have expressed interest in our music. If you have received this in error, or simply do not wish to recieve this update, we apologize and will remove you from our list... just let us know. ==================================================== MAILORDER UPDATE We have a really great Acid Jazz Sampler CD with at least one track from each of our Acid Jazz compilations.... which we are offering at $3.00 each just to cover manufacturing and mailing. It's a great introduction to the sound as well as a solid compilation in it's own right! If you are not already on our snail-mail catalog list... send a self-addressed stamped return envelope to us and we'll send you the latest mail order catalog. For the rest of you... you'll automatically receive the new update when it's available. ==================================================== WHATS NEW? * Prototype 909 .... on tour with KILLING JOKE... at least the North East part of their tour... NY, NJ, Boston, Providence..... end of October. * November 1st.. The FAX USA double-CD artist series kicks off with a four title extravaganza.... introducing the best of the FAX ambient lineup with AIR, SILENCE, ALIEN COMMUNITY, & SAD WORLD. Loof for the I.F. double-CD in January. * November 1st... TRIP HOP & JAZZ... introducing the cutting edge in the ever evolving Acid Jazz sound.... a deep mixture of phat hip-hop beats, a chill ambient vibe, and mad jazz flavor....First up... the NINJATUNE Compilation featuring 9 LAZY 9, UP BUSTLE & OUT, HEDFUNK, DJ FOOD. Then... in January... the US debut of DJ KRUSH. WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS! Talk to us online via 72170,1753@COMPUSERVE.COM. We'd love to hear from you.... what would you like to hear more of? What questions can we answer for you in our newsletter? If you are on Compuserve we sponsor the RAVENET area, that's Section 10 in Rocknet. ============================================================= NEW RELEASES: * THE DRUM CLUB - Drums Are Dangerous * Instinct Records (EX286) Release Date: August 23rd Everybody knows, rhythm and water flows, but DRUMS ARE DANGEROUS. At last, the long awaited American debut of the Drum Club, one of the most talked about new English bands of the post-techno generation. Dance, trance, and alternative flavors combine in the Drum Club's excitingly fresh brew of sound and sensation. NME eagerly described DRUMS ARE DANGEROUS as "The UNited Colors of Cyberdelia" while CMJ call the Drum Club "the ultimate in tribal trance... a moody intense exercise" The first single "Drums Are Dangerous" is out now featuring remixes by HARDKISS SOUNDSYSTEM, PROTOTYPE 909, SUB DUB, and YOUTH (KILLING JOKE).... if you can't find the vinyl... catch the Hardkiss remix on Plug In Turn On X.2 * AFTERHOURS * This Is Acid Jazz (EX298) Release Date September 27th Instinct Records is proud to present AFTERHOURS, an exciting new direction for our acclaimed THIS IS ACID JAZZ series. AFTERHOURS presents the late, late night side of Acid Jazz. AFTERHOURS presents an at times surreal fusion of jazz, ambient, and dub influences. AFTERHOURS is a chill out set for a new generation of jazz artists. Picture a hazy, smoke filled club, a few last patrons, as the musicians on stage slip into an otherworldly, langorous, late night jam... thats the sound of AFTERHOURS. Introducing the TRIP HOP sounds of DJ KRUSH, 9 LAZY 9, DIS JAM, DJ FOOD, F.R.I.S.K, COCO STEELE & LOVEBOMB, MARDEN HILL, PAL JOEY'S NEW BREED, KRUDER & DORFMEISTER, BROOKLYN FUNK ESSENTIALS, and OMU. A truly unforgettable set from the hottest names on the Acid Jazz scene... do not miss this album. * FAX * FAX USA (Fax-5555) Double-CD Release Date: September 13th At last, the US debut of FAX RECORDS... with a unique series of Double-CD sets on sale at Single-CD prices. This first FAX release is a compilation introducing the best selections from FAX's astonishing 75 CD plus catalog. FAX was hailed in Billboard as one of the world's top ambient labels. Pressing only 500 of each release, the Frankfurt based label's releases have been almost impossible to find in the US. Each new release has become a highly sought after collectors item. FAX USA will present double-CD sets featuring the latest works of each of best FAX artists making the US series truly unique in true FAX style. The FAX compilation features ZENITH, FROM WITHIN (featuring +8's Richie Hawtin), SILENCE, SAD WORLD, TRANSONIC, AIR, THE PUTNEY, DATACIDE, AMBIENT OTAKU, SHADES OF ORION and more. The journey has just begun.... * PLUG IN & TURN ON X.2 * Instinct Records (EX297) Double-CD Release Date: September 27th At last, the second installment of our most exciting new compilation series.. and a Double-CD at a single-cd price. PITO X.2 is an 18 track excursion into the realms of post-Techno new electronic music. PITO X.2 , like it's predecessor, focuses on artists... these are not tracks by faceless producers... but an in-depth exploration of new sounds and new artists. PITO X.2 features liner notes about each artist as well as photos. Most songs are exclusive and do not appear anywhere else... not on the artists albums or on other compilations... we've worked hard to make PITO X.2 a true showcase of new works from THE DRUM CLUB, PROTOTYPE 909, HUMAN MESH DANCE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, TERRE THAEMLITZ, SUB DUB, EVOLVE NOW, WOOB, OMICRON, ADAM SHAIKH, DEEP SPACE NETWORK, SETI, and MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE. An exceptional compilation from exceptional artists. * HUMAN MESH DANCE - Mindflower * Instinct Ambient (EX303) Release Date: October 11th The 2nd album from Human Mesh Dance... one of our strongest new artists. We'll let the press speak: "HMD is a mind controller, influencing the perceptions of the listener, the spaceship is being built - the other world beyond the planets is being imagined" - OPTION "HMD combines natural sounds with space-age technology in order to present a window to a whole new world" - URB "Imagine John Glenn stepping onto the lunar surface and finding that the moon is a giant ecstacy pill and not cheese after all" - SPLINE. Taylor 808 the mastermind behind HMD is one-third of PROTOTYPE 909 and co-collaborator on THE SETI PROJECT * THE J.B. HORNS - I Like It Like That * This Is Acid Jazz (EX296) CD & Cassette Release Date: September 7th For more than 30 years, MACEO PARKER, FRED WESLEY, and PEE WEE ELLIS, also known as THE JB HORNS, have been essential in keeping the funk-fathers BOBBY BYRD, JAMES BROWN, & GEORGE CLINTON on their funky toes. I LIKE IT LIKE marks their first collective studio record in over 10 years.... maybe it was pent up energy but the grooves are as fierce as ever.... cooked up with fresh new talent from the English acid jazz scene... Galliano drummer CRISPIN TAYLOR, original BRAND NEW HEAVIES vocalist JAYE ELLA RUTH, THE McKOY FAMILY including JTQ's Noel McKoy. This is one serious back to basics experience.... not to be missed. * BOBBY BYRD - On The Move * This Is Acid Jazz (EX295) CD & Cassette Release Date: September 7th ON THE MOVE is the highly anticipated first studio album from legendary funkateer BOBBY BYRD. BYRD is an original, one if the true giants. As JAMES BROWN's right hand man and bandleader, Bobby Byrd was responsible for writing and co-writing more than 40 hit songs for James Brown including classics "Sex Machine" (he's the one echoing 'Get on up!') and Talking Loud & Saying Nothing". Stepping out from under JB's wings in 1970 he went on to score hits with million sellers like "I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL" and "HOT PANTS". Features the JB HORNS, the TOWER OF POWER HORNS, VICKI ANDERSON, COLLEEN ANDERSON and many other suprise guests. Already getting rave reviews ON THE MOVE is hard hitting, classic funk from a living legend. * TECHNOSONIC VOLUME 5 - THE EDGE OF TRANCE * Sonic Records (SNC2033) Double-CD Release Date: October 11th The biggest, most cutting edge installment of our top-selling TECHNOSONIC compilation series.... now in double-CD format at a single-CD price. The Technosonic series has always surfed at the cutting edge of rave and trance. Technosonic Vol 5 is no exception... presenting 16 of the freshest, fiercest, tranciest tracks from England's hottest new up & coming dance label SKUNK RECORDS. SUPERNOVA is the brainstorm of Simon Lovechile of Sly & Lovechild fame. DAVEY JONES LOCKER represents the suprising production of Dean Thatcher of the ALOOF. BUSHWACKER is an exlusive SABRES OF PARADISE remix. Other featured artists include PAIN GAIN, NURSERY BONES, THE 3RD ALTERNATIVE, VU 2, BABY FOX, SYNDROMEDA, SULO, BLOOD RUNS DRY, WINTERMUTE and more. * JAZZ POWERS * This Is Acid Jazz (EX300) Release Date - September 6th Presenting an exciting look inward at the true 'jazz' in Acid Jazz. The Acid Jazz sound draws on an at times bewildering spectrum of influences from Soul, Jazz, Funk, Latin, Hip Hop and sounds further beyond. JAZZ POWERS cuts to the chase, focusing on the real players with real chops, cutting the absolute coolest tracks in the new jazz sound. Featuring smooth sailing with SOULMATE's "Peaceful Morning", funky percussion and precision sax with CUB, the slinky, sinewy "Quite Blue" from CYCLE and more from THE ESCALTORS, THE APOLLOS, HOT JUICE, LITTLE BIG BEE, J-SQUAD, and LABEIJA. * WOOB - Woob * Instinct Ambient (EX294) CD Only Release Date: September 7th WOOB is the highly anticipated debut album from English ambient pioneers WOOB. WOOB was introduced to listeners on the critically acclaimed EMIT 0094 compilation where their epic exploration "Void Part 1" was a standout track. URB Magazine wrote that WOOB "put aside the idea that ambient music is synonomous with dull and mindless new age fodder" XLR8R wrote that they wished VOID PART 1 was even longer than it's 12 minutes! WOOB presents an hour of brand new, previously unreleased music that demonstrates a depth of sophistication and sonic mastery that quickly envelops the listener in it's web. The soundscapes of WOOB offer a feeling of spaciousness and expanded dimension that brings an almost organic feel to their cool electronics. * BIG ROOMS - Deep Space Network * Instinct (EX292) CD Only Release Date - August 3rd, 1994 Following on from their impressive US debut on Chillout Phase II, Instinct is proud to present the full length debut album "Big Rooms" from Germany's DEEP SPACE NETWORK. Jonas Grossman and David Moufang make up this impressive outfit and have established themselves at the forefront of the European electronic music scene with releases on the pioneering FAX Records as well as on their own label SOURCE Records. Explore their expansive ambient territory as it ranges from gentle to explosive, melding layers of dub, electronic rhythm, and spacious floating textures. * THE SOUL OF BOOGIE BACK * This Is Acid Jazz (EX293) CD & Cassette Release Date - August 15th, 1994 BOOGIE BACK RECORDS is London's first family of funk and soul. In September '93 BILLBOARD Magazine called BOOGIE BACK "probably the best of the independent soul labels" Their debut album on Instinct Records ample proof of how that reputation was won with 12 tracks of the finest, smoothest, funkiest soul jams from the BBP family of artists. THE MAX features JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET frontman NOEL MCKOY. BEE LA KEY features the Bass Guitar of Ernie McKone, Boogie Back founder and GALLIANO bass man. MAX BEESLEY kicks back withhis HIGH VIBES when not on the road with MICA PARIS. Seriously crafted songs from England's top studio and touring soul musicians also featuring, EVER C, NAKED FUNK, SPEAK NO EVIL, SOUL FIRE, and VIBE TRIBE. * TRANQUILIZER - Terre Thaemlitz * Instinct Ambient (EX283) CD & Cassette Release Date - July 11th, 1994 Terre Thaemlitz first came to attention with the release of his self-pressed 12" single "Raw Through A Straw" which quickly became an underground hit of sorts... adopted as a fave by Mixmaster Morris, The Irresistible Force. TRANQUILIZER is Terre's debut full length album offering a breathtaking depth of composition and revealing a clarity of vision that could only be hinted at on his 12" and compilation appearances. TRANQUILIZER's unique environment incorporates both natural and electronic textures immersing the listener in subtle new shades of darkness and light. * ACROCOSM - Omicron * Instinct Ambient (EX289) CD & Cassette Release Date - July 11th, 1994 OMICRON released a critically acclaimed EP SYMBOLIS last year on Instinct which resulted in his selection for the opening track on KEOKI's Journey By DJ compilation. More recently, OMICRON has collaborated with TAYLOR808 of HUMAN MESH DANCE in creating the epic SETI Porject. ACROCOSM reveals tremendous growth far beyond the confines of the SYMBOLIS EP. Stripped of al dance beats, ACROCOSM reveals a breathtaking confidence with soundscapes far from earthly limitations. No acoustic instruments, no chirping birds, just pure electronic bliss treated with OMICRON's uniquely human glow.