From mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Mon Feb 20 16:48:19 1995 Received: from beauty by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA02677; Mon, 20 Feb 1995 16:48:16 -0800 Received: from localhost by beauty (8.6.4/4.940426) id TAA28200; Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:46:24 -0500 Received: from phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu by postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (8.6.9/5.901231) id RAA08856; Mon, 20 Feb 1995 17:30:05 -0500 Received: from fuzz-e-mail by phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu; Mon, 20 Feb 95 17:29 EST Received: from dub-img-4.compuserve.com by phem6.acs.ohio-state.edu; Mon, 20 Feb 95 17:29 EST Received: by dub-img-4.compuserve.com (8.6.9/5.941228sam) id RAA07521; Mon, 20 Feb 1995 17:27:56 -0500 Date: 20 Feb 95 17:23:20 EST From: INSTINCT RECORDS <72170.1753@compuserve.com> Subject: INSTINCT NEWS 2/20/95 To: JOEL HOFFMAN <73757.3650@compuserve.com>, Bill Camarata <76106.674@compuserve.com>, DEBBY LEAVELL <71530.3712@compuserve.com>, Alexander Topaz <71764.157@compuserve.com>, Axis <74220.1004@compuserve.com>, , jeff phillips <71344.171@compuserve.com>, Chris Blechschmidt <74200.2364@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>, Simon Mander <100270.3244@compuserve.com>, Mark Camp <75300.1540@compuserve.com>, Kirby Turner <73110.2102@compuserve.com>, John Farrar <100015.502@compuserve.com>, Dennis Barton <70531.2124@compu.acs.ohio-state.edu> Message-id: <950220222319_72170.1753_HHB78-4@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 (2/20/94) ===================================================== 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 receive this update, we apologize and will remove you from our list... just let us know. ==================================================== MAILORDER UPDATE We have a mail-order catalog offering the entire Instinct Records family of labels at considerable discounts. If you wish to receive a copy, please send a self addressed, stamped envelope to the above address ATTN:CATALOG. Our new 1995 catalog should be available by the end of February! Keep your eyes on the mailbox. ==================================================== WHAT'S NEW? INSTINCT AMBIENT * Over the past year the Instinct Ambient series has earned a reputation as the premiere American showcase for new electronic talent. Critically acclaimed artists launched on the Instinct Ambient series include Human Mesh Dance, Terre Thaemlitz, Mysteries of Science, WOOB, Omicron, and SETI. * INSTINCT AMBIENT is proud to announce the launch of a bold new look and enhanced release schedule for 1995 as limited edition series of monthly releases with beautiful packaging and booklets. Quickly becoming the premier place to find new American electronic talent, Instinct Ambient now has an exciting new look to match. We start the year with a double-CD from SETI and a double-CD series compilation. SHADOW RECORDS - TRIP HOP & JAZZ * Instinct Records is proud to announce the birth of SHADOW RECORDS is born! At the strange intersection where Dub meets Hip Hop meets Jazz meets electronic ambient.. the new TRIP HOP sound is born. Devoted to the haunting, elusive, and street.... Shadow Records will feature a strong 12 VINYL release schedule...as well as CD's. * If you liked the NINJATUNES:TRIP HOP & JAZZ release, or AFTERHOURS from this fall.... SHADOW is where you want to be. First up... DJ KRUSH, 9 LAZY 9 and HEDFUNK... more inf. below. KICKIN' USA * JUNGLE SOUNDZ.... those of you have been with us from the beginning know that Instinct was the first label to introduce JUNGLE into the US with our KICKIN USA imprint. KICKIN' RECORDS UK has long been acknowledged for it's pioneering role in shaping the evolution of Jungle with releases going back over 4 years. Our MENTAL DETERGENT (Volumes 1 & 2) feature the early works of SCIENTIST, WISHDOKTA, KICKSQUAD, K-90, RUFF RIDER, and many more. Now get ready for KICKIN's finest moment yet.... KING OF THE JUNGLE, a double-CD set of the best, the hardest, the most innovative... WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS! Talk to us on-line 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: * RISING HIGH: FUTURESCAPES * Instinct Records (EX304) Double-CD Release Date January 17th, 1995 Instinct's top selling RISING HIGH compilation series continues with a ground-breaking Double-CD, ($17.98!) release. London based RISING HIGH Records has remained on the cutting edge of trance, ambient, and "Intelligent techno" music textures for over four years under the guidance of Caspar Pound (The Hypnotist, A Hippy A Homeboy, and a Funky Dredd) Always evolving, always discovering new directions and new artists, FUTURESCAPES may well be their finest release yet. Features over 2 hours of sound from IRRESISTIBLE FORCE (brand new!), SYZYGY, PARAGLIDERS, JAMES BERNARD, NEW LONDON SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS, FRIENDS LOVERS FAMILY, MLO, SHARKTRAX.. and more in an epic trance and ambient exploration. * SETI "PHAROS" 01/95 * INSTINCT AMBIENT (AMB001) CD Release Date January 24th, 1995 The first of the new INSTINCT AMBIENT releases is a special double-CD edition with a 20 page color booklet at a single-CD price. Taylor 808 (of Human Mesh Dance & Proptotype 909) teams up, once again, with Savvas Ysatis (omicron) to continue their highly provocative ambient interpretation of the scientific research project known as the Search for ExtraTerrestial Intelligence. PHAROS is over two hours of compelling music that fills the lush and experimental void where typical ambient music fears to tread. Created in cooperation with the actual SETI Institute, PHAROS features actual audio recordings from space and radio satellites as well as the voice of SETI President and renowned astronomer Dr. Francis Drake. The full color booklet features an essay by Dr. Drake as well as a fictional short story by Madison Blue. An ambient tour-de-force! * NEW VOICES: TAKE 2 * THIS IS ACID JAZZ (EX305) CD Release Date: March 15th, 1995 Instinct Record is proud to kick off the 1995 Acid Jazz season with NEW VOICES:TAKE TWO an exciting introduction to the full breadth of Instinct Records' Acid Jazz artist roster for 1995. Assembled from around the world, each artist featured here will all be featured on their own full length artist albums throughout the coming year. TAKE TWO's hot slice of talent features the best tracks from DJ Krush, Exodus Quartet, 9 Lazy 9, Count Basic, DisJam, RAD and No Se'. DJ Krush has worked with Guru and Ronnie Jordan and was featured on our recent AFTERHOURS. Count Basic is one of Europe's hottest and heaviest touring 12 piece ensembles. Exodus Quartet are veterans of several THIS IS ACID JAZZ compilations and 9 Lazy 9 debuted on the critically acclaimed NINJA TUNE: HIP HOP AND JAZZ. No Se's unique fusion of jazz and bossa nova influenced grooves adds some serious spice while RAD's sultry, early Chaka style vocals tear the set in two! * AMBIENT SYSTEMS * INSTINCT AMBIENT (AMB002) Double-CD Release Date: March 15th, 1995 Ambient Systems is a compilation of Instinct's most talked about discoveries, an Underground Ambient epic of sorts exhibiting the talents of NY pioneer Terre Thaemlitz, the nationally acclaimed and officially supported SETI project, the brilliantly provocative Human Mesh Dance, and European ambient master Dominic Woosey as Mysteries of Science. Ambient Systems also features works from the captivating and ingenious Omicron, as well as the red-hot Sub Dub, Evolve Now, Adam Shaikh and Deep Space Network. Ambient Systems is pleased to introduce Facil, a collaboration between Tension Record's Abe Duque and P909's Dietrich Schoeneman. All artists are represented with compilation-only, exclusive tracks not to be found on their full-length releases. 2 CD's at a single CD price. * KING OF THE JUNGLE * Kickin USA (KX4107) CD Release Date: March 15th, 1995 Jungle is nothing new to Kickin' Records who are set to boot in the new year with their third US Jungle compilation, "King Of The Jungle". This double CD is not just another "Drum and Bass" compilation. "King Of The Jungle" is 20 bass bumpin' jungle phatties that pulls together some of the hottest tracks from the current Jungle scene. DJ MASSIVE sets the pace with "Dancehall Massive" a Ragga Jungle track with roughly chopped up breaks and a ruff baseline slamming all the way through. DJ MASSIVE is well known for his "Dollars Jungle" remix for CJ Lewis. Straight out of Bristol comes RONI SIZE with "Phizical" which was a big club track found on the B side of the single "Timestretch. DILLINGA appears with "Deep Love" considered a classic by many with heavy UK pirate station play throughout '94. NOODLES & WONDER deliver "R & B Collection" takes a piano loop with a wicked female vocal along side some tearin breaks for this R & B inspired Jungle romp. The word Jungle Jazz is a term that is beginning to be thrown around and DJ KRUST brings Jazz back into Jungle with the melodic track, "Jazz Note". * FAX COMPILATION II * FAX USA (FX5560) Double-CD Release Date: March 28, 1995 FAX-USA is launching '95 with a double CD compilation featuring over 140 minutes of the most breathtaking, exhilarating Ambient voyages yet featuring veteran names of the Ambient underground including Tetsu Inoue, Jonah Sharp of Spacetime Continuum, Atom Heart, David Moufang of Deep Space Network, Dr. Atmo, and of course label founder Pete Namlook. FAX II contains tracks from the hard to find limited-edition European FAX releases. FAX II presents ELECTRO HARMONIIX, a collaboration featuring the "deep chill" of Tetsu Inoue, who also contributes a solo outing under the name ORGANIC CLOUD. Jonah Sharp returns as WECHSELSPANNUNG in collaboration with Pete Namlook. This is the first time these two Ambient masters have worked together. Pete Namlook includes two personal firsts on FAX II, the first is a project featuring Subharmonic sounds from Namlook VII, live at the Love Parade's Interference Festival in Berlin. The other first is the inclusion of an excerpt from his "Electro Clips" ballet score titled MUSIK FOR BALLET. David Moufang, known on FAX for his work with I.F. returns with a solo project titled SOLITAIRE as does Bill Laswell engineer, Robert Musso. Previously Released =============== * NINJATUNE: TRIP HOP & JAZZ * This Is Acid Jazz (EX301) CD Release Date November 1st, 1994 NINJATUNE RECORDS was founded in 1990 by Jonathan Moore and Matt Black, the UK production sensation otherwise known as COLDCUT. As Coldcut, Black and Moore shot to stardom with their chart smashing production of "Paid In Full" for Erik B & Rakim. NINJATUNE was founded to allow the exploration strange new directions in street beats and jazzy breaks. As the vibe grew dubbier, the tracks grew trippier, and the beats grew harder... and so the trip hop sound was born. On the premier NINJATUNE US compilation TRIP HOP & JAZZ we are proud to introduce the talents of four exceptional new artists, 9 LAZY 9, HEDFUNK, UP BUSTLE & OUT, and COLDCUT's DJ FOOD. "Strappingly Mellow" jazzfunktickletechnology from the UK's trippiest and deepest. Watch for full length excursions from 9 LAZY 9 and HEDFUNK in the Spring of 1995. * AFTERHOURS * This Is Acid Jazz (EX298) Release Date September 27th, 1994 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, languorous, late night jam... that's 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 - ARTIST RELEASES * All Double-CD 's Release Date: October 18, 1994 Double CD releases compiling the recent hard to find European releases of the following artist: FX5556 - AIR (includes Air 1 & Air 2) FX5557 - SILENCE (includes Silence 1 & Silence 2) FX5558 - SAD WORLD (includes Sad World 1 & Sad World 2) FX5559 - ALIEN COMMUNITY (you guessed it... 1 & 2) FX5555 - FAX , the compilation..... Double-CD introducing the best from the FAX catalog with ZENITH, FROM WITHIN featuring +8's Richie Hawtin), SILENCE, SAD WORLD, TRANSONIC, AIR, THE PUTNEY, DATACIDE, AMBIENT OTAKU, SHADES OF ORION and more. * 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... 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 exclusive 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.