Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 00:32:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) BASS - review.
Funky.
Here's yet another review... this time, of "Binary Amplified Super
Stereo" by BASS which I've pulled off of the burn site (which everyone
should check out) ----> www.burnmedia.com
One hundred and two.
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BASS
Binary Amplified Super Stereo
Rather Interesting
CD
_________________________________________________________________
One of the classic (read: fucking boring and trite) arguments in
ambient music is whether one is to define "ambient" as a passive,
background, unintentional phenomenon or more active, foreground,
interactive process. In other words, do we call it ambient because of
the objective compositional properties it possesses or because of the
subjective psycho-acoustical effects it produces in us? If you throw
enough electronic music snobs (myself included) in a room together,
opinion usually begins to coalesce around the former opinion (myself
not included), much like a strange attractor; there doesn't seem to be
any logic to it until you realize it's just a stupid little algorithm,
and predicting its response becomes rather insipid and uninteresting.
This is why people like Brian Eno are still considered to be at the
forefront of ambient and why mention of Atom Heart usually provokes
the response, "I LOOOOVE Pink Floyd..."
Well, I'll get it out of the way before I go any further--ambient in
my book is an active, engaging, environmental process that has as much
to do with what's going on between the ears of the listener as with
what's going on in the space between her or his speakers. And it is
in this sense that "Binary Amplified Super Stereo" is an ambient album
(and a pretty good one at that). Yeah, it has beats on just over half
of the tracks. Yes, there are basslines and freaky noises that force
you to (God forbid) pay attention to what you are hearing. But Atom
Heart has also taken the time and care to construct for each track an
intricate and detailed space in which it can stretch out, providing
huge bass rumbles, rolling, recurring synth echoes, and shiny,
bubbling noises that stretch the music over the whole of the interior
and exterior of whatever acoustical space it happens to be occupying
(be it psycho- or topo-; usually both). Stylistically, "BASS" shifts
back and forth between serious, profoundly stated ambient mood-music
and goofy, dusted Fisher-Price electronica. Some of Atom Heart's most
interesting moments are his application of wildly diverse production
techniques (electro, ambient, dub, jungle, etc.) to his own quirky,
Kraftwerkian sound; where others give their compositions over to the
form and content of those techniques, Uwe makes do with just the
forms, applying them here and there where appropriate and moving his
work from meager parody or repetition to something entirely different
altogether.
SC
Rating: 7.8
_________________________________________________________________
CD1. Burncycle
CD2. James First
CD3. Tico Tico
CD4. Outer Freak
CD5. Radio Transparent
CD6. Bahia Atomic
CD7. Subterranian Shore
CD8. Ain't It Funky
CD9. 9G Make Your Face Flat
CD10. K-Jam
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 23:39:20 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) BASS - review (slight return)
> Rating: 7.8
actually, i've reconsidered, and i think BASS is worth at least an 8.2,
possibly an 8.5...
sc, known to be fickle and indecisive...
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 07:38:53 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) BASS - review (slight return)
>> Rating: 7.8
>
> actually, i've reconsidered, and i think BASS is worth at least an 8.2,
> possibly an 8.5...
>
> sc, known to be fickle and indecisive...
the fickle and indecisive will inherit the earth. Wanna hear some new
music and drink some tea sometime?
c.u.e.....
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
2 9 5 c h u r c h s t r e e t ,
s a n f r a n c i s c o .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 1 1 4 .
tel / fax 4 1 5 - 4 3 1 1 2 6 5 .
new site at : http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 18:21:09 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) blatant fax / r.i. / low / km20 promotion (longish)
FAX +49-69/450464 / rather interesting / LOW / km20
here is a list of titles in stock available from fax label usa.
please contact a local supplier for information.
sorry if you think this is blatant abuse of a mailing list: information
wants to be free.
faxlabel@sirius.com
Fax Label
Dark Side of the moog 4 Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook
sad world 2 Ramin & Dr Atmo
summer (s.g.) Pete Namlook
sad world 3 Ramin & Dr Atmo
transonic 3 Robert Musso w. Bill Laswell
dreamfish 2 Mixmaster Morris & P.N
octopus Charles Uzzell-Edwards
psychonavigation 2 Bill Laswell and Pete Namlook
Wechselspannung2 Jonah Sharp and Pete Namlook
Koolfang 2 David Moufang and Pete Namlook
The Putney Video Ludwig Rehberg and Pete Namlook
($19)
Atom Pete Namlook (1st new title of '96)
2350 Broadway Tetsu Inoue and Pete Namlook
Ambient World
Pete Namlook air 2
Klaus Schulze& Pete Namlook dsom1
Klaus Schulze&Pete Namlook dsom 2
Ritchie Hawtin& Pete Namlook from within 1
Dr Atmo and Pete Namlook silence 2
Yesterday and Tomorrow
the sunken road Pete Namlook & Juergen Rehberg
Atom Hearts Rather Interesting Label
atom heart dots
atom heart b2 live
atom heart silver sound
atom heart bass
atom heart real intelligence compilation
dandy jack ...and the cosmic trousers
Bill Laswells 'LOW' label
silent recoil <dub system one> Bill Laswell
somma I <hooked light rays> Bill Laswell + verba correge
Vinyl
vsvn vinyl (white label)
flextone vinyl
o. school vinyl (assorted titles)
Dark side of the moog 3/From Within 2
David Moufangs KM 20 label
KM 2001 (Deep Space Network - Traffic) soon.
old school titles available ...
sublabel compilation 1 . compilation 4
deltraxx . I year ambient
I year dance . the whole traffic
atom heart live at sel l/s/c/ . namlook 4
gate/sol . +n plane
sad world 2 . alien community 2
zenith . create
2350 Broadway 2 . namlook 5
cymatic scan . music for ballet
wechselspannung . seasons greetings 'autumn'
i.f. 2 . recurring dreams of
urban myth
softcore . namlook 7
bedroom . electro harmonix
syn . bill laswell 'outer dark'
uvoii . transonic 2
namlook 8+9 . a new consciousness 2
organic cloud . the whole traffic 2
aerial service area . a day in the park
solitaire . the putney 2
shades of orion 2 . xangadix
otras 2 . namlook 10
the ms series . aerial service area 2
62 eulengasse . modula green
kooler . fanger and siebert
david reeves 'in starless space' . xangadix 2
second nature . slow and low
from within2 . dark side of the moog 3
thankyou, c.u:e. (clandestine urban explorer)
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
2 9 5 c h u r c h s t r e e t ,
s a n f r a n c i s c o .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 1 1 4 .
tel / fax 4 1 5 - 4 3 1 1 2 6 5 .
new site at : http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 00:39:35 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) start of baseball season sale
Well.
Shame, shame for not posting this stuff on the mother-list Teep (I've
edited the FS list, as usual)...
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 09:39:10 -0500
From: Aran M. Parillo <aran@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: start of baseball season sale
hoi,
once again I've overbought and so here are some things I find non essential
which you may appreciate a whole lot more then I did/do. I try and be fair
with my prices and they reflect conditions (ask if it concerns you) and
lastly I always offer money back garuntee if you are unsatisfied, although
return postage is the responsibility of the buyer.
prices do not include postage, I'll let you know what that is based on how
much the package going to you weighs. I ship with good mailers US PS.
INFO
$10 Dandy Jack - Rather Interesting 034 *CD*
Nothing here engages me quite like I know Uwe Can so it goes bye bye....
Pls note: some inner ring holder nubs were broken in shipping so the disc
doesn't fit snugly in the case...advise.
$13 real intelligence - atom heart (RI 033V) 2x12"
this compilation of previous works sounds just fine on the CD's I have (and
the non cd material doesn't hold a candle to the other fine things compiled
here from Uwe Schmidt's extensive Rather Interesting works. Slick wax.
$10 Flextone - (RI023V)
Early RI Uwe. Very technoish but again IMO not his bestwork. The cover of
this is a little worn hence the low low price. Steal the real deal....
the 2x12!
Teep
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 12:14:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Goethe <martinej@rohan.sdsu.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Pentiums and Paisleys
There's been suprising little talk about the new one: Machine Paisley.
Stylistically it's along the lines of the other beat-oriented releases on
RI and it's totally excellent.
It's up there with Silver Sound as my favourite beat-oriented RI releases.
And a great cover too...is it out on vinyl?
Tony
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 08:59:07 -0600 (CST)
From: Dave Manning <dmanning@cwis.unomaha.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) _Second Nature_
I saw this at a local shop last night, but didn't pick it up. It's on
Submeta, and reads to be a collaboration between Atom Heart, Tetsuo Inoue,
and Bill Laswell. Anyone out there care to tell me what it's like? I'd
have to figure it's probably pretty ambient, but hey - you never know. :-)
Dave
"Isn't that new?" "Why, yes - it is. Do you like it?"
dmanning@cwis.unomaha.edu............dave.manning@entex.com
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 09:38:42 -0800
From: "William K. O'Brien" <aguanaut@ix.netcom.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) _Second Nature_
They had this one so you could listen to it at a local store, but you
couldn't fast forward through the tracks.
Basically if it ever builds up (which wasn't my impression), it takes place
well into the track.
I passed on it, because stuff along the lines of utter ambience (like
laswell/thaemlitz's Web) don't always satisfy me.
--Bill
on now: refrigerator, computer, stereo, ms-series
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 23:56:44 -0700
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) do you think they'll drop the bomb?
"about pears and apples" is the first song i've come across with lyrics
sung completely with a speech synthesizer, can I get a witness?
eric
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 11:57:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@ccs.nslsilus.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Hmm... The disc is at home, but I could swear Kraftwerk's re-recording of
"The Robots" for _The Mix_ is all synthetic voice. I don't remember it
sounding like a vocoder, plus the sleeve notes say the whole thing was done
in the digital domain. I'll try to check on this when I get off work.
I don't know if this one counts, but how about "We Are Back" by LFO?
--Mark
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 12:12:11 -0700
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) do you think they'll drop the bomb?
> "The Robots" for _The Mix_ is all synthetic voice. I don't remember it
> I don't know if this one counts, but how about "We Are Back" by LFO?
If 3 or 5 Speak-N-Spell syllables are lyrics then I stand corrected
eric
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 00:41:53 +0200
From: Christian_Stender <Christian_Stender@public.uni-hamburg.de>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) AH live in Hamburg 070496
Hi there, this is my first post towards this list, so I hope everyting will
work correctly...
I had the pleasure of seeing AH live twice during the night from April 7th
to 8th here in Hamburg. It was some kind of goa-style-party (at least from
the aesthetic point of view) in some small club. The name of the event was
MORE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION, DJS were Sven Dohse and others.
Uwe's first appearance was at about 11 p.m.. As there was no stage at all,
he was just sitting in a corner on a chair with his sampler on a table in
front of him (I don't know if this is usual at AH-Gigs), so people even sat
down next to him and watched his fingers.
The first set was not that hard but jazzy and included some fascinating
rhythms. (I have to admit that I DO NOT own AH-releases yet, I'm
originally an LB-Fan who once started off with AUTOMOTIVE 12", so don't ask
me about the tracks !)
The second set was outstanding. Performed at 3 a.m., it was much harder,
very ecstatic, people seemed to have waited for some harder beats the DJs
rarely provided. So even those Hamburgers moved (this is unusual). Me,
too, of course :))) No encore :( but o.k. - we asked ourselves WHO stood
on stage in december here in Hamburg: There was a DISASTROUS gig which was
the total opposite of this one.
Now for the tragic news: Uwe said, new LB will not be out before NEXT YEAR
:( ! Was he joking ?
Slowly morphing
C.S.
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 00:30:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) JET CHAMBER - review.
Whoosh.
Ok. This is the last review I have up my sleeves... you guys need to
write some of your own. Thanks go out to (super-modest) list-member Sean
Cooper who was the person responsible for composing these colorful rantings
in the first place.
Check out his burn site at ----> www.burnmedia.com
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Peter Namlook & Atom Heart.Jet Chamber
Fax
CD
_________________________________________________________________
Those who have argued that Namlook is only as good as his
collaborators should find a pleasant surpirse here. The first and
much-anticipated collaboration between often Fax contributor and
Rather Interesting owner/artist Atom Heart (Uwe Schmidt), "Jet
Chamber" is all but dominated by Namlook's sound, and is one of the
most organized, effective applications of that sound the prolific
Frankfurt composer has released in some time. Recalling his earlier
collaborations with Tetsu Inoue in "62 Eulengasse" and "Shades Of
Orion" (both 1&2), "Jet Chamber" takes the most interesting
improvisational aspects of those projects and runs them through a
centrifuge, accelerating their pace and bringing their themes into
much clearer focus. The CD is well-stated by its 30 minute opener,
"Split Wide," which encapsulates much of what the remainder of the
disc is concerned with; alternately beatless space music and slightly
beatoriented experimental chill.
SC
_________________________________________________________________
CD1. Split Wide
CD2. Rotor Cabinet
CD3. Chaos Impuls
CD4. feedback Fluctuation
CD5. Streamline
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 09:44:04 -0400
From: WILL-E <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) JET CHAMBER - review.
Just a quick comment on Sean Cooper's review of Jet Chamber...
> The first and much-anticipated collaboration between often Fax
> contributor and Rather Interesting owner/artist Atom Heart (Uwe Schmidt),
> "Jet Chamber"
Peter and Atom Heart collaborated several times before in the early days of
FAX. The Subsequence (about 4 12" singles) and the Synthadelic projects
(about 2 12" singles) were mostly hard trance (even hardcore with the
famous Synthadelic track, "I'm a Secretary") with usually an ambient track
thrown in on each record. Most of these can be found on the main label
compilations.
___
/ / / / / / _ __/ will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ ___/ http://www.hyperreal.com/~will/
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 10:13:52 -0700
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) JET CHAMBER - review.
> Just a quick comment on Sean Cooper's review of Jet Chamber...
>
>> The first and much-anticipated collaboration between often Fax
>> contributor and Rather Interesting owner/artist Atom Heart (Uwe
>> Schmidt), "Jet Chamber"
oops! what i meant to say was, first _full-length_ collaboration. sorry for
any confusion...
sc
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 17:44:45 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@ccs.nslsilus.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) computer vocals
I listened to the 1991 version of "The Robots" from _The Mix_ by Kraftwerk.
It is indeed "sung" by some kind of speech synthesis, a couple verses.
Kraftwerk have great toys.
--Mark
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 16:07:15 -0700
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) my mother always told me if i ever had any questions...
two times in one week is never coincidence, so i'll ask this here: what's
this '93 lisa carbon trio album, "Experimental Post Techno Swing" on sonic
records all about? does anyone have a review of this handy or would
otherwise like to comment? also, what's sonic records and how available
are their releases?
kisskiss,
sc
onnow: archers of loaf : the speed of cattle (alias)
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 17:21:37 -0700
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) my mother always told me if i ever had any
questions...
At 04:07 PM 4/9/96 -0700, you wrote:
> two times in one week is never coincidence, so i'll ask this here: what's
> this '93 lisa carbon trio album, "Experimental Post Techno Swing" on
> sonic records all about?
Sonic Records was Instinct's label for (seemingly) their non-Moby releases
and later (along with Liquid Music) for transitional material as they
acquired their postMoby repertoire. There was a period in '93 when they
were licensing lots of stuff from European labels and bringing it over to
us yanks in the form of compilation CDs and 12"s of excerpts from the
licensed material, including general Acid Jazz, Rave Techno, Cabaret
Voltaire (from Plasticity; includes an amazing recording of a gangsta
explaining street slang), Irresistible Force (Underground EP) and Atom
Heart, as well as some obscure housey-techno stuff, et al. The Atom Heart
(vinyl, I've never seen the whole album on Sonic) is a 4 track with Uwe
rocking the beats in varying levels of intensity, from the moody swang of
LCT to more dirty and hardcore bits that are the other 3 tracks.
Atom Heart "I forget the title and it ain't showing up on any discogs"
(Sonic 12")
A1 Lisa Carbon Trio "Opto Freestyle Swing"
A2 Atomu Shinzo "Red"
B1 M/S/O "Move Right Now"
B2 D'Ammond "I Want You"
All of the Sonic releases are most likely picked up from the used bins.
Naturally the crappy ones are more prevalent; I haven't seen the AH one
since I got mine.
eric, surprised by the depth of Instinct history he knows
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 17:56:14 -0800
From: Jonathan Simpson-Bint <jonathan@imagine-inc.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) my mother always told me if i ever had any
questions...
'Experimental Post Techno Swing'
(SNC-2025-2) Sonic Records
1. Swing Me machine
2. Opto Freestyle Swing
3. La Costa Rica Cyber-Salsa
4. Take Another Five
5. Acoustic Megawhat Groovology
6. The Only Virtual Computer Jazz
7. En Realidad Virtual
8. Fancy Loopy and Drug Free
9. Sounds Like Preset Rhythm
And it's great!!!
JSB
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:50:30 -0500
From: Aran Parillo <aran@mit.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) uh yeah...that too! (re: snc-2025-2)
for the mother databass;
lisa carbon & friends
experimental post techno swing
sonic records - snc-2025-2
1. swing me machine 8:30
2. opto freestyle swing 7:45
3. la costa rica cyber-salsa 6:50
4. take another five 4:50
5. acoustic megawhat groovology 7:00
6. the only virtual computer jazz 5:30 <--#
7. en realidad virtual 5:30
8. fancy loopy and drugfree 7:55 <--*
9. sounds like preset rhythm 8:20 <--+
--=-tp key-=--
#stormin funky!
*carl craig fans will enjoy the use of the "ladies and gentlemen" drum loop
+might as well be on the rephlex LCT 12" _polyester_
VAMOS!
Teep
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:29:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@ccs.nslsilus.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) my mother always told me if i ever had any
questions...
> The Atom Heart (vinyl, I've never seen the whole album on Sonic) is a 4
> track with Uwe rocking the beats in varying levels of intensity, from the
> moody swang of LCT to more dirty and hardcore bits that are the other 3
> tracks.
There is an Atom Heart compilation on Sonic, with about a dozen tracks from
various 12" releases, probably most or all originally on POD. It has
really cheezy cover art, with a picture of an electron orbiting a human
heart. <cringe> I think all 4 tracks you listed are on the CD.
--Mark
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 96 21:50 EDT
From: Dave Rout <dvrt@passport.ca>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) lisa carbon trio etc etc etc
just wondering...i have the lisa carbon trio cd
called polyester and want to know
if there's any other LCT stuff out
there...also...i have the 12" of
automotif and it seems to be a bit
longer than the cd single version in
that the beginning is different...is
that the only difference...also...
when is pop artificielle coming out ???
cheers,
dave
" i'm the operator with my pocket calculator " -kw-
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 21:36:54 -0500
From: Aran Parillo <aran@mit.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) file under warped acid....(re: lisa carbon on sonic)
apologies for hacking up the subject...
sc wondered out loud:
> two times in one week is never coincidence, so i'll ask this here: what's
> this '93 lisa carbon trio album, "Experimental Post Techno Swing" on
> sonic records all about?
I think some of the material was featured on POD 12"'s which should give
you a general sense of what it's "all about". Boxy technotic AH rhythms
with pitch bent free jazz solos and loopy acid and lfo. These tracks sound
like the rough sketches which developed into the big budget productions (in
sound not in $$) of the latter RI releases. Not nearly as drifty spacey or
sample laden and not quite in full technicolor but still progressive enough
to kick ass over all the other crap being passed off as something
interesting way back in 1993.
The CD I have was manufactured by Instinct from NYC I bet you can find one
(still) for not much more then what I paid for this ($9). Rinse it out of
the cutout bins and skip all the way home.
Anyone care to offer up current Instinct email contact info?
Interesting enough the disc is silkscreened with daisy's all over it like
an artistic premonition of the machine paisley disc.
doei,
Teep
on now: the only virtual computer jazz - lisa carbon & friends
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 23:10:43 -0400
From: Hal Vx2 <halvx2@resrocket.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Cc: Dave Rout <dvrt@passport.ca>
Subject: Re: (mother) lisa carbon trio etc etc etc
Dave Rout wrote:
> there...also...i have the 12" of
> automotif and it seems to be a bit
> longer than the cd single version in
> that the beginning is different...is
> that the only difference...also...
> when is pop artificielle coming out ???
Dave,
Hi, I didn't realize you were on the list. Not sure if you remember me but
I met you a few times around town, mostly at DP related happenings. I'm
Sheldon's partner in ATD Convention and I use to work with Richard McKinlay
(then Attack Squad, now Electro Assassin) back a few years ago. Check my
pic to see if it jogs your memory.
http://www.io.org/~halvx2/halvx2.gif
http://www.io.org/~halvx2/b12.jpg
Anyways, the CD single called "Automotif" has some differences such as the
intro and some of the arrangement. Hense the title "Automotive [2nd
edit]". I failed to find any further differences, possibly the single is a
bit tighter in the mix.
About Pop Artificielle, the last I heard from Uwe, he's going through the
lengthy task of choosing the final cover version choices and the legal
aspect of it. Someone on this list quoted KK for an early 1997 release so
I guess it will be awhile still. I'll let you know if I hear anything.
Cyas,
Hal.
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 8:38:24 BST
From: Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) my mother always told me if i ever had any
> Atom Heart "I forget the title and it ain't showing up on any discogs"
> (Sonic 12")
>
> A1 Lisa Carbon Trio "Opto Freestyle Swing"
> A2 Atomu Shinzo "Red"
> B1 M/S/O "Move Right Now"
> B2 D'Ammond "I Want You"
All of these tracks (and more) appear on the POD compilation Atom Heart V1.
In fact this disc has tracks from around 10 different projects, covering
many styles, house, techno, acid, ambient. The Atomu Shinzo track is
particulary good, very harsh, aphex twin style. Another highlight was a
track by or called Mihon, does any one have any more information on this
project?
Cheers,
Warren.
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 10:28:41 +0600
From: "Christopher B. Fox" <neuro@vt.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Newbie to Atom Heart, etc..
OK Folkes... I've been a Lassigue Bendthaus fan for a couple of months now
(still waiting for _Render_ to show up at my door). What I dig about LB is
the complexity of rhythms (particularly that wicked percussion!) and the
interesting sounds I always hear in LB's work. I'm particularly fond of the
faster, more techno/industrial tracks. Would I like anything from Uwe's
other projects? If so, where should I start?
christopher
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:18:04 -0400
From: Adam J Weitzman <weitzman@individual.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Eric Hill wrote:
> "about pears and apples" is the first song i've come across with lyrics
> sung completely with a speech synthesizer, can I get a witness?
There are at least a couple of Kraftwerk songs done this way. Granted, not
many lyrics are involved, but there you go. :-)
Also there were some songs on Neil Young's _Trans_ album done this way.
"Sample And Hold" is the best of the lot, a brilliant track.
--
Adam J Weitzman ----- Individual, Inc. ----- weitzman@individual.com
"I love the music of the 20th century!" - Bruce Willis, "12 Monkeys"
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 19:53:57 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) keep vinyl alive ! RI WAX + FAX WAX
Hello, here is a list of sounds pressed onto vinyl available from your
freaky friends here at fax label :
(this is one of those 'contact a local supplier for information' messages
in brackets)
check out Will-E's excellent site at Http://www.hyperreal.com/fax for info
about artists etc...
FAX WAX
4 Voice 5 (part 6 on its way soon)
Oversize Pussy 4
Olympic 4
Stanley Conaway
Harmonize 4
Subsequence 4
Elektro
Atom
Dark side of the Moog 3 / From Within 2 (two on one)
Dark side of the moog 4
RATHER INTERESTING VINYL
V.S.V.N. (double vinyl)
Flextone (double vinyl)
Dandy Jack and the cosmic trousers
6 reasons to 'keep vinyl alive'...
1. subvert the corporate superstores by buying vinyl : they hate it.
2. all the cool dj people like vinyl; you can too !!!.
3. start your own vinyl museum !!!! its fun!!.
4. you can touch it when it is playing and 'scratch' like a pro.
5. it fits in your 'record bag'.
6. it sounds great and it will make you live longer if you play it
everyday.
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
2 9 5 c h u r c h s t r e e t ,
s a n f r a n c i s c o .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 1 1 4 .
tel / fax 4 1 5 - 4 3 1 1 2 6 5 .
new site at : http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 23:51:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Howard Stelzer <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: "Christopher B. Fox" <neuro@vt.edu>
Subject: (mother) Re: Newbie to Atom Heart, etc..
On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Christopher B. Fox wrote:
> I've been a Lassigue Bendthaus fan for a couple of months now. I'm
> particularly fond of the faster, more techno/industrial tracks. Would I
> like anything from Uwe's other projects? If so, where should I start?
I had the pleasure of seeing AH live twice during the night from April 7th
to 8th here in Hamburg. It was some kind of goa-style-party (at least from
the aesthetic point of view) in some small club. The name of the event was
MORE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION, DJS were Sven Dohse and others.
Uwe's first appearance was at about 11 p.m.. As there was no stage at all,
he was just sitting in a corner on a chair with his sampler on a table in
front of him (I don't know if this is smooth electro, cool detached vocals,
and crushing beats throughout. All of these are great records. Hope I've
been of help...enjoy the music!
Howie Stelzer
evil@ddi.digital.net
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 15:59:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: MACOS <macos-list@resrocket.com>,
ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) John Wise?
Hey guys.
Pardon the cross-post, but does anyone know what happened to John Wise
<wise@netzone.com>? He was an avid contributor on the AH/LB list, but
seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth in the past week. Any info
or leads would be helpful (direct them to me, personally please).
esiw.
christopher miller
evil@ddi.digital.net
on now: "Machine Paisley" by MACHINE PAISLEY
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 00:30:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Subject: (mother) Re: Ars Nova.
On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, I said I wouldn't post this again, but...
> There's this guy in South Carolina I've been ordering all of my AH
> stuff from named Kenn Sanders. He runs a very small and budding mail-
> order place out of his pad called Ars Nova. He's been reeeeeal good to
> me when it comes to my AH habit, so I thought I would pass this info
> along to anyone on this list who is interested.
>
> Kenn's been able to get me almost every AH vinyl and cd release on
> POD (including the early Lisa Carbon stuff), quite a bit of AH-related
> FAX releases on vinyl (at a flat $12 apiece no matter what, it seems),
> some stuff on Delirium, and even the Dr. Mueller 12" on SS. In fact,
> here's what he's got right now:
>
> ATOM HEART / "Atom Heart vs split 12" $12 (1 copy)
> SYNECTICS Synectics" Delirium
> ATOM HEART "B2" CD R.I. $17 (2 copies)
> ATOM HEART "Soundfields" 12" Klang $12 (1 copy)
> ATOM HEART "V1" CD Pod $23 (2 copies)
> ATOMU SHINZO "Act" CD Pod $23 (1 copy)
> ATOMU SHINZO "Check Out Da Bass" 12" Pod $12 (1 copy)
> BASS "BASS" CD R.I. $17 (2 copies)
> LISA CARBON TRIO "Opto Freestyle Swing" 12" Pod $12 (1 copy)
> COEUR ATOMIQUE "Sundance" 12" Fax $12 (4 copies)
> D'AMMOND "I Want You" 12" Pod $12 (1 copy)
> DANDY JACK "Dandy Jack And The CD R.I. $17 (2 copies)
> Cosmic Trousers"
> DATACIDE "Head Dance" 12" Fax $12 (4 copies)
> DOTS "Elevator Music" CD R.I. $17 (1 copy)
> DR. MUELLER "Nipples & Bass" 12" SS $12 (1 copy)
> FLEXTONE "Flextone" w/l 2xLP R.I. $15 (1 copy)
> GON "Retrograde" 12" Pod $12 (1 copy)
> i "Warm Sunday" 12" Pod $12 (1 copy)
> LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS"The Overflow" CDS Kk $10 (1 copy)
> LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS"Render Audible: CD Kk $17 (1 copy)
> U.S. Remixes"
> MIKE McCOY "Azid Ramcash 2" 12" JJ $12 (1 copy)
> MIKE McCOY "Acid Ramcash 3" 12" JJ $12 (1 copy)
> M/S/O "Trax" 12" Pod $12 (1 copy)
> SILVER SOUND "60" CD R.I. $17 (2 copies)
> SUBSEQUENCE "MS Recombination" 12" Fax $12 (1 copy)
> VSVN "VSVN" 2xLP R.I. $15 (2 copies)
> v/a "Real Intelligence" CD R.I. $17 (2 copies)
>
> He doesn't have internet access yet unfortunately, but you can
> either fax or call him for an order, or whatever (he's a really nice guy
> with a deep-Southern accent) at:
>
> ARS NOVA / Kenn Sanders
> 245 Congaree Rd. #1105
> Greenville, SC. 29607
>
> Phone or FAX: 1-(803)-458-9133
> ^^ ^^^
> But that doesn't matter. He has held stuff for me. He calls to
> see that I got the orders in good shape. We sit around like idiots
> talking about... music (guffaw!). He got me "Nipples & Bass",
> "Retrograde e.p.", and "Soundfields" (I haven't heard any yet
> unfortunately, but YOU try to find them). I now own 3/4 of the entire
> AH and related collection (still quite a few when it comes to LB
> though). Now I just need that fabled `record player' device everyone
> keeps telling me I should buy... :}
>
> I can count on Kenn. He has actually called the record labels
> themselves, tracked warehouses down, pestered loads of distributors -
> just so I could have my cake and eat it too. Man. If I haven't said
> it enough already, I really appreciate the effort alone he is going
> through, don't even mention actually getting the shit!
>
> He does all of this from South Carolina! I mean, THAT by itself...
>
> Of course I'm promoting Kenn. He's good; and because of that I
> just wanted to share with this small, like-minded group something that
> I don't feel would be fair keeping to myself. Try him out.
If you don't call Kenn now and buy (at least) some of the rare-ass AH
shit he stocks, you will regret it in later years when you can't find it
ANYWHERE. Trust me.
sra.
christopher miller
evil@ddi.digital.net
on now: "Get O." (lb mixes) by SWAMP TERRORISTS yeah.?
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:55:23 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: ambient@hyperreal.com, idm@hyperreal.com, zappo@iijnet.or.jp,
mother@nicar.org, fax-l@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) new fax stuff soon
more boring repetitive music that all sounds the same from fax coming in
the next few weeks :
namlook XI
jetchamber 2
shades of orion 3
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
2 9 5 c h u r c h s t r e e t ,
s a n f r a n c i s c o .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 1 1 4 .
tel / fax 4 1 5 - 4 3 1 1 2 6 5 .
new site at : http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 19:00:16 +8
From: Lauralee Smith <rainbird@eskimo.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) new fax stuff soon
Question re: shades of orion 3...
Same stellar lineup as "shades 2?" And...in fifty words or less, what's it
like?
Lauralee Smith
rainbird@eskimo.com
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 19:36:08 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) the other 49 words
> Question re: shades of orion 3...
>
> Same stellar lineup as "shades 2?"
yes, they recorded it in Frankfurt last week.
> And...in fifty words or less, what's it like?
great (I haven't heard it, so save the other 49 words.)
(tetsu and atom heart just recorded something new too.)
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
2 9 5 c h u r c h s t r e e t ,
s a n f r a n c i s c o .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 1 1 4 .
tel / fax 4 1 5 - 4 3 1 1 2 6 5 .
new site at : http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 23:30:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Jet Chamber 2.
Ah.
Just in case you missed it (edited)...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 12:19:11 -0400
From: WILL-E <will@panix.com>
To: ambient@hyperreal.com
Subject: new FAXies
Upcoming FAX titles - descriptions and artwork available at the FAX WWW
site: http://hyperreal.com/fax/
catalog title week/year copies short description
PK 08/115 Jet Chamber 2 18/96 2000 Groovy Intelli Ambient
with P.N. and Atom Heart
___
/ / / / / / _ __/ will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ ___/ http://www.hyperreal.com/~will/
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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 13:20:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) ATOM HEART article (#3).
Cool.
Here is a really good (and fairly recent) article/interview with Uwe
Schmidt. I got it a while back off of fellow listmember, Sean Cooper's
burn site <www.burnmedia.com>, but it actually seems to have originated
from the March 1995 issue (#40) of Frans de Waard's _Vital Weekly_ online
magazine. Anyway, I've cleaned it up QUITE a bit so now it's much much
more legible and easier to read. I hope everyone digs it.
Oh and by the way, this is the third AH article that's been posted to
the mother-list. If you know of other ones, please feel free to transcribe
or forward them here as well. Also, if anyone missed the first two (the
one by Hal Vx2, and the other from _MFTEQ_ magazine), please let me know
and I will forward those to you.
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ATOM HEART
by Ios Smolders
The well-known record label Fax records among many others releases
works by Uwe Schmidt, aka Lassigue Bendthaus, aka Lisa Carbon Trio, aka The
Bitniks, aka Coeur Atomique, aka Mike McCoy, aka Atom Heart. Schmidt is a
composer who primarily works in the dance sector, but his work seldomly
only operates on a superficial level. There's always more to his music
than just a `groove'. That's why I decided to contact Schmidt, ask about
his motivations, and worm a few remarks about the dance scene from his
mind.
Q. Your list of releases, numbering 86 since 1991, is quite impressive. I
guess you're not coming out of the blue with this production rate. What
did you do before the "Whitehouse"-12inch?
A. I started making music in 1983/84. The first instrument I played was an
acoustic drumset, but soon my neighbors got pretty upset while on the
other hand I was quite dissatisfied with not being able to record
something like a "complete song". My next step was to sell the drumkit,
getting my first little drummachine, lending a 4-track tape recorder,
some synthesizers from friends and starting to play around. I was
pretty impressed by all kinds of synthetic sound creation already and
together with some friends I started a small cassette label called
"N.HG.Medien". We sold our own music on tape at that time only. The
first tapes I made for myself under the name "Lassigue Bendthaus" was
quite successful and it made the first step into `musicbusiness'. I
still have many contacts which started at that time. After a few years
of releasing tapes the first record deal was signed in 1990 but it took
a while until the first 12inch was released.
Q. Your production rate being so high - that runs counter to the idea
popular since Beethoven - that a work of art can only be "good" when
being sweated out after hard labor. Why do you spit out music at this
rate.
A. Since electronic technology is involved in creating music, a lot has
changed. Technology allows me to compose within a few minutes music
that in the past had to be done manually within days. The major part of
making music is absorbed by the technical side and by the composition
which you do in your head, beforehand. Before I start making a track I
mostly have the ideaabout it in my head. So the technical translation
is the part that is done faster these days.
Q. But isn't the ideal aspect of electronic composition the fact that one
can work by trial and error?
A. Well, of course I do compose while setting up the equipment but what I
want to say is that the composition is not totally open - only
partially. In my head there is a direction for the track, for its
structure, the feeling and such. The "parameters" mentioned can be
changed during the technical process of using the machinery. Composing
on the other hand can also mean starting without any idea and composing
`through' the machine. Both ways are possible. You can also deny the
influence of the machine (which is difficult as sometimes technology can
be just too seductive) and only search for the sounds/structure you have
in your head, like filling up an idea with reality. I can interact with
my equipment but I don't have to. Composing takes place on many levels
and the technical side is just one of them. Besides that, since
Beethoven music has changed, leaving the realm of "harmonies" involving
more and more pure sound. Also the role of randomness changed. Today
an error is no longer the bad accident but can be a part of the
composition itself. So there are some things that changed the
production of music. About the second part of the question: the main
reason for my production rate is that I still have many ideas. I still
havemany different sounds in my head that I would like to realize. It's
very fascinating creating an aesthetic in your head and then stating to
do the music watching an idea become real. My main occupation is music
and when I feel bored or whenever I have some spare time besides office
work, I start making music.
Q. Being a composer myself I am used to always think about my composition
step by step, that is note by note, sound after/over/next to sound.
Your music seems to me like a passing train (sequence) the sound of
which you change now and again. Why do you compose music that is
repetitive?
A. Well, not all my music is repetitive although I'm very fascinated by
repetition. Repetition first of all is so to say a part of the
composition that is brought into the song by the machine. Certain
machines only allow repetitive structure (like old analog sequencers)
while very often repetition nowadays is chosen consciously because it
has a certain power. Although the musical structure is repetition, the
track itself is very deep and changing all the time. Repetition has its
own strength and its own beauty. I think it's quite interesting that a
technical invention, like the Roland TB 303 bassline created a new
aesthetic of its own and because of that the role of the composer and
the machine is equivalent.
Q. The music on "Softcore" is unquestionably danceable. What do you think,
might be the intellectual pleasure gained from your music? I ask this
because the eventual place where your music will be listened to in most
cases will be a living room. I gather that knowing there has to be an
extra quality in the music next to the "danceability factor".
A. First of all I don't know what other people gain from my music as I do
my music for my own pleasure. I do not have enough distance towards my
music to be able to see it from the perspective of a listener. This
means I can only talk about my pleasure and what I think could be the
interesting point about it for the listener. Whenever I listen to music
I try to see the composer's perspective towards his or her music. A
very important term to me is "abstraction". Creating sounds that do not
exist in nature itself to me is abstract enough. But arranging these
sounds, creating an image, a painting of sound is even more abstract to
me. With my music I try to create an image by shaping and arranging
sound and structure. Each track can evoke a certain feeling/ picture
for me and I think and hope it does the same with any other listener.
This image is connected to "beauty". "Beauty" can touch a person
deeply, so music is always emotional. I think that this could be the
link. When I listen to music I listen to the way the musician has
painted the picture, which means what is his or her level of
abstraction, or how was sound used and treated.
Q. These latter remarks remind me of the words of the "acousmatic"
composers. Do you know other electronic music? What's your opinion on
current electronic composition?
A. I don't know the acousmatic movement. Each track that I make evokes a
certain picture or a certain feeling within me. On the other hand I'm
also interested in making music that fills a public space (eg. an
airport). One of my latest cd's called "Dots" and an earlier product on
fax records called "Live at sel i/s/c" show this attitude. I think the
term soundscape fits more to what I'm doing. Basically I listen to all
kinds of music ranging from electronic, house, acid, hardcore, hiphop,
rock, jazz, classic to salsa, folk and pop music. From the moment on
that I became interested in electronic music there have only been a few
things I liked. Most stuff absolutely doesn't open new perspectives to
me. Too many musicians take the safe way instead of listening to what
the machines tell them.
Q. In 1989 I wrote a couple of articles on house music and the chances it
offered for "serious" electronic and electroacoustic music to escape
from the deadlock it finds itself in. Especially the rising popularity
of ambient gave me hope. I must say that lately I have mixed feelings
about ambient music. More and more I get the idea that this is just
retro-70s synthesizer music. Certainly when the Tangerine Dream catalog
is re-released by Virgin. As an ardent advocate of the progression of
music I detest retro movements. What's your opinion?
A. Like in all fields of music there are people who think about what they
are doing and people who just deal with what already exists. And as I
said before, ever since I listen to music there have been only few good
things and most releases are crap. This hasn't changed. Most so-called
"ambient" records I know are still into an aesthetic that originate from
the late 70s/early 80s which means that they use a certain approach
which I think is totally redundant nowadays. Only a few musicians try
to translate "ambient" into our time, using new technology instead of
copying an old aesthetic. The 70s/80s were analog, the 90s are digital,
so I wonder nowadays ambient still has to sound analog instead of
zooming into the architecture of digital technology. I don't want to
agitate against "analog" but against a certain use of analog equipment.
Playing Tangerine Dream harmonies on a moog, putting a huge reverb on it
and calling that ambient is not what what I adore. But obviously,
especially since major companies jumped on this train, it is what sells
and therefore what most people consider to be ambient.
Q. How do you see your music in the wide range of the "modern arts"?
A. What a complex question! I always considered the difference between
"art" and "non-art" as being very difficult, and although I thought
about this for quite a long time I really could not find it. I always
regarded my music as a piece of public design, that represents a certain
era, a certain knowledge and a certain understanding of things. I
somehow don't like the pure mental confrontation with music, although
I accept it. I still think that music without this element of
"penetrating the emotional parts of human brains" just doesn't work, and
that even music that denies it (like John Cage's music), in fact carries
this element. To me the term design fits more to me, as I'm not making
music that affects your feet or your head only.
This Vital's supplement also contains a contribution from Atom Heart.
VITAL
MAGAZINE FOR ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC
IN THE CONTEMPORARY AND UNDERGROUND FIELD.
1 March 1995
NO COPYRIGHT
ISSUE 40
Contributors: Frans de Waard (FdW), Ios Smolders (IS), Peter
Duimelinks (PD).
Subscription Rates for the paperformat:
Europe Overseas 6 issues/one year: fl 12,50 fl 15,00 6 issues/one year
+ 3 supplements fl 15,00 fl 22,50. Prices are in Dutch Guilders. Send
either cash/money or IMO payable to:
Frans de Waard - Postbus 11453, 1001 GL Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Subscribe to the Electronic Vital:
subscribe-to-vital in the body of a message to "v2@antenna.nl".
Vital Editors:
CHANGE OF ADDRESS:
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vc/fx +31 13 36 17 57 (as of March 1, 1995!!!)
Peter Duimelinks - Postbus 190493001 BA Rotterdam
e-mail: V2@Antenna.nl
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 21:24:22 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) machinepaisleyricompdandyjackbrown
* new releases from atom hearts 'rather interesting' label
machine paisley -atom heart with apples and pears
dandy jack and the cosmic trousers -vinyl and cd releases
'real intelligence' a rather interesting compilation
brown -atom hearts new 'r.i.' cd comes out next week.
(we are so corporate)
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
2 9 5 c h u r c h s t r e e t ,
s a n f r a n c i s c o .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 1 1 4 .
tel / fax 4 1 5 - 4 3 1 1 2 6 5 .
new site at : http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 21:45:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) "Datacide" reissue on Asphodel.
Yay.
Just in case you missed this thread (from the Ambient `Tape Trade
Circle' List):
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 10:56:16 -0400
From: DMB5561719@aol.com
To: asphodel@interport.net, ambient@hyperreal.com
Subject: Tetsu Inoue on Asphodel? (was Re: DJ Spooky)
In a message dated 96-04-22 10:04:09 EDT, you write:
> Upcoming from Asphodel: Single Cell Orchestra, Mick Harris/James
> Plotkin, Rhythm & Noise, Storm of Drones, Tetsu Inoue, Iso Orchestra,
> Ken Nordine
Tetsu Inoue on Asphodel? Tell us more and when!
I'm a big fan of Swarm & Throne of Drones too. :)
David Beardsley
IMMP & Bink! music
dmb5561719@aol.com
Email for a copy of our catalog.. . . .. ...... .. . . . . . . . .
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Peace Hotel's "Unconscious Contact Unlimited" is now out.
Convulsions of Creation coming soon!
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:53:49 +0000
From: Erik Gilbert <asphodel@interport.net>
To: DMB5561719@aol.com, ambient@hyperreal.com
Subject: Re: Tetsu Inoue on Asphodel? (was Re: DJ Spooky)
On April 22, DMB5561719@aol.com writes:
> Tetsu Inoue on Asphodel? Tell us more and when!
We are licensing the Flowerhead album (from Fax) for domestic release in
the USA and Canada. Releae date has not yet been scheduled, but hopefully
it will be out in the summer.
Erik Gilbert
Asphodel
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:57:25 -0400
From: WILL-E <will@panix.com>
To: Erik Gilbert <asphodel@interport.net>
Cc: DMB5561719@aol.com, ambient@hyperreal.com
Subject: Re: Tetsu Inoue on Asphodel? (was Re: DJ Spooky)
> We are licensing the Flowerhead album (from Fax) for domestic release
That would be Atom Heart and Tetsu Inoue as Datacide. The name of the
album is Flowerhead and it was on Atom Heart's label called Rather
Interesting.
It was supposed to be reissued by Subharmonic but since that label is now
gone, I'm sure Asphodel/Sombient will be a great label to reissue it in
North America.
___
/ / / / / / _ __/ will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ ___/ http://www.hyperreal.com/~will/
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 13:02:06 BST
From: Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Urban Priv
I saw this CD at the weekend on POD called Urban Primitivism, this is in
the Atom Heart discog, but there was no mention at all of atom heart on the
CD or sleve, but someone called J.wise. Is this another alter-ego?
Also is the CD any good? What sort of thing is it? There was also a 12"
with Ongaku on it by J.wise. Is this the related to atom heart or mihon?
All help appreciated, thanks.
Warren.
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 23:47:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk>
Subject: (mother) Re: Urban Primitivism
On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Warren Nicholls wrote:
> I saw this CD at the weekend on POD called Urban Primitivism, this is in
> the Atom Heart discog, but there was no mention at all of atom heart on
> the CD or sleve, but someone called J.wise. Is this another alter-ego?
Actually, John Wise used to be on the mother-list but kinda sorta
disappeared of the face of the net a few weeks back (remember my post
asking if anyone knew where he was?). Anyway, no he's not Uwe.
From what I gathered, John lent a collaborative hand in a lot of the
early AH-related projects (including URBAN PRIMITIVISM). Whether it was
major or minor, I don't know... for instance, the really annoying track
"Mary Had A Little Fuck" credits: "featuring j. wise on the mic". If you
haven't heard this song (the same as on the "F***!" 12"), basically what it
is is John saying the word "Fuck", looped over and over for six minutes
with a hardcore gabba background drilling on.
Mainly though, John and his wife Caroline are/were(?) OPTIC KISS,
which is a very well-established design company that did (among numerous
others) the artwork for both the "Morphogenetic Fields" and "Milagro"
picture sleeves, as well as that of non-AH releases like "The Secret Life
Of Trance" compilation on Rising High. Also, O.K. is responsible for co-
creating the ATOM HEART logo (with Uwe) on the above two AH releases.
Posthumiously, I thought I'd add that in his own words, John Wise
<wise@netzone.com> wrote on January 17th:
> > By the way, maybe I should introduce myself to this assembled group...
> > I'm John Wise who under other guises has worked as Optic Kiss, Magic
> > Donut, Intrinsic Dimension, Kommunagression, Mole Probe, Dweeb,
> > Electric Buttplug, 4 eyes, M.T. Head, Agro, and some others......
> > earlier in the decade Uwe and I made a 17 minute computer animated
> > video (very primitive) for some tracks off 'Matter'....also been known
> > to lend a vocal for sampling.......and other stuff....................
If you look closely you will see either his name or that of Optic Kiss
in the `acknowlegements' section of almost every R.I. release. In fact,
where it says on the SILVER SOUND disc, "Track No. 1 Dedicated To The
Phoenix Bazootyhead Family", Uwe is referring to John and Caroline Wise who
hail from Phoenix, Arizona. I guess that sort of answers Trivia Question
#7?
> Also is the CD any good? What sort of thing is it?
Oh yeah, the cd.... it's REALLY harsh stuff. I'd say chew on some
broken glass with a clamato chaser while listening to this disc. If you're
into either the ambient or idm side of AH, you would definitely NOT dig
this album (or any other release by URBAN PRIMITIVISM for that matter).
"684" is hyper-bpm hardcore neo gabba. For those of you more into the LB-
realm of Uwe, you might want to give it a try... it's definitely up there
with the DR. MUELLER stuff.
> There was also a 12" with Ongaku on it by J.wise. Is this the related to
> atom heart or mihon?
Was it the "Mihon" 12" (on either Rising High or POD)? I didn't see
where it says anything about `J. Wise' on this release... what was the name
of the record/cd? Regardless, this is a pretty decent trancey track which
can be found on a the first AH compilation issued by POD (as well as
Instinct in the U.S.) few Rising High compilations. One of the stronger
AH-related projects in my opinion, ONGAKU is the collaboration between Uwe
Schmidt, DJ Ata (of M/S/O, REBEL YOUTH, and the Delerium label), and Heiko
(of M/S/O).
Hope that helps.
esiw.
christopher miller
evil@ddi.digital.net
on now: "684" by URBAN PRIMITIVISM.
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 16:23:14 +0300
From: Eylon Israeli <snowjob@actcom.co.il>
To: mother@nicar.org
Cc: Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (mother) Mihon #3
> Was it the "Mihon" 12" (on either Rising High or POD)? I didn't see
> where it says anything about `J. Wise' on this release... what was the
> name of the record/cd? Regardless, this is a pretty decent trancey track
> which can be found on a the first AH compilation issued by POD (as well
> as Instinct in the U.S.) few Rising High compilations. One of the
> stronger AH-related projects in my opinion, ONGAKU is the collaboration
> between Uwe Schmidt, DJ Ata (of M/S/O, REBEL YOUTH, and the Delerium
> label), and Heiko (of M/S/O).
Now mihon#3 is one of the most nostalgic trance tracks and in my (and some
of my best friend's) opinion probably the best hypnotrance around. We
tried at the time ('93?) to locate more tracks buy this collaboration but
the only one I managed to find was Mihon#2 which was beatless ambient
(Great track anyway). The question is if there are more hypnotic upbeat
tracks by the ongaku collaboration that made mihon#3 ?
regards
snowjob@actcom.co.il
The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 18:35:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) possible "Polyester" re-pressing?
Hm.
I didn't know that LISA CARBON TRIO's album on RePhLeX was even that
hard to find, but apparently so according to Grant. Anyway, here's his
post to the IDM list today (edited):
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 04:26:16 +0100
From: rephlex <rephlex@popmail.dircon.co.uk>
To: idm@hyperreal.com
Subject: (idm) Re: *^&%*^%&^$%&@!%
Regarding the last pile of posts...
IF Lisa Carbon is out of stock (there maybe a couple left), we COULD
repress it BUT then all of you would complain because it would take cash
needed for all our new releases. So you see, I really need you guys to
remember that we are only human (believe it or not) and that putting out
records is not as straight forward as listening to them. LCT will be
repressed AS SOON AS the reorder hits a reasonable level - I cannot make
1000 copies just because someone in Manchester needs one now. Things are
starting to improve now that people are starting to buy our records and
stop taping them off mates so please be patient and don't be so quick to
point the finger. What about the fact that all these releases kick ass and
have been worth any wait?
GCHQ.
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 20:05:33 -0400
From: WILL-E <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Cc: Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk>
Subject: (mother) Ongaku
I must have missed the original post as my account has been down for the
past 2 days. Just got a ton of backlogged email!
Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk> wrote:
> The question is if there are more hypnotic upbeat tracks by the ongaku
> collaboration that made mihon#3 ?
I have always been really confused about this and I think I have an answer.
There is a label also out of Frankfurt called Ongaku. I have a sneaking
suspicion that both Ongaku and Pod are run under the Delirium label. Maybe
Mihon is the name of the project and Ongaku was really the label it was
on???
The original Mihon 12" had 3 tracks, one of them was the one with all the
Star Trek (original series) samples and number 3 was the acid trance track
being referred to. It was later reissued on Rising High. Has anyone ever
heard the M/S/O 12" on Pod called Tracks that came out around the same
time?
Check out Atom Heart & Pink Elln - Live (Ongaku #3) which I'd say is not
too far from the Mihon record. Wicked building trance for about 27 minutes
on each side! Also the Bi-Face project with Pascal FEOS which came out
about the same time as Mihon. The 137 EP and the Free EP are both good and
in that trance style. A couple of these tracks have been sprinkled across
some of the 'Secret Life of Trance' series on Rising High.
Speaking of Pascal FEOS and M/S/O, they recently did a record also on
Ongaku (#9) called Our Music which I'd also recommend. It's appeared on 2
other labels now so that shouldn't be too hard to find.
Well I hope this helps somewhat and hasn't confused everyone even more.
Our friend Uwe Schmidt has been shrouded in constant mystery and
elusiveness ever since I first started buying records with his name on 'em
in 1992 :)
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 01:18:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Re: possible "Polyester" re-pressing?
Well.
Grant (of RePhLeX) answered my querie about the `limitedness' of
"Polyester"... here's how he (vaguely) responded:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 18:45:25 +0100
From: rephlex <rephlex@popmail.dircon.co.uk>
To: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Subject: Re: "Polyester" question.
It's not limited at all, and we will repress every 500 orders.
Thanks for your interest,
G.
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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 16:45:56 -0400
From: WILL-E <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) upcoming RI titles
upcoming Rather Interesting titles:
Brown (should be out by now... any reviews?)
H.A.T. (Hyper Active Textures or Haruomi, Atom & Tetsu, should be done)
Datacide (followup to Flowerhead, still not completed)
+N (followup to Plane with Victor Sol, might appear on another label)
Sonic Weirdness (Atom Heart with Charles Uzzell-Edwards, no info yet)
I think I'm forgetting a title... I should hear from the man himself real
soon.
that's all for now.
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