Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 14:50:05 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) the atom heart brown saga ends...ambient customs ?
'brown' by atom heart will be repressed on the rather interesting label
this week and will be released ( 5 months late ).
The offending original cd failed to have a 'made in germany' on it, and so
it was held by the US customs stratified entry program.
Somewhere in the past 5 months these cds were 'lost' from whatever
warehouse they were sitting in so we are getting reimbursed for the total
value, and so we now have the money to press up some more.
Inspectors are looking into rumours that the US customs had a 'chill room'
set up in their headquarters, and that various bean bags, turkish rugs,
incense and hashish that were confiscated by customs had been improperly
channeled to 'furnish' this room.
respects c . u . e .
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
8 7 e t h e l a v e n u e # 2 ,
m i l l v a l l e y .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 9 4 1 .
4 1 5 3 8 3 7 9 9 0
** newly updated burning man stuff http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 14:40:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hz <harryw@sn.no>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: DATacide.
hello
I'm new on this list... so, sorry if you've heard this before
Just bought my first DATACIDE cd (self titled w "ritual of transparency" as
track #3) and I like it a lot
How many others are there and what are they called?
Has uwe released full length cds under all these pseudonyms or are many of
them only on various compilations?
Also, a good place to shop for AtomHeart, etc would be appreciated
Thanxxx, harryw@sn.no
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 17:45:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Re: DATacide.
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Harry enquired:
> How many others are there and what are they called?
>
> Has uwe released full length cds under all these pseudonyms or are many
> of them only on various compilations?
If anyone else would like a copy of the `Uwe Schmidt Grocery List'
please e-mail me directly and I will gladly send it out to you. ;}
Welcome to mother.
yrrah.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 18:08:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Modern Music has Hypnotism!!!
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 15:35:38 -0800
From: "Alan M. Parry" <modernmusic@earthlink.net>
Subject: hypnotism label on sale!
we have the entire hypnotism label catalog coming in a week from now. they
will be $19.99. here are the available titles. e-mail to preorder, cause i
expect em to go fast.
bitniks - "halograms"
earcloud - "chlorophile"
almost digital - "ad"
lagowski - "prismatic"
eyephone - "reductive"
s.l.o.t - "seven seasons"
v/a - "eightracksaid"
eyephone - "emerald"
just to let you know, this is the label that has atom heart as a sometime
contributor. the artists involved in each release are unknown to me until
the cd's arrive. i can give more details then.
amp>modernmusic
2905 o'donnell st. baltimore, md.
fon 410.675.2172 fax 410.675.2373
www.modernmusic.com
---------- End ----------
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 13:28:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Who Is Lisa Carbon? (again)
Man.
Here we go again, but this time on the IDM list. Will we ever know
Lisa Carbon's true identity?
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 16:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Chris.Hilker" <cspot@hyperreal.com>
Subject: Re: (idm) women in idm - the list
> Here's the list with as much information as I have. Please forgive any
> inaccuracies, I'm merely repeating what I received:
>
> Lisa Carbon (on Rephlex)
Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance by I was under the impression that Lisa
Carbon and Atom Heart are the same person (a male one).
C.
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 17:08:54 -0700
From: Joe Rice <ambient@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: (idm) women in idm - the list
At 4:19 PM -0000 10/3/96, Jan Hanford wrote:
> Here is the list of names I received of women in idm/ambient/etc. I was
> most interested in women recording solo instrumental rather than vocals
> with a band. My impression was that there aren't any like Aphex Twin or
> Autechre, who just use machines to produce music. Now I know I'm not the
> only one. (I already knew that but it's nice to actually have the
> names!)
>
> Here's the list with as much information as I have. Please forgive any
> inaccuracies, I'm merely repeating what I received:
>
> Lisa Carbon (on Rephlex)
It was my impression Lisa Carbon is another name for Atom Heart, and not an
actual person. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
Joe
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 19:04:43 -0700
From: Robot <robot@sdic.net>
Subject: Re: (idm) women in idm - the list
> Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance by I was under the impression that Lisa
> Carbon and Atom Heart are the same person (a male one).
I was under the impression that there was an original artist named Lisa
Carbon somewhere but who has NO affiliation with electronic/techno. The
Lisa Carbon and Friends and Lisa Carbon Trio are in fact Atom Heart/Atomu
Shinzu/I/Lisigue Benthaus... among many other pseudonyms.
-robert
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 20:03:47 -0700
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
Subject: (idm) lisa carbon
At 04:45 p 10/3/96 -0700, you wrote:
> Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance by I was under the impression that Lisa
> Carbon and Atom Heart are the same person (a male one).
from the oct. del haze news flash:
> electronic jazz producer lisa carbon signed with rather interesting and
> will coordinate production and conceptual design.
eric
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 13:17:30 +1100
From: eric rinon <soundair@eis.net.au>
Subject: Re: (idm) lisa carbon
Eric Hill wrote:
> from the oct. del haze news flash:
>
> > electronic jazz producer lisa carbon signed with rather interesting and
> > will coordinate production and conceptual design.
i think there was also a record on POD in germany callad :
freestyle opta swing or something like that by them
eric
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 22:40:51 -0700 (MST)
From: William L Samuels <wls@U.Arizona.EDU>
Subject: Re: (idm) women in idm - the list
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Chris.Hilker wrote:
> Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance by I was under the impression that Lisa
> Carbon and Atom Heart are the same person (a male one).
I was going to point that out also. Oh well, they were on a roll. I didn't
want to disappoint them
B i l l S a m u e l s
w l s @ U . A r i z o n a . E D U
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 01:41:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Subject: (idm) Lisa Carbon.
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996 Chris Hilker bared:
> Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance by I was under the impression that Lisa
> Carbon and Atom Heart are the same person (a male one).
And Joe Rice platformed:
> It was my impression Lisa Carbon is another name for Atom Heart, and not
> an actual person. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
No way man... and other man. Um, I have this theory that Lisa Carbon
is indeed her own person. Beautiful dark skin and all. She lives in South
America (Chile? I can't remeber dammit) and does reeeeeeally nice jazz-
flavored salsa and meringue electronica.
I'm not sure who exactly the `trio' or the `friends' consist of on her
earlier (Pod) releases other than the obvious Uwe Schmidt, but the three on
"Polyester" are Lisa, Uwe, and Pete. Hell, all three are even pictured on
the front sleeve of this album.
koolman.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 10:44:50 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Tim Fothegill F. Ciencias Dpto. Biologia"
<fothegil@abello.dic.uchile.cl>
Subject: Re: (idm) Lisa Carbon.
Uwe Schmidt does have connections here in Chile but it`s with someone
called Dandy Jack who is very much male. He`s just done an album with Pete
Namlook of Fax fame. They`re playing here later this month so maybe I`ll
try and ask him about Lisa Carbon.
Tim
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 08:52:14 +0000
From: Jan Hanford <jan@shelby.com>
Subject: (idm) lisa carbon
> > Lisa Carbon (on Rephlex)
>
> Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance by I was under the impression that Lisa
> Carbon and Atom Heart are the same person (a male one).
Ignorance... no. Misinformation... yes. I'll remove her from my list.
Thanks!
Jan
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 1996 11:30:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Subject: (idm) Re: lisa carbon
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Jan Hanford wrote:
> Ignorance... no. Misinformation... yes. I'll remove her from my list.
Aw man! Well, while it's not really known whether Lisa Carbon is her
own person or not, or whether this is just another of the multitude of
aliases of Uwe Schmidt, I would still like to think that the available
evidence points to `her' as indeed being a singular female electronic
musician.
Delete her if you must, but be ready to add her back...
nobrac.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
---------- End ----------
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 13:42:22 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) ri vinyl
in the spirit of internet-based public action, i wonder if there's any way
we as atom heart fanatics can influence fax/rather interesting to release
more ah on vinyl...the periodic 12-inch eps are enticing (although they
tend to be released for albums i'm not crazy about...dandy jack's comsmic
trousers, fr'instance), and the _real intelligence_ comp on 2x12" was a
godsend (although the pressing was pretty bad--i have to pot the other
channel to about five when i mix with it). but since i've been working in a
record store i've been noticing that there are a number of djs who would
spin atom heart if only they could get their hands on vinyl, and with mix
sessions like coldcut's jdj sesh and the two blech comps becoming more and
more influential, my bet is those numbers will only increase. i recognize
uwe's global fanbase is somewhat overrepresented on these lists and the
need to keep that in perspective is well-put, but i still think a pressing
of, say, 200-400 could be covered (either full-length or ep excerpts, as
with other fax and ri 12-inches). obvously, i don't know the logistics of
price, cost-benefit, p&l, so i could be wrong (and i know pete wants to
avoid further debacles of the 2350 variety)...
my votes for back-catalog ep reissues include:
built (the manic, beaty parts)
mono (part. the first and last tracks)
hat (the whole thing, in full-color gatefold!)
machine paisley
semiacoustic nature (part. "compuserf")
anyone wanna second?
sc
p.s. a twelve-inch of the d'n'b-esque tracks from the elfish echo album on
km20 would also be great!
onnow: ah : bass (ri)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 20:16:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - some AH stuff at EAR/Rational.
Ah.
I just got EAR/Rational's latest on-line catalogue update, and there
were one or two items of interest. Anyway, here they are (e-mail them for
the full update):
> Lisa Carbon & Friends - Stereo Cocktail [48873] import $15.50
> Atom Heart madness.
>
> V/A - Deepnet (2-CD) Side Effects ? $17.00
> Could be cheaper.
>
> V/A - Genetic Drift (2-CD) Fax $20.00
>
>
> email addresses:
> ear-rational@xmission.com for automated requests (CATALOG, SUBSCRIBE,
> etc.)
> ear@xmission.com for human contact
>
> World-Wide Web:
> http://www.xmission.com/~ear
> http://www.3sheep.com/ear-rational
rea.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 20:34:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) AH on TV.
Hey.
Our buddy Eylon posted this tidbit to the IDM list today which I
thought was fairly interesting (edited, of course):
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 01:24:09 +0200
From: Eylon Israeli <snowjob@actcom.co.il>
Subject: (idm) oval
A friend of mine told me he saw an interview with OVAL on a french channel
(ARTE) in which they showed a piece of machinary which was basicaly a
modified CD that takes random parts of music and makes a massive REPEAT.
This is second hand info but I had the impression they make most of their
music in this manner. Of course if I had the pleasure of listening to
their music I would have had a better opinion. Also on the program were
interviews with AFX, Atom Heart, Deep Space Network (yuck!) and Alec Empire
(Hurray!).
Snow.
---------- End ----------
So. Anyone know anything more about this?
vt.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
on: "Act" by ATOMU' SHINZO
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:12:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) FS: Lassigue Bendthaus and +N.
Ok.
I'm posting this as a favor to a former list-member, so contact him
(and not me) if you're interested, at:
Ed Miner <eminer@netscape.com>
Anyway, here's what he's got:
> i am trying to sell:
>
> lassigue bendthaus matter $11
> lassigue bendthaus cloned $9
> +n ex.s $20
renim.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 12:32:57 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Brown.
brown by atom heart on rather interesting is finally sitting safely in the
united states, having come through the second time with no customs
problems...
its worth the wait : f@cked up electro, some acid, some jazzyloungeystuff
and lots of token weirdness.
oh and lots of bass too.
on now : brown with the breakdance scene from 'la heine' playing on the
video in the background.
recommended manga for october : 'ghost in the shell' by masamune shirow
respects c . u . e .
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
8 7 e t h e l a v e n u e # 2 ,
m i l l v a l l e y .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 9 4 1 .
4 1 5 3 8 3 7 9 9 0
** newly updated burning man stuff http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 09:54:06 -0400
From: "Aran M. Parillo" <aran@mit.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) +n built [FS] and brown [NFS] initial impressions
Well in one day EAR/Rational (who has been caring for my CD needs since I
first stepped online thank you) hit me with a double whammie of the Uwe
"good times" musical virus yesterday. Last night I gave each the once-over
and here are some first impressions.
Brown is (was? :) that next level of Uwe which I was hoping (waiting) for.
Developments here come in the form of steroid-ed thick kick drums packing
more punch and distorto-crunch without losing an ounce of the programming
complexity which Atom Heart fans have come accustomed to. As well, here,
the 'cocktail vibes' feel more integrated into the framework of songs
rather then the distinct separateness that they appear in say, Machine
Paisley. No groping for the FFW button in the dark, this is one crayon
I'll enjoy watching melt on the radiator.
+N Built however does not excite me in a way that scooper@burn had hoped
for. ;) I found some of the themes cliche (within the Rather Interesting
state of play) and many of the sounds/songs less then gripping. Sure there
are a few moments when it all falls into place but playing out in the
afterburn of Brown this CD sounds a bit stock. Indeed many of sean's
observations are on the mark, I'm just not attaching my sucker onto it's
vein.
Teep
* I'm looking for buyers/traders who are interested in taking over the
ownership of both my Machine Paisley and +N Built. Email me personally
for info.
aran@mit.edu | Aran Parillo | PO Box 581 | Cambridge, MA 02142 | USA
CEO Rorschach Tekniques LTD ph/px (617) 321-7355
http://beyond.hnt.com/rt/teknique.htm
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 21:35:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) "Stereo Cocktail"
So.
I finally got a copy of "Stereo Cocktail" by LISA CARBON & FRIENDS.
This POD-release is basically the same thing as the U.S. issuance,
"Expirimental Post Techno Swing" (on SONIC), but with a different title
obviously.
The tracks are also in a different order making this a more enjoyable
listen than the domestic (U.S.) version. Really. Also, this release has
it's own unique picture sleeve which is totally different than the one for
EPTS. In fact, there is a distorted photo of a woman on the front - Lisa
herself, possibly? The sleeve credits all artwork to her as well.
Visually enticing.
So why in the hell did SONIC change the appearance and composition of
their version so drastically? They're both basically the same thing,
except one you can find in the dollar bins while the other will cost you
about twenty bucks.
cinos.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
on: "Matter" by LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:49:08 -0400
From: William Perez <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) "Stereo Cocktail"
christopher miller <evil@digital.net> wrote:
> So why in the hell did SONIC change the appearance and composition
> of their version so drastically? They're both basically the same thing,
> except one you can find in the dollar bins while the other will cost you
> about twenty bucks.
Sonic is basically Instinct and they were too cheap to license the original
artwork as well as the music - especially when they can just pay their own
graphic designer a lot less money to come up with their own design. I
purchased the original Big Rooms by Deep Space Network on Source Records
which was reissued by Instinct and noticed that the artwork was totally
different. I had a few friends working for Instinct at the time and they
explained to me that this was the reason why. I believe this is not true
any longer.
___
/ / / / / / _ __/ mailto:will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ ___/ http://hyperreal.com/~will/
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:41:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - AH Fax titles.
Hey.
For those interested, Synaptic Records <synaptic@eazy.net> is having
an auction of a bunch of the older FAX titles. E-mail them directly for
the list in it's entirety, otherwise here's what they're offering AH-wise:
> Atom Heart,Live at Sel I/s/c,fax PS 08/41,CD,
> Atom Heart,Coeur Atomique,fax PS 08/27,CD,
noitcua.
.`-).
@@ -'
christopher miller o.'
evil@digital.net '
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 11:06:56 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) new atom heart
a review of the latest atom heart disc (the first on the recent
programmings label) from staalplaat's "vital weekly":
> ATOM HEART - SHELLGLOVE (CD by Recent Programmings)
>
> From the ever prolific composer Atom Heart a new CD on a new label. Some
> people may think Muslimgauze or Merzbow are the unstoppable ones, but
> Atom Heart's production is even bigger. Most of the stuff Uwe Schmidt put
> out on his own label, Rather Interesting, didn't appeal to me very much.
> Too jazzy, easy or whatever and which I thought didn't go in any
> particular direction. On Shellglove Uwe displays a wide variety of the
> many directions which some define as dance music. At times minimalist,
> at other times jazzy or ambient, this album is well-balanced and it's
> variety makes this into a much better album that one-directional albums
> on Rather Interesting. (FdW)
>
> Address: Andernacher strasse 18 - 90411 Nurnberg - Germany
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:36:48 -0400
From: "Aran M. Parillo" <aran@mit.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) PODatacide
Hi,
I'm interested in opinions/descriptions of:
Datacide (Atom Heart & Tetsu Inoue) Pod CD 1993
Thanks!
Teep
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 14:06:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) PODatacide
> Datacide (Atom Heart & Tetsu Inoue) Pod CD 1993
A few hard techno tracks (like those on the POD compilation) and other
lighter, more ambient-techno tracks. Unlike the RI Datacide & Masters of
Psychedelic Ambience CDs. The hard techno tracks are blinding and the rest
didn't impress me quite as much. As a whole it could have better pacing,
though the individual tracks are fine. I'll give it a 5/10 on the relative
scale.
--Mark
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 18:31:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) The Showroom Recording Series #2.
On Wed, 23 Oct 1996 Eylon Israeli pondered (on the IDM list):
> > VA.The Showroom Recording Series #2 (Cheap)
> >
> > A1. Radio Burning Chrome
> > A2. Vice
> > B1. Clave Siete
> > B2. Connection
> >
> > A rare one from Cheap, in my experience: an incredibly listenable slab
> > of LazyBoy electro with dashes of funk and jazz. The lowdown: 4 tracks,
> > all breakbeat, in varying states of lunacy ranging from the more
>
> [snip]
>
> > releases do this for me). The less complex tracks groove in a vein
> > similar to some Atom Heart (the influence is obvious, anyway, even if
> > not immediately apparent in the style), while the upbeat stuff kicks,
> > amuses,
>
> eeerrrmmm... I once had a feeling/rumour/vision about Lisa Carbon
> releasing something on cheap... is this another clue? Maybe.
Actually, I think this record is indeed Lisa (I mean, just look at the
title for the third track: "Clave Siete"). Now where was it I had
originally heard about her releasing a record on CHEAP?
So, can anyone verify that this record *is* LISA CARBON?
paehc.
.`--).
È È -'
christopher miller O.'
evil@digital.net '
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 00:26:38 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) The Showroom Recording Series #2.
> Actually, I think this record is indeed Lisa (I mean, just look at
> the title for the third track: "Clave Siete"). Now where was it I had
> originally heard about her releasing a record on CHEAP?
>
> So, can anyone verify that this record *is* LISA CARBON?
well, although the tracks are far more complete and dynamic than any of the
lct stuff i've heard, i wouldn't entirely rule out the possibility of a
connection (at least on _one_ of the tracks), since there's a pretty heavy
latin jazz/electro fusion going on through most of the record. but it
_does_ pretty clearly state (as i indicated toward the bottom of my review)
that it's a patrick pulsinger production, and lisa's name (or any alias
thereof that i'm aware of) does not appear anywhere on the record.
anyway, who cares? it's a fucking brilliant ep, and anyone who digs atom
heart/lisa carbon/goofed-up electro-jazz should get it, regardless of who's
involved...
sc
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:03:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - R.I./FAX stuff for cheap
Well.
I know I post thease `lead' things all the time, and here's another
one (edited of course). By the way, I'm not ever promoting any of these
shops I post about, I just can't ignore sharing great deals when I come
across them.
Anyway, if you haven't gotten the below R.I. cds yet, you really ought
to (they're really inexpensive):
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: pyramid@well.com (Etherworld)
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 06:21:29 -0700
Subject: (amb) Fax Stuff...
Hello:
Etherworld has these cool things in:
The following CDs are $12.99 each:
Jet Chamber 2
On Rather Interesting:
Atom Heart "Brown" $12.99
Atom Heart "Dots" (getting hard to find) $14.99
Dandy Jack & the Cosmic Trousers $12.99
Atom Heart "Mono Trademark" $12.99
Atom Heart "Machine Paisley" $12.99
Paranoid $12.99
+N "Built" $12.99
- -Enjoy
Joe
Etherworld Publishing & Recordings
P.O. Box 15374 San Francisco, CA 94115 USA
tel/fax +1 415 771-5622
Visa/MC Line: 1-800-955-8334
pyramid@well.com
http://www.well.com/user/pyramid/Ether.html
---------- End ----------
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 03:38:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Uwe Schmidt Dissertation - by Mark Kolmar.
Hey.
This was on the COIL-list last week, and I thought I'd share it here.
I really dug what Mark had to say... it gives a good balance to the `how
and why' we like Uwe Schmidt's stuff. Well, at least I think so.
I especially got a kick out of the very last sentence. Dig it:
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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 18:11:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@ccs.nslsilus.org>
To: coil@hollyfeld.org
Subject: Re: techno/Atom Heart
Some of the current fans agree with accusation that Atom Heart has been
suffering from FAX disease lately. Rather than babbling on about all the
records being amazing or he's a god or something, I'm happy to say I'm a
fan but it is also not the case that every time he turns on his equipment a
brilliant accident happens. He has turned out quality material, while
being incredibly self-indulgent, so that I have no regrets about following
the many releases. (cf Merzbow)
One reason many of the recordings don't require much time to create is that
they are clearly spontaneous. One of the 14-minute tracks on the +N,
_ex.s_ disc sounds like it was created on the fly -- you can even hear the
metronome of the drum machine. For the most part it does not seem that he
spends a lot of time on sound design like Coil does. Each record is not
intended to be a Magnum Opus, but rather another in an endless stream of
rhythm and texture.
Most of the tracks are also very sparse, and as a composer myself I can
tell you it a lot easier to get two or three parts to jibe, versus a large
array of interlocking parts (as I generally do). I mean this as a neutral
observation.
The Lassigue Bendthaus project is reserved for music in which he takes
great care. Certain other projects like Datacide and +N are ongoing
collaborations. Other project names, from what I hear, are a result of
legal issues which apparently prevent him from releasing records under the
name Atom Heart, though he can "produce".
These are the releases I can recommend most, and much of the list overlaps
with other fans' opinions:
Lassigue Bendthaus, _Cloned_ (Contempo, Italy [rip] / Kk, Belgium /
Metropolis, USA)
Techno leaning toward industrial/ebm
Lassigue Bendthaus, _Render: Audible_ (Kk, Belgium)
Multi-layered, multi-faceted 303/808/909 techno with lots of samples &
quotations
I, _Repetetive Digital Noise_ (POD Communications, Germany)
Short, looped phrases with timbral tweaking, rough but extremely crisp
and it will strain all but the best sound systems.
Urban Primitivism, _684_ (POD Communications, Germany)
Hardcore, pissed-off techno
Morphogenetic Fields (on Rough Trade)
A varied album, light&dark, trippy and lovely
Softcore (on FAX Sublabel)
Some FAX disease but a standout nonetheless
+N, _ex.s_ (with Victor Sol, Chris & Cosey) (on Geometrik, Spain)
Resembles Lassigue Bendthaus to a degree, many short tracks between
several longer ones.
VSVN (Very Synthetic Virtual Noise) (on Rather Interesting thru FAX)
Assembled from short loops and phrases, nice ever-shifting tracks, a
favorite of most fans
BASS (Binary Amplified Super Stereo) (on Rather Interesting thru FAX)
Robo-funk of great lunacy, something like VSVN in spots
Silver Sound 60 (on Rather Interesting thru FAX)
Varied, light, and a touch of post-modern jazz.
Unfortunately you'll have a heck of a time locating many of these.
--Mark
--
"We invented machines in order to reduce our work. Now that we have them,
we think we should go on working." -- John Cage
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 00:08:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Howard Stelzer <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Atom Heart for Trade
Hello! First of all. Chris has asked me to make it VERY CLEAR that I am
NOT Christopher Brent Miller, but only his very good buddy who has no
computer (poor me) and wants to trade AH CDs. That said, there are
particular titles I'm willing to trade AH for, and I've listed them below.
The Atom Heart CDs I'm offering are:
VSVN "Very Synthetic Virtual Noise"
Dots "Elevator Music"
Atom Heart "Live at sel i/s/c"
Datacide "Flowerhead"
Silver Sound "60"
The music I'll cheerfully trade any of these titles for is as follows:
any Merzbow vinyl (LPs)
any HNAS vinyl
P16.D4 "Tronchior"
Siglo XX "Dubbel", "Antler Tracks 2"
any Hijo Kaidan vinyl
Colin Newman "prvisionally entitled the singing fish/Not To" CD
Gilbert and Lewis "8 Time" CD
Violent Onsen Geisha "Excrete Music"
SBOTHI "End", "The Sound Can Change"
Yello "I.T. Splash/Gluehead"
AMM "Newfoundland"
RLW "14", "When Freezing Air Stings Like Ice"
Nord any
Trisomie 21 "Side by Side", "Raw Material", "Distant Voices"
"Chapter 4;Wait and Dance", "Les Repos de la Enfants..."
Le Syndicat "Delikatessen"
Pankow "God's Denube" EP (Kindergarten)
Borghesia "Their Laws, Our Lives", "Love is Colder Than Death"
This Heat "Health and Efficiency" CD
any old noise vinyl
That's it! You can sorta get the picture of what kinda stuff I'm into,
so's if you've got any weird noise titles, try offering, but please DON'T
OFFER CASH. Just respond to me c/o Chris' address.
You can't stop rock and roll. Blah, blah, blah. Good bye.
howard stelzer
evil@digital.net
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 19:34:03 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Happy Birthday Mom.
Well.
As of yesterday's date, MOTHER has been in existence (in one form or
another) for a full year. To celebrate, I have one copy of "Elevator
Music" by DOTS which I want to give to some deserving soul on this list. I
will send it out to anybody, anywhere in the world...
...all you have to do is e-mail me directly (and NOT the list) by
midnight Saturday, telling me what the guy's name is who we infatuate so
much over. I'm sure this won't be a problem for anyone on this wooonderful
discussion-group (right?).
So anyway, Sunday morning I will simply write down on scraps of paper
all of those names who participated and then have my five-and-a-half year-
old daughter pick one at random from a bowl. Or a hat. Or a pumpkin or
something.
Oooooo. How exciting.
yadhtrib.
.`--).
È È -'
christopher miller O.'
evil@digital.net '
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 19:49:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - RI for sale/trade
Hi.
This was on the Ambient list last night (it's part of a much longer
list, which I've edited obviously):
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From: "Tim Zeigler" <zig@pa.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 22:47:15 +0000
Subject: (amb) CDs for Sale
Prices include shipping. Will consider trades.
HAT - Hosono, Inoue, Heart (RI) $12
Victor Sol - Paranoid (RI) $12
Atom Heart - Machine Paisley (RI) $12
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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:02:53 -0500
From: GD <g-d@worldnet.att.net>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Happy Birthday Mom.
Uwe Schmidtkins!
for what it's worth, 'birthday' backwards looks like 'diatribe' in reverse:
ebirtaid
yadhtrib
I guess they're one and the same.
GD
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:37:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - LB remix of PANKOW
Cool.
This is kind of hard to find, so it's nice seeing it at such an
inexpensive asking price. Oh, and it's a reallyreally good remix too.
Here's the original post as taken off of RMI (edited quite a bit, of
course):
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 19:49:42 -0800
From: tenebrae <tenebrae@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.music.industrial
Subject: cd sale
Yes, yet another cd sale on rmi! All prices are ppd. in the US. YoU guyz
know the deal;
for more info or to reserve a disc mail me at tenebrae@uclink4.berkeley.edu
pankow- stupidity/remeberme (w/ rmix by lassigue bendthaus) $4
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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:20:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Electro Tm.
A while ago, Aran Pee described RI 038 as being:
> mono tm infringment i wanna do oldschool electro but I'm better off
> sticking to what I know best?
Hm. What do you guys think? Personally, I really dig MONO TM. Very
nice collaboration with... who did we decide it was? Matthew Herbert (aka
DOCTOR ROCKITT), I think. Anyway, I'd be curious to hear opinions about
this disc.
mt.
.`--).
È È -'
christopher miller O.'
evil@digital.net '
p.s. I meant to send this out quite a while ago, but I forgot (sorry about
the lack of timeliness). Ah, whatever.
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:11:50 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: Re: (mother) Electro Tm.
> A while ago, Aran Pee described RI 038 as being:
>
> > mono tm infringment i wanna do oldschool electro but I'm better off
> > sticking to what I know best?
This seems like a slighly uncharitable way of saying the disc is a cross
between electro and some of the sounds he's been doing previously. After
_Machine Paisley_ I was happy. (I'm not fond of the faux cocktail-lounge
jazz sound.)
--Mark
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:19:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Atom Heart Live In Chile.
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:27:08 -0400 (AST)
From: "Tim Fothegill F. Ciencias Dpto. Biologia"
<fothegil@abello.dic.uchile.cl>
To: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Subject: Re: ATOM HEART LIVE IN CHILE.
Christopher
Tonight`s the night. Atom Heart this evening here in Santiago. Have to
say that I don`t have a lot of experience of Herr Schmidt, but I`ve been
told the one last Friday was excellent. I`ll write and tell you about it
tomorrow probably.
Tim
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Christopher Miller wrote:
> Tim.
>
> Ok. There's *absolutely* no excuse for you missing this:
>
> > several gigs will be held by atom heart end of october in santiago de
> > chile together with dandy jack and pink elln.
>
> So, are you going?
>
> elihc.
> .`-).
> @@ -'
> christopher miller o.'
> evil@digital.net '
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Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 19:31:10 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) New Release on RATHER INTERESTING ... DATACIDE ... ONDAS
With RI040 Rather Interesting presents another production from the
meanwhile well known and well established duo Tetsu Inoue/Atom Heart
working under the name of >Datacide<. One year after their fabulous R.I.
album named >Flowerhead< they come back, again with another step forward
exploring the files of psychedelic sounds. This time in a rather
conceptual manner they are drifting between unusual ambient textures,
environmental images, humourous entertainment and (yes!) psychedelic pop
structures. The album title >Ondas<, the spanish word for >Waves<, pretty
much sets the image: all kinds of waves, frequencies and vibrations are
featured as well as used on this outstanding production. Shortwave
textures are blended into sinewave modulated erotic funk tunes and in
between little quotations are dropped such as the track >Onsurf< which is
dedicated to the Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The mood is positive, the drink
is served, please relax... this is >Ondas<.
respects c . u . e .
f a x l a b e l u . s . a .
8 7 e t h e l a v e n u e # 2 ,
m i l l v a l l e y .
c a l i f o r n i a 9 4 9 4 1 .
4 1 5 3 8 3 7 9 9 0
** newly updated burning man stuff http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 22:49:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Re: New Release on RATHER INTERESTING ... DATACIDE ...
ONDAS
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Charles Uzzell-Edwards announced:
> With RI040 Rather Interesting presents another production from the
> meanwhile well known and well established duo Tetsu Inoue/Atom Heart
> working under the name of >Datacide<.
Anyone know when the supposedly planned new MASTERS OF PSYCHEDELIC
AMBIANCE is coming out? I dug this project [of theirs] much more than any
of the DATACIDE stuff. Much more experimental - much more interesting.
apom.
.`--).
È È -'
christopher miller O.'
evil@digital.net '
on: "Brown" by BROWN
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 07:34:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) The letter Uwe and the numeral 23.
Twenty-three.
This was posted on the Ambient list Wednesday, and since no one on
mother has really brought this up before...
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From: "COLDCUTS" <coldcuts@netcom.ca>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 04:35:13 -0600
Subject: (amb) Re: Victor Sol - Paranoid
A quick flip through the Sol disc at first makes one go hmmmmm, but I
personally have enjoyed it immensely jacked up loud, layin' back listening
to the first initial kick+waveform evolve towards many interesting sonic
corners and a spatial movement technique or two. Wicked (in my opinion)
for housework and keeping ya pumpin while cleaning the space the day after
chill-out gatherings.
Definitely needing that minimalism aesthetic in order to appreciate
properly (or in other states of advanced concentration), sorta like an
extended sojourn into Hawtinesque Conception, except realized to farther
extents. (On that note...Goooosshhh on Jak's Bak transmission. He
definitely played safe for the Winnipeg crowd [as was to be expected] in
comparison. Not enough electronic muso-types round here to merit the
insane onslaught for appreciation purposes, though.)
'Tis a departure from the Sol I'm used to, though, but we luvs him all da
same.
On another note... Uwe Schmidt seems to have the 23 bug (with both regular
RI series as well as the above mentioned Paranoid disc as first ltd series
'un starting off numerically that way). Any interviews with him pertaining
to his particular philisophical quirks and non-musical interests lying
around the 'lectronic scape? (as his sphere of influence has done the most
tittilation to me musically as of late et.al. label, collaborations, etc...
and no I'm not an annoying TOPY-head [as opposed to certain interesting
TOPI-heads that I've had the pleasure to meet])
(forgive me if this veers off the musical sphere of influence...., but at
least we're not talkin' bout 'bout Bryn & his 'Gauze manifesto...)
- -
NP: Sol/Heyduck - Aerial Service Area I (cuz ya mades me)
- -
- -
John Quest
HOUSE OF COLDCUTS (For the neurochemically-inclined & naturally-elevated)
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Oh, and welcome to mother John.
tseuq.
.`--).
È È -'
christopher miller O.'
evil@digital.net '
on: "Brown" by BROWN
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 21:42:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Atom Heart live in Santiago.
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 10:35:15 -0400 (AST)
From: "Tim Fothegill F. Ciencias Dpto. Biologia"
<fothegil@abello.dic.uchile.cl>
To: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>, Ambient <ambient@hyperreal.com>,
IDM <idm@hyperreal.com>
Subject: Atom Heart live in Santiago
Sorry for this crosspost, but just thought I`d tell you all about this
event last night. The music was more applicable to IDM but I know Uwe
Schmidt has done some very ambient stuff before so I thought you might be
interested.
I have to say I didn`t really know what to expect as the only thing I
actually have of Atom Heart`s is the remix he did for Prong. The night was
billed as Atom Heart vs (something in German I can`t remember right now).
What it consisted of three of them, two Germans and a Chilean, improvising
on a box of tricks and trying to synch it with what the other two were
doing. This is the sort of thing that would work well if everyone
concerned knew the others very, very well. Unfortunately, this didn`t seem
to be the case, so there were many instances where things felt a bit
disjointed. There were moments of brillance as well to make up for it
though.
I`m not very good at describing this sort of music but I`ll give it a go.
It was animated enough to get people moving but no one was in danger of
breaking a sweat. I would say that the music was like a trancey (does this
word exist?) version of the Artificial Intelligence comps. I hope this
makes some sort of sense to someone. It was, unfortunately, a little
difficult to tell exactly who was doing what so I couldn`t say who was
leading and who was following.
I don`t know if it was recorded. I didn`t see a DAT machine, but then I
don`t really know what they look like. I wouldn`t be suprised if it
doesn`t get released as a live thing due to the disjointed bits. They
might just take out the brilliant bits and use them.
Sorry for the long cross post.
Tim
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