Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 23:05:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - Atom Heart, Lisa Carbon, RI.1 comp.
Um.
Here's an excerpt from a much larger FS list I received:
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:40:47 -0600
From: Thad Biggerstaff <leafflow@coop.crn.org>
Subject: Re: SEND LIST
if interested in any of the below reply via private email to
leafflow@coop.crn.org
if possible, include a reference to what you want in the subject line of
your reply (this will help me keep track of things better!) I will get
back to you as soon as possible.
add $2 for shipping within USA.
other items of note:
1) cds either play like new or are new (I at times help the music
store I work at roll over inventory...)
2) vinyl is in used but good condition, unless otherwise marked.
3) I will bargain on large orders- make an offer!
4) and finally, as usual, I will consider *trades*- make offers:)
also, when wishing to trade, list what you have to trade, and if possible
include in your picks from the list below alternatives, in case items have
already been claimed. I will then try and match what is left from my list
with ones I'm interested in that you have to trade.
CD format:
~~~~~~~~~
REAL INTELLIGENCE Vol. 1: Compilation (on Rather Interesting) $13
LISA CARBON & FRIENDS: Stereococktail (on Pod) $15
DEEPNET: 2cd Compilation (feat. Atom Heart, Psychophysicist,
Robert Rich, Lustmord, Monte Cazazza, TAGC, Coma
Virus, CTI, Octopus...) $15
---------- End ----------
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 20:11:43 -0800
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) availability of 'apart' 12"
there's a record store having a 50% off sale which means the 3 or 4 copies
that i didn't buy are sitting there for $5 each. i can go down there and
get them if anybody wants them.
eric
p.s. anybody looking for a copy of lb's _automotif_?
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 23:54:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Jet Chamber 3 + Dandy Jack And The Plastic Woman.
On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Sean Cooper made a wish:
> haven't heard _dandy jack and the plastic woman_ yet, but i have, er,
> high hopes (and i hope he got the fotf out of his system on the last
> one...).
Well Sean, it seems your wish has been granted. This album is very
nice... lots of weird ambient experimentalism going on. Absolutely
positively *not* what I was expecting either. A very pleasant surprise
indeed.
Oh, and WHO exactly is `The Plastic Woman' anyway? I'm assuming she
is the person sharing the picture sleeves with Martin (aka Dandy Jack)?
Um (just bear with me on this one), is she Lisa Carbon? Nothing on the
album sounds remotely like what I've heard from her though. Ok, so I know
my fascination with `Who is Lisa Carbon?' is getting a bit old...
...regardless, who is she?
Also, I'm listening to "Jet Chamber III" right now and I've got to say
that this is definitely a must-buy! Wow - fantastic shit. This new album
is *not* like the previous two Jet Chamber discs... it's a very nice change
from what we've been hearing lately Ah-wise.
I'd also like to point out that it is *not* d&b in the traditional
sense. Don't be fooled by a genre/term which you may or may not like.
Very loopy - not jungly.
The sleeve is about the ugliest thing i've seen though. I wish there
were some meaningful liner notes for this album though. What I'm wondering
about in particular is; are there any other collaborators on it besides
Namlook and Schmidt? I'm mainly wondering who's playing the guitar on the
tracks that feature it. Yes, guitar.
ehs.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 02:26:10 -0800
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
To: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Cc: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) availability of 'apart' 12"
'automotif' is the 12"
eric
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 97 10:49:48 -0500
From: Roy SeGuine <rseguine@buckeye.mitre.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Jet Chamber 3 [Guitar]
[snippage]
CE> What I'm wondering about in particular is; are there any other
CE> collaborators on it besides Namlook and Schmidt?
CE> I'm mainly wondering who's playing the guitar on the tracks that
CE> feature it. Yes, guitar.
That would be Peter guitar according to his recent post...
namlook> ... I did experimental Jazz-Rock-fusion myself since 1979,
namlook> released several albums in that musical area... and if you listen
namlook> to Jet Chamber III ... you will know what I mean.. and why I dont
namlook> need to collaborate with another guitar player.
---
Roy SeGuine Cyberspace Architect rseguine@clark.net
*many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased* Dan12:4
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 11:04:19 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Jet Chamber 3 + Dandy Jack And The Plastic Woman.
>> haven't heard _dandy jack and the plastic woman_ yet, but i have, er,
>> high hopes (and i hope he got the fotf out of his system on the last
>> one...).
>
> Well Sean, it seems your wish has been granted. This album is very
> nice... lots of weird ambient experimentalism going on. Absolutely
> positively *not* what I was expecting either. A very pleasant surprise
> indeed.
just picked this up today and yeah, i must say this is about the best thing
i've heard since _hat_ or the elfish echo on km20 (well, minus those two
housey trax towards the end, as warped as they are). actually, as i was
listening to the thing for the first time it struck me that it might set
something of a new standard for rather interesting releases. as
groundbreaking and mind-boggling as they usually are, many ri releases tend
to sound a bit thin production-wise. not necessarily a fault of uwe's, who
tends to use ri as a laboratory of breadth rather than depth (try producing
an album a month with a higher sonic standard!), but a notion which
nonetheless by mixdown tends to suggest hurry. _dandy jack and the plastic
woman_, on the other hand, is extremely well-produced and engineered, the
sounds arranged and orchestrated with a real ear for space and dimension;
even the noodly synth bits at the beginning (very nice, btw) sound cleaner
and more substantial than a lot of uwe's stuff. i'm not saying jacko has
toppled the king or anything (apples and oranges, to a certain extent), but
_plastic woman_ is certainly an amazing album.
and those photographs are hilarious!
sc
p.s. didn't really like _jet chamber iii_, tho that first track is amazing,
but namlook's subsequent ash ra temple-isms on bass and guitar almost
made me nauseous!!!
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:19:13 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Jet Chamber 3 + Dandy Jack And The Plastic Woman.
> to sound a bit thin production-wise. not necessarily a fault of uwe's,
> who tends to use ri as a laboratory of breadth rather than depth (try
> producing an album a month with a higher sonic standard!), but a notion
> which nonetheless by mixdown tends to suggest hurry.
It sounds to me like Atom Heart's dry soundstage is deliberate. I like to
use a lot of effects (and I find a pleasant kind of grainy thickness in
cheap FX that gets the sound I like), but everyone is after a different
sound. With more reverb, echo, distortion, or whatever, Atom Heart's
records would have a significantly different color. Side effect: few FX
-> low noise floor. It's always those damn FX boxes that wreck the noise
floor (cf. mid-80's Cabarat Voltaire).
--Mark
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:27:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Re: Jet Chamber 3 [Guitar]
On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Roy SeGuine (forwarded what Pete Namlook) wrote:
> ... I did experimental Jazz-Rock-fusion myself since 1979, released
> several albums in that musical area... and if you listen to Jet Chamber
> III ... you will know what I mean.. and why I dont need to collaborate
> with another guitar player.
Well then... I am indeed impressed.
koolman.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 01:37:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Chris Tourgelis <ctourgel@mail.usyd.edu.au>
Subject: (mother) Re: Atom Heart @ Kinselas, Sydney, Fri20o12o96
On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Chris Tourgelis wrote:
> At the door I bought for A$10 a tape of Atom Heart's Live PA on his last
> tour of Australia (contact: http://www.usyd.edu.au/~sfraser/cat/ for more
> info).
Has anyone else gotten this? I haven't checked out the above address
yet and was just wondering if anyone had any more info on it? Regardless,
I'll be sending away for it once I do get the snail address, etc.
> Also for sale in the shops is a Beauty Forward tour CD which contains
> some exclusive remixes by Atom Heart and Bernd Friedmann (remixes of
> their own material - I think I saw some Apart tracks) and some Black Lung
> tracks from other releases.
This is also something I'd like to acquire. Does anyone know of any
places Stateside that might have it in stock? If not, are there any
Australian online places I can order it from Chris?
ytuaeb.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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p.s. I am so glad that that BEAUTY FORWARD mystery is finally cleared up.
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 22:52:09 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) new lisa carbon release on rather interesting
the next release on R.I. will be from Lisa Carbon herself (thats all the
info I have so far)
respects c . u . e .
(appearing soon as a rebel pilot with the eewoks in the Star Wars Trilogy)
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
real audio sound bites and more... http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 21:31:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
Subject: (mother) Re: new lisa carbon release on rather interesting
On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, charles uzzell-edwards wrote:
> the next release on R.I. will be from Lisa Carbon herself (thats all the
> info I have so far)
Fantastic. New Lisa Carbon! ;}
This is the second in the Latin series I'm assuming? Will the Se§or
Coconut album be next?
Oh, and speaking of... has Uwe moved to Chile yet?
asil.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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on: "Render" by LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:04:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Arjun Mendiratta <arjun@ugcs.caltech.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) HAT/Silversound trade
Would amybody be willing to trade their copy of HAT for a nearly new Silver
Sound 60?
just wondering...
-Arjun
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 01:24:51 +0100 (MET)
From: Hz <harryw@sn.no>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) HAT/Silversound trade
> Would amybody be willing to trade their copy of HAT for a nearly new
> Silver Sound 60?
I would pay 25$ + a copy of airIII for this one..
I would also like to get "paranoid", and any Dandy Jack cd's on RI. If
anyone knows someplace that have RI titles in stock, PLEASE let me know....
Anyone know the @mail adress for recent programmings? Do they have a web
site..? I want "apart"&"shellglove".Are these the only releases by AH on
this label.. are there any other goodies from this label/any other good
bands..?
thanks for any info, harryw@sn.no
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 19:52:06 -0700 (MST)
From: Eric Frans <franse@engr.arizona.edu>
To: Atom Heart <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Mike McCoy & Acid Pin-Up
Hello all.
I am borrowing a CD from a friend entitled "Acid Pin-Up". The only artists
listed on the spine and liner notes are Steve Stoll and Mike McCoy. Since
I'm pretty sure we have confirmed that Mike McCoy is a Uwe Schmidt alias, I
have a question for anyone familiar with this disc. Is the Acid Pin-Up CD a
collaboration of Steve Stoll and Uwe Schmidt or did each artist create
separate tracks? There is no way to tell by looking at the liner notes
because only the track names are given with no artist names by them.
Anyway, I'm just curious which (if any) tracks on the CD are Uwe's.
Thanks.
| E r i c | [mail] franse@engr.arizona.edu |
| F r a n s | [web] http://intermix.engr.arizona.edu/~franse |
"Make the events occur that you want to occur" - The Black Dog
on: The Weird Lovemakers - "Electric Chump"
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 00:47:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Warren Nicholls <warrenn@redac.co.uk>
Subject: (mother) 49/69 Glamour.
On Thu, 6 Jun 96 Warren Nicholls wrote:
> Anyone know anything about this release:
>
> VARIOUS (ACID JESUS, I, DANDY JACK, PINK ELLN & VICTOR SOL) :
> 49/69 Glamour (Higlamm Phonographics 12": GLAM 001)
>
> Looks quite interesting????
Just a re-hash... so has anyone heard anything more about this
release? It's title, by the way, is "49/69 Glamour".
ruomalg.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 01:02:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Hz <harryw@sn.no>
Subject: (mother) Re: HAT/Silversound trade
On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Harry pleaded:
> If anyone knows someplace that have RI titles in stock,PLEASE let me
> know....
Try this guy out:
Christian Thier <thier@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de> / fax#: 06039/45406
He handles the European R.I. mail-order service.
reiht.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 01:12:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Eric Frans <franse@engr.arizona.edu>
Subject: (mother) Re: Mike McCoy & Acid Pin-Up
On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Eric Frans enquired:
> I am borrowing a CD from a friend entitled "Acid Pin-Up". The only
> artists listed on the spine and liner notes are Steve Stoll and Mike
> McCoy. Since I'm pretty sure we have confirmed that Mike McCoy is a Uwe
> Schmidt alias, I have a question for anyone familiar with this disc. Is
> the Acid Pin-Up CD a collaboration of Steve Stoll and Uwe Schmidt or did
> each artist create separate tracks? There is no way to tell by looking
> at the liner notes because only the track names are given with no artist
> names by them. Anyway, I'm just curious which (if any) tracks on the CD
> are Uwe's.
Hm. Well, I'm fairly sure that the MIKE McCOY stuff is Uwe-solo
(based on what he had said in an interview which I read), but who really
knows? Anyway, as far as which tracks are by MM, you tell us...
...here's a complete MM discography (have fun matching the song
titles):
AZID RAMCASH : MIKE McCOY (1994)
1 1944432217/010
2 3327715184/001
3 3947813333/100
4 8740007731/101
5 0024993214/111
6 1945332785/011
GER (12"ep. JJ 001) JJ
note: The GERMAN 12" ep. for "Azid Ramcash" comes in a white generic die-
cut sleeve.
note: The GERMAN 12" ep. for "Azid Ramcash" has the following messages
etched into its run-out grooves, on Side A: "AZiD RAMCASH", and on
Side B: "ACID RAMCASH".
AZID RAMCASH II : MIKE McCOY (1994)
1 0059324389/001
2 1717742777/010
3 1378955648/101
4 5584748550/100
5 0001000987/011
6 4814850993/110
UK (12"ep. JJ 003) JJ
note: The UK 12" ep. for "Azid Ramcash II" comes in a generic white die-
cut sleeve.
ACID RAMCASH 3 : MIKE McCOY (1994)
1 8304066601/101
2 8005213747/100
3 1914371297/110
4 2643335502/001
5 4271337726/011
6 3412191099/111
UK (12"ep. JJ 004) JJ
note: The UK 12" ep. for "Acid Ramcash 3" comes in a generic white die-cut
sleeve.
ACID RAMCASH 4 : MIKE McCOY (1994)
1 8856747634/001
2 0215477777/010
3 7886532200/100
4 3233254991/101
GER (12"ep. JJ 007) JJ/DELIRIUM
note: The GERMAN 12" ep. for "Acid Ramcash 4" comes in a white generic
die-cut sleeve.
ACID RAMCASH 4 : MIKE McCOY (1995)
ACID-PIN-UPS-II : THOMAS HECKMAN
MIKE McCOY
1 7014759855/011
2 5976526232/111
GER (orange transparent vinyl 12"ep. JJ 008) JJ RECORDS
note: The GERMAN 12" ep. for "Acid Ramcash 4 / Acid-Pin-Ups-II" is a
split-ep., with two songs by MIKE McCOY featured on Side A, and two
songs by THOMAS HECKMAN (identified as simply "T.P.H.") on Side B.
note: The GERMAN 12" for "Acid Ramcash 4 / Acid-Pin-Ups-II" comes in a
generic clear plastic record bag (with no picture sleeve), with a
4"x2.75" rectangular grey & white [print] on black sleeve sticker
either affixed to, or inserted inside of the bag. This release has
no record labels affixed to its transparent orange vinyl record, thus
featuring its track listing exclusively on its sleeve sticker, and
its call-number present only as being etched into its run-out groove.
I haven't gotten around to timing any of the above songs, but i'm
pretty sure that they *all* clock in at 3:33. That's the gimmick I
suppose.
Also, I don't remember Steve Stoll having anything to do with any of
the releases on JJ RECORDS... primarily the releases were by either MIKE
McCOY or THOMAS HECKMAN. Oh, and who's Steve Stoll again?
yoccm.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 09:53:32 +0000
From: "Simon A. Cross" <Simon.Cross@j-sainsbury.co.uk>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) BASS/Brown
This is probably only relevant for people living in or around London, but
the Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street has about 10 copies of BASS for 6.50
GBP and at least 20 copies of Brown for 7.50 GBP.
They also have Namlook XI (if that's it's real name) and Namlook/Gorl
Elektro (but not many of either of these).
Simon
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 10:08:30 -0500
From: William Perez <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) HAT/Silversound trade
harryw@sn.no (Hz) wrote:
> I would also like to get "paranoid", and any Dandy Jack cd's on RI. If
> anyone knows someplace that have RI titles in stock,PLEASE let me
> know....
not sure about Paranoid but I think Charlie (FAX USA) recently said he
still had copies of both of Dandy Jack's albums on Rather Interesting. I
might be wrong but if so, you can get them cheaply through either
EAR/Rational: http://www.xmission.com/~ear/
or Etherworld: http://www.well.com/user/pyramid/Ether.html
they both order directly from FAX USA so prices should be cheaper than $15
each.
/ / / / / / mailto:will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ http://www.panix.com/~will/
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 13:04:25 -0700 (MST)
From: Eric Frans <franse@engr.arizona.edu>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: Re: (mother) Re: Mike McCoy & Acid Pin-Up
} Hm. Well, I'm fairly sure that the MIKE McCOY stuff is Uwe-solo
} (based on what he had said in an interview which I read), but who really
} knows? Anyway, as far as which tracks are by MM, you tell us...
I'll compare all the tracks and see which ones match up. Too many damn
numbers... My theory is that each number is supposed to be a telephone
number with the 3 digit area code first and after the "/" is an extension.
} I haven't gotten around to timing any of the above songs, but i'm
} pretty sure that they *all* clock in at 3:33. That's the gimmick I
} suppose.
I'll check the track times, since I didn't even bother to check that. That
would be bizarre if they did that.
} Also, I don't remember Steve Stoll having anything to do with any of
} the releases on JJ RECORDS... primarily the releases were by either MIKE
} McCOY or THOMAS HECKMAN. Oh, and who's Steve Stoll again?
I don't own anything by Steve Stoll, but from what I gather he does minimal
techno stuff and has a couple releases on the Sm:)e label. Actually, he has
an album called "Damn Analog Technology", which should have been released
on Sm:)e two days ago. I'm not sure if it's actually out there yet, though.
Here's a description of it (snagged from the internet somewhere, I
forget...) "A mixture of his usual minimal style with more melodic and
jazzy elements."
Also I own a vinyl EP called "Keep it Acid 2" with McCoy as one of the
artists on it. I believe Heckman is on that one. I'll track it down and
get all the info. on that also. It's on a strange label that begins with
an "A" (sorry, but I'd rather not butcher the spelling). Bochum Welt has
his "Phial EP" on the same label, if that helps any.
More later...
| E r i c | [mail] franse@engr.arizona.edu |
| F r a n s | [web] http://intermix.engr.arizona.edu/~franse |
"Make the events occur that you want to occur" - The Black Dog
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 14:44:04 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) call for info
i'm looking for any biographical and/or discographical information on the
artist known as dandy jack (birthplace, current residence, background,
training, projects, connectiosn to other artists/scenes, etc.). given the
number of industry types on this list (as well as the potential for quiet
lurker types who know everything there is to know about the chilean music
scene), i've opted to send this inquiry to the list as a whole. please
reply to me privately (unless of course others are interested...). i would
also appreciate this message being forwarded to anyone you think might be
able to help. the information will be used for a bio entry in a popular
music reference book.
thanks in advance,
sc
onnow: aphex : rdj
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 14:49:05 -0500
From: "Jason J. Tar" <tarjason@pilot.msu.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Recommendations...
Hello,
On the urging of one Chris Miller, I've been recently acquiring some works
of Atom Heart. On his further bidding, I've listened and wrote some quick
initial impressions from Real Intelligence 1 & 2 and am sending them here
for some feedback and hopefully leads in wading my way through the tons of
AHeart material out there to find something I enjoy... (Too much out to
just buy it all...need direction.) Hope to hear back some positive
recommendations...thanks:
Real Intelligence 1
Flextone: Alaska bit repetative beat, but nice background noise contrast
Dots: Seaweed time discrepency? (liner says 10 minutes, actual 5?)
peaceful, but bass seemed unnecassary as it drew away from its
peacefullness.
VSVN: VSVN#3 Had heard much good about this prior, lived up. odd sounds
with crisp nice rhythms
Datacide: Flowerhead starts off experimental moves to quite laid back
ambience.
Interactive Music: My life as a Zip-File really liked this over the rest,
smooth transitions, but 3 minute fade may have been unnecessary (see
notes below)
Masters of Psychadelic Ambiance: Rather Sleep Than Dance Wow! Where did
it come from & where is it going, does it even know? Damn nice track.
Semiacoustic Nature: Stac! lagged on, stopped short (again see same note)
Silver Sound: Congo nice on top/busy on the bottom. Did it mesh well
though, unsure.
Bass: K-Jam Not sure my headphones went low enough for this track, but I
did like what was going on over the top.
RI: EigenValue Wow a track without rhythm...nice change of pace.
RI: Clear File Really liked this track, especially the static-y beats
Real Inteligence 2 notes: (Note actually listened to RI2 before RI1)
Datacide: Stereo Kiss supercool, earthfeel (dubby) music intro up until
the trippy spoken conversation ('specially with the headphones!)...not
sure if it meshed well (both parts good, but one track?)
RI2: Natural Blur smooth nice drone consistency, scratchiness...really
like the 'sounds' used. Ends too soon!
RI2: Crane Spotting err...hurt my head...slow/fast at the same time...
ungh! (in a cool way.)
RI2: Intel.Inside gentle 'minimal' lull/sleep inducing...
Dandy Jack: Binal True Does this involve A. Heart? pretty good. remember
liking it on 1st listen but not much noted.
Machine Paisley: Copacabana Palace relaxing -- chilled -- redundant
Brown: Male Box Heard many positive reviews of this project, however this
doesn't do all that much for me...
HAT: Organic Mango soothing
Mono Trademark: "E" stands for Electro liken' it more moving Really like
this... fun!
+N: Wook Danube 2nd half lived up to the words "Rather Interesting" :)
Well over all, RI1 seemed more ambient, RI2 more dance. but the ambience
may have been hurt by rhthms that got in the way of said ambience. Oh-
well. Many tracks seemed to stop short, w/ exception of one or two. Maybe
on full lengths he blends songs together and thus the problem...?
Since this I have acquired Flowerhead (in trade) and HAT (bought that...
really liked the track on RI2, it was a toss-up between buying this or
Machine Paisley, which will probably be my next purchase). Was saddened
not to see any Jet Chamber tracks on these as really liked those tracks
that were on a tape Chris made me...
Just an insight as to where I'm coming from:
Was one of those industrial fans, till maybe 1-2 years back. Moved into
experimental/ambientnoise which is still my favorite genre, but kinda
getting into this IDM stuff. Favorite artists are: Jim Thirlwell
(Foetus), Steven Stapleton (Nurse w/ Wound), Jack Dangers (Meat Beat),
Daniel Vahnke (VRodents/EtherBunny), Raymond Watts (Pig), and Broadrick/
Martin (God/Ice/Techno Animal/Sidewinder). Probably the Meat beats and
Techno Animals recent flirtings with the IDM/ambient sounds that drew me
into trying out this genre (a type I slagged off as repetative dull crap
for years).
Lately getting into some of the harsher sounds of Alec Empire/ATR and the
rest of the crews...(Recent favorite purchase was Electric Ladyland 3 comp!
wow.)
Well hoping for some insight as to where to venture next in the land of
AHeart.
NP:Stapleton/Tibet--Musical Pumpkin Cottage
--
Jason J. Tar
peace hugs and unity
Vampire Rodents (+Ether Bunny & Dilate) page at:
http://pilot.msu.edu/user/tarjason/VRodents.htm
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 23:53:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) short reviews - Jet Chamber III + Dandy Jack & The
Plastic Woman
Pow.
This was on the Ambient list this past Friday evening (I've edited it
down to the two reviews):
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 97 13:39:02 EST
From: Jason Clark <CJCLAR01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU>
Subject: (amb) Short Reviews
Just got these from Dave (LONG LIVE EAR/RATIONAL!!!)
Jet Chamber III: Who would have thought?? Atom Heart and Petie go drum and
bass!!! Something this good would seem to have taken weeks to finish, but
the press release says it only took 3 days!!! Even if you are sick of the
drum and bass craze, this recording stands out as an all-time classic. I'm
sure this won't leave my CD player for a long time. Quite My Chords is
particularly beautiful, with soothing guitar played over chilled out beats.
I love it!
10/10
Dandy Jack and the Plastic Woman: I have only listened to this once, but I
have to say that the ole Jackster is a fuckin' genius!!! Funky, quirky
brilliance that seems to be in the vein of what alot of today's "ambient"
music is moving. Some of these tracks would seem great on the dancefloor,
but I doubt if anyone but myself would dig it. :/ Dandy Jack is a name
that is sure to stick around for awhile!!! :) Not beatless, not "ambient"
in it's truest form, but music for the mind nonetheless.
9/10
love, light, and chill
j-Sun
C. Jason Clark_________________cjclar01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
---------- End ----------
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 12:37:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Deckard <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) binary BASS&VSVN
On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Jason J. Tar wrote:
> Real Intelligence 1
>
> VSVN: VSVN#3 Had heard much good about this prior, lived up. odd sounds
> with crisp nice rhythms
> Bass:K-Jam Not sure my headphones went low enough for this track, but I
> did like what was going on over the top.
>
> [...] Maybe on full lengths he blends songs together and thus the
> problem...?
Well, i can tell you about one of my observations concerning the RI full-
lengths. :) On the RI compilations, songs from VSVN (#3) and BASS (K-
Jam) are different from the full-length versions because the sounds are
centered in headphones. On the LPs, however, these two particular tracks
(and several others) are 'Binary Amplified' and have most of the percussion
in one channel and some of the other sounds panned to the other. This has
rather interesting implications for dj mixing purposes. If i have the full-
length BASS, i can fade in the K-Jam ambience into another song's outtro
and at any time i can drop in those great ultra-drums-n-more sequences. It
works even better with a 4-track mixer, which can pan the channels left and
right independently...
> Was saddened not to see any Jet Chamber tracks on these as really liked
> those tracks that were on a tape Chris made me...
All Jet Chamber material is fax and probably will never show up on RI
comps.
no@h
. . . . . . ...
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:56:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Jet Chamber III.
Zap.
Here are some wonderful posts from our buddies on the Fax-list
concerning JET CHAMBER III (delete this messeage if you're on there as
well):
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 12:52:37 -0500
From: William Perez <will@panix.com>
Subject: jet chamber 3
i'm listenting to Jet Chamber 3 again today and I like it!
I really don't like any style of jungle or breakbeat but what would you
clasify this? I had a friend over who is a prominant jungle DJ (Dieselboy)
and he didn't know how to classify it. Is this drum 'n bass, ambient
jungle or what?
I listened to a lot of early jungle and breakbeat in 1992 when I lived in
England and it was called "hardcore" back then. I heard it so much until I
got sick of it. I really don't enjoy it, especially since this genre of
music has become so trendy all of a sudden. However I do like this CD,
especially track 4 called "Quite My Chords". The end gets slower, I guess
more like hip-hop, more funky and of course Peter starts playing the
geee-tar! :)
/ / / / / / mailto:will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ http://www.panix.com/~will/
------------------------------
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 12:38:42 -0600 (CST)
From: Deckard <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
Subject: Re: jet chamber 3
On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, William Perez wrote:
> i'm listenting to Jet Chamber 3 again today and I like it!
>
> I really don't like any style of jungle or breakbeat but what would you
> clasify this? I had a friend over who is a prominant jungle DJ
> (Dieselboy) and he didn't know how to classify it. Is this drum 'n bass,
> ambient jungle or what?
Maybe it's one of those discs that won't sit nicely in one music category
:) (like most good music)
> I listened to a lot of early jungle and breakbeat in 1992 when I lived in
> England and it was called "hardcore" back then. I heard it so much until
> I got sick of it. I really don't enjoy it, especially since this genre
> of music has become so trendy all of a sudden.
No doubt! The really good breakbeats always seem to have unexpected
percussive blurbs that take you by surprise, and breaks of that quality
are hard to come by. I only liked 4-5 tracks off that 2cd Logical
Progression that everyone talks about. 2rnb. I popped in Jet Chamber III
and was like "what's this 'drums 'n more'" *chuckle chuckle* 2 minutes
into the first track i'm looking my cd player and my head's bobbing and
i'm smiling because new sounds continued to trickle in steadily... and
there are several things going on in the percussion department, little
left and right channel nowyouhearitnowyoudon't sequences keepin' them
temporal lobes occupied. And the melodies are here to stay.
> However I do like this CD, especially track 4 called "Quite My Chords".
> The end gets slower, I guess more like hip-hop, more funky and of course
> Peter starts playing the geee-tar! :)
Yeah! It gets pretty darn down-home toward the end there... It's like
"twaaanng twaang TWANG" and that urban rhythm keeps on keepin' on. In
light of Quite My Chords, the get-toe nevah felt so good...
Speaking of the geee-tar, i really like the brief and jazzily picked
passage in track 2, the electronic bassline is fancy, sprinkled with tiny-
tim snares for flavor, and a quasikraftwerkian keyboard theme that
promises to never grow old. Ultra Koran i would file with Pure Function
or the end of VSVN#2: sounds like a transmission of holy words to the
Borg Collective.
no@h
(retired music taxonomist)
. . . . . . ...
onnow: Earcloud
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 19:37:02 GMT
From: fax@pop-frankfurt.com (fax)
Subject: Re: jet chamber 3
> i'm listenting to Jet Chamber 3 again today and I like it!
>
> I really don't like any style of jungle or breakbeat but what would you
> clasify this? I had a friend over who is a prominant jungle DJ
> (Dieselboy) and he didn't know how to classify it. Is this drum 'n bass,
> ambient jungle or what?
That is exactly what I wanted... that is why I dont understand that some of
my fans are so paranoid about me including beats that are an update on drum
& bass rhythms in my music... I want to create something new. My intention
was never to jump on the Drum & Bass bandwagon and try to do the same they
do. What you hear on Jet Chamber is simply what I had in mind even back in
1992 ... back then DJ Criss always said... oohhh Peter you are too jazzy...
and this was not meant to be a positive quote. I suggested to do a
collaboration with these musical styles to Bill Laswell in 1994 and again
in 1995... but he was just too busy. Now the time of waiting is over...
with Atom Heart the collaboration was just easy. The style on Jet Chamber
III is simply JAZZ... with new instruments ... but it still is. If you like
a new word more call it JAMBIENT or -Drums and More- . I showed Atom Heart
some live-tricks ... how I used to improvise and interact back in the
seventies and so we just jammed the whole album ...
> I listened to a lot of early jungle and breakbeat in 1992 when I lived in
> England and it was called "hardcore" back then. I heard it so much until
> I got sick of it. I really don't enjoy it, especially since this genre
> of music has become so trendy all of a sudden. However I do like this
> CD, especially track 4 called "Quite My Chords". The end gets slower, I
> guess more like hip-hop, more funky and of course Peter starts playing
> the geee-tar! :)
...more in the near future.
yours Peter
---------- End ----------
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 01:27:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Lisa's Cheap.
Waaaaaay back 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]
> >
> > 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.
But then, Sean Cooper countered:
> 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.
Now, you all are probably sick of me bringing this back up, but after
looking through the old posts I finally came across this:
On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 Hal Vx2 (transcribed what Uwe Schmidt) wrote:
^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^
> There was a longer discussion about lisa carbon going on trying to figure
> out who and even _if_ she is. Somebody concluded that she is just
> another alias of my person which i have to deny. Due to the fact that
> lisa is not living in europe (right now she stays in columbia for a
> couple of months) she is not available here to prove the opposite.
> Anyway, she is real. On the austrian *cheap* label a couple of new
> records are planned to be released soon, which lisa, a couple of other
> members and myself have created.
See? I'm not crazy... I knew I read somewhere that LISA CARBON was
supposed to have had something on the Cheap label (Uwe too it seems). But
we still don't know what it is, do we? If not the second one, then
probably "The Showroom Recording Series #3"?
^^
Just food for thought.
moorwohs.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
on: "Solutions For A Small Planet" by HAUJOBB
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:03:09 -0800
From: charles uzzell-edwards <faxlabel@sirius.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) New Lisa Carbon release on Rather Interesting label...
This week sees the release of lisa Carbons album <trio de janiero>. Watch
out for this future lounge masterpiece from latin Americas innovatress #1
available through fax label :
contact a store or a mail order person to access this and other fine
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atom heart silver sound
atom heart bass
atom heart real intelligence
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dandy jack + the cosmic trousers
(cd+ vinyl)
atom heart machine paisley
hosono,atom,tetsu HAT
atom heart mono trademark
victor sol paranoid
atom and victor sol +n built
atom heart brown (held by customs :
lost : repressed)
datacide (AH + tetsu) ondas
atom heart real intelligence
compilation 2
dandy jack dandy jack and the
plastic woman
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real audio sound bites and more... http://www.sirius.com/~faxlabel/
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:33:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: Atom Heart list <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Jet Chamber III
Chris forwarded some messages from the ambient list. In one, Peter
Kuhlmann (Namlook) said he wanted to do a jazz variant. They accomplished
what they set out to do.
I don't know what all the fuss is over the supposed drum'n'bass influence.
The drums sound more acoustic than usual for Atom Heart (sounds like a
couple of samples from other records, through filters with variable cutoff
and resonance). Aside from that, his programming on the other Jet Chamber
discs has as much in common with drum'n'bass.
I can't dislike the disc with any intensity. At the same time, it really
does sound like the result of a couple days of jamming. Enjoyable, not an
effective soporific, and not particularly engaging as foreground. Ambient
in the original sense (as environmental music, to listen to, or not). Jet
Chamber III should work well in a large room with a lot of people sitting
and talking, such as a cafe. Or from the next room while you dust the
furniture.
Add it to the pile. But if you ask me, get HAT first.
Next: Dandy Jack and the Plastic Woman
--Mark
__ <http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome> ==> MPEG audio clips <==
m u s i c : w e b : s o u n d d e s i g n : h t m l : c g i : e t c
"We invented machines in order to reduce our work. Now that we have
them, we think we should go on working." (John Cage)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 18:08:21 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: Atom Heart list <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Brown
In all the confusion with customs and whatnot, Brown didn't get its
rightful place in the flow of new music into (and sometimes through) my
collection. I said a while back that Built or Ondas would be my favorite
of the 2nd year of RI. On further consideration, though, I'd give Brown an
8/10, and Built and Ondas 7/10.
If I come off as a bit of a curmudgeon, you're probably right. It's easy
to pick out flaws and very difficult to pin down exactly what I like about
Uwe's music. Even more so because my musical interests are rather
different from his.
In any event, my scale of 0-10 is a bell curve, and very few records will
have an extra something to push them over an 8. 9 and 10 are for peak
performances, classics, and desert-island discs. I've discovered there's
far more good music out there than you can ever have money to buy or time
to hear. That's why I'm so stingy about 9s and 10s.
--Mark
P.S. Do you prefer RealAudio (sounds barely OK but you can hear it
immediately) or MPEG (requires a player you may not already have,
download the whole file before hearing it, but sounds better)?
Respond privately. I'm trying to decide whether to continue with MPEG
or use RealAudio instead.
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:38:53 -0500 (EST)
From: William Perez <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Cc: Jeff Spirer <jeffs@hyperreal.com>
Subject: del haze news
del haze entertainment
*news february 1997*
*music*
- after releasing dandy jacks >plastic woman< cd in january this year,
rather interesting is coming up with another specialty which is >lisa
carbon's< album >trio de janeiro<. watch out for this future lounge
masterpiece from latin america's innovatress #1.
- available on the australian >helix< label is the long awaited >beauty
forward< compilation containing partly unreleased titles from various
>rather interesting< releases amongst the contributions of cologne's
bernd friedmann aka >nonplace urban field</<drome< and melbourne's david
thrussell aka >black lung</<snog<.
- on the italian >disturbance< label lassigue bendthaus participated with a
remix for the project >it< (>era vulgaris ncoded<i limited 555 copies
picture disc lp). release date 20/01/97.
- the result of a collaboration with atom heart and >eyephone< entitled
>micropossessed< is to be released on cd on >staalplaat< around end of
this month.
- atom hearts last live performance for 1997 in germany will be played at
>liquid sky< in cologne the 15/02/97. the last gig in europe will be
performed the 22/02/97 at >reitschule< in bern.
- to be released on the belgian sub rosa label will be an exclusive atom
heart remix of bill laswell's >oscillations< cd.
*communication*
- macos (musicians against copyrighting of samples) internet address:
new URL! http://www.icomm.ca/macos/
- macos mailing list: macos-list@resrocket.com
- macos e-mail address has changed!!!: mailto:halvx2@resrocket.com
- atom heart website:
http://www.hyperreal.com/music/artists/atom_heart/index.html
- atom heart booking: infect entertainment.,
attn. kataa, tel: +49-6021/461148, fax: +49-6021/460485
- rather interesting mailorder: emc distribution service,
tel/fax: +496039/45406. mailto:thier@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de
*note*
del haze entertainment will move the 15/03/97 to santiago de chile.
address change will be announced separately.
/ / / / / / mailto:will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ http://www.panix.com/~will/
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:16:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) WTB - Flextone 2xLP + VSVN 2xLP
Zing.
This was cross-posted to the IDM and Ambient lists yesterday:
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: 12 Feb 97 00:16:52 +0500
From: Aaron Michelson <aaron@defiant.on-it.net>
To: Intelligent Dense Mush <idm@hyperreal.com>,
Ambient Music <ambient@hyperreal.com>
Subject: (idm) Buy and Sell (READ THIS PLEASE!)
....THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME INTO YOUR HOME....
:: I'm looking to buy the following on vinyl:
- Squarepusher - Conumber 12"
- Atom Heart - Flextone 2x12"
- Atom Heart - VSVN 2x12"
I am, without a doubt, absolutely desperate for the above releases. Think
you may have spotted a copy? Get in touch immediately! :)
:: I have the following available for trade, or possible sale....
- Trainspotting Sampler 12" (promo-only, orange vinyl)
- Electronic Architecture 12"
- Speedy J "G-Spot" CD (original warp pressing)
- Document 01 CD (Shinjuku Thief, Zen Paradox, Paul Schutze)
Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson
---------------------------------------------------------------------
aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong"
For reviews, interviews, art & trash
http://www.on-it.net/~aaron/
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---------- End ----------
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:32:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: Daisy World <medium@daisyworld.co.jp>,
ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Satoko Takatomi <takatomi@mars.dtinet.or.jp>,
Eylon Israeli <snowjob@actcom.co.il>
Subject: (mother) Is there a HAT 12"?
Waaay back on Mon, 3 Jun 1996 Hal Vx2 (transcribed what Uwe Schmidt) wrote:
> - this month sees the rather interesting release >hat<. this cd contains
> the result of the collaboration between haruomi hosono (ex >ymo<),
> tetsu inoue and atom heart. the cd as well as a 12 inch takeout of it
> will be released later this year on the japanese >daisy world< label
I was wondering if anyone had heard anything new about this 12"
release? I've got both the Japanese HAT disc as well as the Daisy World
compilation sampler, but haven't been able to locate the abovementioned
single. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
ysiad.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:54:18 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Is there a HAT 12"?
> I was wondering if anyone had heard anything new about this 12"
> release? I've got both the Japanese HAT disc as well as the Daisy World
> compilation sampler, but haven't been able to locate the abovementioned
> single. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
tetsu gave me daisy world's fax number and i am attempting to figure out
how to get _hat_ vinyl stateside...i have yet to hear back from them, even
as to whether or not it's even available.
how did you find daisy world product at all, tho? if through a store you
should try and ask them if they can get the vinyl (i must have this!!!!)...
sc
onnow: subtropic
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 15:00:43 -0500
From: Adam J Weitzman <weitzman@individual.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Who knows German?
and can translate:
ELF REITER, EINEM HINTER DEM ANDEREN. KEINER DREHT DEN KOPF.
ICH GEHE UND DU BLEIBST-ZWEIFACHER HERBST.
It's printed on the inside edge of the undercard of the Dandy Jack And
The Plastic Woman (RI 042) CD. Just wondering what it means.
--
Adam J Weitzman "Getting [your computer] to work is no more
Individual, Inc. difficult than building a nuclear reactor
weitzman@individual.com from wristwatch parts using only your teeth."
http://www.individual.com - Dave Barry
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 97 15:36:36 -0500
From: Roy SeGuine <rseguine@buckeye.mitre.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Who knows German?
> ELF REITER, EINEM HINTER DEM ANDEREN. KEINER DREHT DEN KOPF.
> ICH GEHE UND DU BLEIBST-ZWEIFACHER HERBST.
I ran it through a translator and this is what popped out....
ELEVEN RIDER, A BEHIND THE OTHER ONE. NONE TURNS THE HEAD.
I GO AND YOU REMAIN-DOUBLE AUTUMN
BTW, anyone know who the plastic woman is?
on now: Escape (CD II - The Futurescape 1-9)
---
Roy SeGuine Cyberspace Architect rseguine@clark.net
*many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased* Dan12:4
From arjun@puree.ugcs.caltech.edu Fri Feb 28 16:48:58 1997
From: Arjun Mendiratta <arjun@puree.ugcs.caltech.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Who knows German?
On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Roy SeGuine wrote:
> ELF REITER, EINEM HINTER DEM ANDEREN. KEINER DREHT DEN KOPF.
> ICH GEHE UND DU BLEIBST-ZWEIFACHER HERBST.
>
> ELEVEN RIDER, A BEHIND THE OTHER ONE. NONE TURNS THE HEAD.
>
> I GO AND YOU REMAIN-DOUBLE AUTUMN
...a slightly better translation is "Eleven riders, each one behind the
other. None turns his head. I go and you remain - twofold autumn."
I'm sure a native speaker might be able to help us on the interpretation
of "zweifacher Herbst."
-arjun
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 22:54:57 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Who knows German?
The tone of this is probably closer to the German:
> ELF REITER, EINEM HINTER DEM ANDEREN. KEINER DREHT DEN KOPF. ICH GEHE
> UND DU BLEIBST-ZWEIFACHER HERBST.
"Eleven horsemen, each one behind the others. None turns his head.
I leave and you stay -- Doubled autumn."
Reiter could be cavalrymen, and zweifacher could also be "two kinds of".
--Mark
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 23:13:43 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: Atom Heart list <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Dandy Jack & The Plastic Woman
This is different from the previous Dandy Jack release, more representative
of the Rather Interesting sound. Compared to Semiacoustic Nature, for
example, this is obviously the product of more time and effort up-front on
sound design. Nifty FM programming. I recognized a sample from Yello (too
recognizable: watch out what you take from who); possibly other sounds are
sampled. Each track and the album as a whole defines solid moods and
spaces, in a way that reminded me also of Yello, while the record does not
specifically resemble them. To those who have wanted the funk put back
into the RI sound (as Atom Heart has moved on to other things), check this
out. 7/10.
--Mark
__ <http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome> ==> MPEG audio clips <==
m u s i c : w e b : s o u n d d e s i g n : h t m l : c g i : e t c
"We invented machines in order to reduce our work. Now that we have
them, we think we should go on working." (John Cage)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 97 16:10:35 -0500
From: Roy SeGuine <rseguine@buckeye.mitre.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) RI 042
There is Liquid in the Sky and the Blue Sun will make you feel Tubercool.
The Woman Snake has Direct Eyes for only you. Lady Solar has forgotten all
about him since you've become The Man with Face. Escape with You and Me
into the Dandiest of all Jacks. Say hi to his Plastic Woman.
---
Roy SeGuine Cyberspace Architect rseguine@clark.net
*many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased* Dan12:4
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 17:22:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) AH live.
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 William Perez (transcribed what Uwe Schmidt) wrote:
> - atom hearts last live performance for 1997 in germany will be played at
> >liquid sky< in cologne the 15/02/97. the last gig in europe will be
> performed the 22/02/97 at >reitschule< in bern.
To add to the above, here's a small bit from a much larger message I
received from Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner) Wednesday morning, concerning
upcoming events he is scheduled to be appearing at:
----------- Forwarded Message -----------
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:41:01 GMT
From: Robin Rimbaud <robinr@easynet.co.uk>
Subject: strom four
EVENTS
May 16-18> Listening Room at the Konzertsaal, Cologne - sound arts,
improvised electronic music and 'ear-cinema' over 3 days. Opening night
with live collaboration between David Toop, Holger Czukay (ex-Can),
Sainkho Namtchilak, Haydn Chisholm, f.s and scanner. Following days to
include live shows and Djing by Microstoria, Drome/Bernd Friedmann,
Atomheart, Mike Ink, DJ Singer, We, Liminal and others
^^^^^^^^^
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So, anyone going to any of these?
swohs.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 12:08:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Atom Heart live in Cologne - February 15, 1997.
Yea.
Well this guy got to go...
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 14:03:03 +0100
From: Tom Tonger <tom.tonger@uni-koeln.de>
To: ambient@hyperreal.com, idm@hyperreal.com
Subject: (idm) atom heart live
Hi all,
Had the pleasure to witness a little gig by atom heart at the liquid sky
cologne here yesterday. All the gear he brought was an Akai MPX3000 (I
believe that's what it was), which is an integrated sequencer/drum sampler.
I try to take it easy on the gear-spotting action normally, but yesterday I
couldn't help but be completely amazed by what complex and smokin' tracks
he squeezed out of that one machine. He had a little cue sheet around the
assigned sample pads like you would have around your F1-12 buttons on yer
keyboard for MS Word :), but instead reading "Help" or "Save" it listed all
kinds of strange drum sample names. He changed that sheet for every
"track", using a different sample matrix every time. Once in a while he'd
just get crazy on his funky-jazzy keyboard samples, standing there and
giving everything. After 4 tracks and 50 minutes it was all over, he got a
big applause, packed the old Akai in his backpack and walked out. I was
told all the DJs and musicians, lesser known or famous, play for free at
the LSC. It was so good to see the enthusiasm of people like Atom Heart
packing his gear in his backpack and going to that cozy little lounge in
cologne to rock the place for a while, doing it all solely for the music.
ciao,
--tom
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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 15:54:36 -0500
From: "Aaron S. Gregory" <gregas@grove.ufl.EDU>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) 3 hours of AH, i'm convinced!
wow, man. my first ever post to the mother-ship.
(goosebump city)
just some random thoughts on some tunes.
(thanx to c.miller)
ASG
(an AH virgin--NO MORE)
00593224389/001 - A true workout of a tune, bent as all hell! We're
talking wikkid, mon! The minimal intro/synth line just keeps on COMIN' at
ya, a sublime crescendo kinda thing. Plenty of ooomph and some
atmospheric, industro beats top this sucker off nicely. Top notch and
brain-smashingly flush. A tune that I simply could not keep my body still
for. The cranial bruises are healing nicely, thanks.
Nice Days - Some smooth spherical bass loops, slick shuffles and some (at
times) eerie synth structures. Overall, a fine effort. Hey, this is
MELODIC, man! Electro for a summer day, on the road, with the top down.
Well, I guess it's aptly titled now, isn't it.
My Life as a Zip File - NICE jazz tip flava here. Noodly for sure.
Surreal, a little night music for cyber cafe around the galaxy never hurt
anyone. Midway through, the cosmic element become even more prominent.
Computers ARE indeed our friends.
Babes on Display - True-to-form bleep bloop tune. Sounds like something
from Speedy J and could have easily found its way on to one of those
Artificial Intelligence comps, as it sounds as if it were from the same
familial variety (i.e. WARP). Oh yes, I most definitely think so. In
essence, lovely track. A track for starwatchers.
Link - The opening synth track, warping in and out, reminds me of
something. Can't put my finger on it. Nonetheless, steady beats, some
flicker, some tweaking and there you have it. Minimal house a la Atom
Heart.
Holy Microwave - Is it getting hot in here? Well, after the obvious
sample, the tune moves into some island ambiance for the lounge crowd.
Hey, I have nothing against lounge, I love lounge. I dig the lounge
scene, you dig? Yeah, mon! But I'm afraid the main theme is just too
darn monotonous for me. The "chicken in the microwave" sample (and the
others that dribble from it) however, IS a keeper. The harp and the
"person imitating trumpet" are left to be desired.
ET/Encoding - Lovely jazz number which ultimately winds its way into some
heavy droning. Guitar feedback loops perhaps? I know not the exact
truth, but it's `rather interesting' indeed.
Pure Function - Ooooh, a vocal number. Somewhat brief though.
Artsy?...maybe.
Sign-O-Rama - Brilliant, tribal (in a Dead Can Dance kinda way) piece.
Thick, ritualistic, organic overtones over a nice drone. I can feel the
plants and all other forms of organic life growing and swaying to this
stuff. Am I in a trance? Hmmmm very well maybe. Regardless, I shall
continue. This is stunning, stark music. Stuff for the minimalist living
room. Modern art on cassette, how cheeky! Delicious stuff for
intelligent minds. Kudos on this one!
Nipples & Bass #3 - "Don't fuck me" crap. I'm not laughing, really. A
tune that, let's say, is saved for aggressive sampling purposes.
Rather Bent Than Shaked - Low frequency smoothie, bumps along and rumbles
slowly through mysterious caverns. Atmospherically superb.
Cluster Edit - Nice techno rhythms, in that not-too-quirky regime. Then
comes the percussion, from the gut! Not the best tune, but quite good.
Let's keep it.
Jazz - Jivey, minimalistically arranged techno babble. Kooky stuff. This
is true quirk that I'm too fond of, I'm afraid. Moving onward...
Re-Kombination - Ahhh, back to form in LB style! Industrial food for the
body. Ripping, tearing, snarling tune. Bassboombingly wicked. Very
evocative synth structure to this one. Reminds me of a sculpture built in
parts. If you don't like what you've added, you revamp that piece (break
it if need be!) and slap it on again!
All Love - Anodized trance for the inner city. Suhh--mokin'. What a
BANGER!!, goes through some great mutations...BENT AS FUCK! Ahhh, and a
crescendo to boot. Say it ain't so! This is cool as shite, I must say.
The title says it all.
Strategies - Booming, bass-tastically driven track with some great
industrial sounding percussion, truly shearing. For some reason, I can
see Bon Harris bangin' away to this one. A little monotonous (boomp,
boomp, boomp), but why fix it? It's cool shite. And that vocal reverb
sample, where did THAT come from?
Sundance - Utterly Frontline-Assembly-infested, progressive house tune.
Techno-sonic, man! One for the rave culture.
Checkout Da Bass - Ragga, electro soup that could easily be mistaken for
one of AFX or Mike P's creations. Frenetic, conflagration of a beats and
rhythms.
Mindo - Tink Tink, bleep bloop. Can you say "IDM"?
Automotive - Rugged, downright dingy electro that you can really sink your
teeth into. Bloody brilliant. It's funny, I usually hear stuff like this
with voice distortion (Dive, Leaether Strip, X Marks the Pedwalk, FLA come
to mind) and love it. Now, this comes at you with a more intelligent
approach. Very human. No monsters behind this one. Reminds me, if
anything, of Prayer ("Temptation") Tower a little. Overall, a pounding
experience...lovely...
Floor 2/Elektron - Very circus-like introduction ("Floor 2"). The
"Elektron"ic counterpart percusses itself along in quite a bizarre
pattern. Is there a pattern? Well, I think this track figures itself out
fairly well. The bassline is quite good. Music for the intelligence
crime drama or museum chase. Yeah, without a doubt!
K-Jam - Concoction of jazzy, low-frequency ambiance. FSOL comes
immediately to mind, the way those highs seem to peer in from the sky.
Exploratory tune. I picture myself either floating over the Moon or
randomly traversing the depths of the Pacific.
Cobal 1 - Slow, droning, stark ambiance in total FLOAT mode. Sounds like
something from the first Sven Vath album. Gurgly, bubbly at times.
Always chilling and somewhat disturbing. Nonetheless, a fantastic
listening experience.
Opacity - Thumpy, DEEP, lo-fi electro. Ahhh, let me enjoy this one.
Detroit...ahhhyeah! A humdinga of a tune. I'm liking this one. A little
jazzy synth line for good measure. Almost housey. Supreme stuff.
Dichromatic - Gut-wrenching electro for the European dance floor. Dance
version of some Dive (or Klinik) material, to me at least. Maybe. It
definitely has that RAW, adulterated, sampled sound to it. The whole
crescendo thing is always nice. A fine cut.
Fringe - Very em:t-like, globular ambiance. Soothing, slithery and quite
entertaining. Totally other-worldly. Has some Scorn (circa "Gyral")
atmospheric tones in it for sure. Music for planet Pluto. Then again,
isn't it all?
Outer Rotation (excerpt) - More droning, this time more time dimensional.
The similarities with this tune and the stuff from Delerium's "Spheres"
(more I than II) are rather apparent. Of course, this is beatless, but
the overall tone and feel is definitely `spherical', nonetheless. And
this is a good thing, as I absolutely adore the "Spheres" projects, which
are easily
Babe - Laid-back electro for the industrial crowd. Not bad, but there's
better stuff from AH (at least from what I've heard) in my opinion.
Backward - Surreal, low frequency rhythms pervade on this one. A little
too tight to be totally jazzy, but nonetheless it's different and some
very groovy elements.
-asg
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 23:35:33 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - Coeur Atomique
Bleb.
This wonderful person has the "Atom Age" 12" by COEUR ATOMIQUE for
sale/trade (as part of a larger list):
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 22:59:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Warren Lapham <laps@monkey.org>
To: idm@hyperreal.com, ambient@hyperreal.com
Subject: (idm) much stuff to trade
Hello hello hello.
I've got some more goodies to trade (or sell, if I don't get any trade
offers).
Atom Heart "Coeur Atomique 2" 12"
Please go see http://www.monkey.org/~laps for more details on the above
items (and my wantlist). Thank you for your bandwidth.
Warren
--
Warren Lapham (ceremony-owner@monkey.org)
laps@monkey.org (laps@umich.edu)
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 08:23:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - "Polyester" by Lisa Carbon Trio
Glik.
This was in a FS list over the weekend:
---------- Forwarded Message -----------
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 08:18:48 -0500 (EST)
From: "globalwm@gate.net" <globalwm@gate.net>
Subject: (amb) FS: Misc cds in USA
The following are offered FS in excellent condition.
Prices do not include shipping.
The Lisa Carbon Trio Polyester Reflex $15
Anthony
globalwm@gate.net
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:24:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - Softcore, +N, Aerial Service Area
Zonk.
Modern Music has a few of the older AH-related Fax titles for sale
reeeeeally cheap. Here's an edited version of their FS list:
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 14:10:17 -0800
From: Modern Music <modernmusic@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Fax CD's for sale.
We recently came across a number of older fax titles which we can now
make available to you. All are new, still sealed, and are $17.99. Email
to reserve, limited numbers are available.
Aerial Service Area
Softcore
+N Plane
Thanks.
pj>the exalted grand puba of mail order
--
modern music
2905 o'donnell st, baltimore, md. 21224
fon: 410.675.2172 fax: 410.675.2373
www.modernmusic.com
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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 23:40:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Who is/are EYEPHONE?
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, William Perez (transcribed what Uwe Schmidt) wrote:
> - the result of a collaboration with atom heart and >eyephone< entitled
> >micropossessed< is to be released on cd on >staalplaat< around end of
> this month.
Who is EYEPHONE again? Didn't she/he/they have a couple of discs out
on Hypnotism? What should we expect style-wise? A new collaborator - how
exiting!
enohpeye.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 23:42:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: bleep bloop <idm@hyperreal.com>
Cc: Obliq <obliq@ares.csd.net>,
ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Re: Hypnotism question
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Nathan Jantz asked:
> Does anyone know where I can get any of the releases from the german
> label Hypnotism? I have the first two but it seems as though there are
> more to be had. I live in the U.S., so any suggestions on mailorder
> houses would be cool.
Um, I think that Modern Music is pretty much the only source Stateside
(they got me A.D.).
> Also, any information on distribution and who owns the label would be
> very appreciated - sister label to RI possibly?
Sister label? I really doubt it. From what I understand, Uwe Schmidt
had sort of a falling-out with them. Originally he was commissioned to
create all of their releases' picture sleeves (under the guise of his
graphic design company, Linger Decoree), but something(?) went sour. I
know at least the first four were done by him though.
Anyway, here are the releases I know about on HYPNOTISM:
HT01 BITNIKS "Halograms" (Uwe Schmidt + ?)
HT02 EARCLOUD "Chlorophile Fumes" (Victor Sol + Alex Martin)
HT03 ALMOST DIGITAL "A.D." (Uwe Schmidt)
HT04 LAGOWSKI "Prismatic"
HT05 EYEPHONE "Reductive"
HT06 S.L.O.T. "Seven Seasons"
HT07 v/a "Eightracksaid"
HT08 EYEPHONE "Emerald"
Whether or not this obscure label is still even in existence, I have
absolutely no idea. Regardless, here's what little contact information is
listed on each of the discs' sleeves:
HYPNOTISM
PO BOX 910127, 90259
NURNBERG, GERMANY
fax: ++49 911 9337744
If you find anything out more than what I've posted above, please do
let me know as I'm curious as well.
msitonpyh.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
p.s. Does anyone know who EYEPHONE are? They, along with Uwe Schmidt,
have got a collaborative album coming out on Staalplaat later this
month called "Microprocessed". What do they sound like?
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 00:55:45 -0600 (CST)
From: Deckard <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: Re: (mother) Who is/are EYEPHONE?
> Who is EYEPHONE again? Didn't she/he/they have a couple of discs
> out on Hypnotism? What should we expect style-wise? A new collaborator
> - how ex[c]iting!
I dunno, but i have Earcloud on Hypnotism and it's on the level of B2 on
ri but it's victor sol. That first track off VSVN is in hyperdrive, and
then you remember it *is* a 303 on VSVN...
Nothin' like Paranoid...(whew) 8>
no@h
. . . . . . ...
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:58:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - Lassigue Bendthaus
Joop.
This FS list showed up on rec.music.industrial within the past couple
of days (edited of course):
----------- Forwarded Message -----------
Date: 13 Feb 1997 00:41:28 GMT
From: Chris Christian <cjdc@ssd.intel.com>
Newsgroups: rec.music.industrial, rec.music.marketplace.cd, pdx.music
Subject: INDUSTRIAL CD's FOR SALE
After the realization that I don't listen to a large portion of my CD
collection, I decided to go through my collection and cull out the CD's
that I haven't listen to in quite some time, nor will probably ever again.
Sales are on a first come, first served basis.
All prices do not include shipping.
$5 Lassique Bendhaus Biohazard
$7 Lassique Bendhaus Render
$7 Lassique Bendhaus Render Audible
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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:46:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Warren Lapham <laps@monkey.org>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Wanted: Lassigue Bendthaus
Hello out there.
As many of you may have seen from a message that Chris forwarded to the
list, I've got a copy of 'Coeur Atomique 2' on FAX vinyl that I'm looking
to trade. I'd be willing to trade it for the following Lassigue Bendthaus
CDs:
Render
Render Audible
Please let me know if you're interested.
Thanks,
Warren
--
Warren Lapham (ceremony-owner@monkey.org)
laps@monkey.org (laps@umich.edu)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 __:__:__ +0100
From: Nuno Proenca <nunotava@mail.telepac.pt>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) What else to buy ? Advice appreciated
Finally !!!!!!!!!!!!
My copy of RI compilation #2 is arriving next week !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was "sold out".
> From Rather Interesting itself I have only RI #1.
I have a few other songs from Uwe coming from the Real Intelligent Series
from Warp. I would like to add something to RI#2 arriving next week.
Something from RI or Uwe, in a similar vein to the AI series from Warp or
the Rather Interesting Compilations.
It would be a musical "blind date" for I will not be able to listen to any
suggestions. I'd prefer compilations.
Surprise me ! :-)
Thanks for your time.
#1. :-) #2. :~) #3. [:-)] #4. >:->
SWM-"Mission: To reconstruct the sonic landscape
in order to preserve imagination.
We are sound. We are never what you think we are.
We ask you to join the ancient dance.
We love you and want you to join the sound with us."
Nuno
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:11:25 +1000
From: Chris Tourgelis <ctourgel@mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Re: Hypnotism question
On Thu, 9 Jan 1997, Nathan Jantz wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get any of the releases from the german
> label Hypnotism? I have the first two but it seems as though there are
> more to be had. I live in the U.S., so any suggestions on mailorder
> houses would be cool.
In the UK The Empty Quarter should have them (I think they had some kind
of deal with Hypnotism). You can contact them by e-mail at:
pindrop@enterprise.net (state TEQ Mail-Order on your header)
--
Chris Tourgelis
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:23:43 +1000
From: Chris Tourgelis <ctourgel@mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>,
Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
Subject: (mother) Re: Atom Heart @ Kinselas, Sydney, Fri 20o12o96
On Feb 3, 1:37am, Christopher Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Chris Tourgelis wrote:
>
> > At the door I bought for A$10 a tape of Atom Heart's Live PA on his
> > last tour of Australia (contact: http://www.usyd.edu.au/~sfraser/cat/
> > for more info).
>
> Has anyone else gotten this? I haven't checked out the above
> address yet and was just wondering if anyone had any more info on it?
> Regardless, I'll be sending away for it once I do get the snail address,
> etc.
>
> > Also for sale in the shops is a Beauty Forward tour CD which contains
> > some exclusive remixes by Atom Heart and Bernd Friedmann (remixes of
> > their own material - I think I saw some Apart tracks) and some Black
> > Lung tracks from other releases.
>
> This is also something I'd like to acquire. Does anyone know of
> any places Stateside that might have it in stock? If not, are there any
> Australian online places i can order it from Chris?
There are no online places in Australia I know of, but if there are any
dealers o/s that might be interested in stocking the CD, they should fax
Adam @ Helix^2 on 61-2-95504669; he tells me he'll put them onto his
distributor. He might also be able to help with the live Atom Heart tape
if you're still having problems, but I forgot to ask (D'OH! sorry!).
BTW it's not a bad tape. Has anyone else managed to get a copy?
--
Chris Tourgelis
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:58:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Coleman <mcoleman@wsnet.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Making up for lost time
My home PC has been down for a couple of months as I try to find an
economic way to repair it (not only should you never trust a Microsoft
tool, to paraphrase Uwe's Mac, but you should NEVER trust a Packard Bell)
and I have picked up several AH releases and I thought I would take time
where I should be working at the office and comment on them.
Datacide 'Flowerhead': Asphodel is a life saver!! How did I live without
this disc? I use to think MOPA was a masterpiece until I got this and
now I rarely listen to MOPA. Fantastic ambience, the swells draw you in
and it is very easy to get lost in this disc. I listen to this a lot,
day and night. If you don't have this, get it while you can.
Datacide 'Ondas': Don't get me wrong, I like this disc. I bought it
expecting another masterwork like Flowerhead. While at times I does
approach that (toward the middle, I never pay attention to song titles),
I find it isn't quite that good. A little to tongue in cheek for me.
The found conversation in the bar, while humorous doesn't hold up to
repeated listening. The mouth trumpet strangely enough does hold up. I
did however leave Uwe and Tetsu's treatment of 'Hello Mudder'on my
answering machine.
Silver Sound 60: WOW. WOW. What a great record. A close friend of mind
(a fan of ambient, but in the World Serpent/CMI vein, not electronica)
listened to this album and thought it was fantastic. I agree. I find
the jazzy bits a little more prevalent on this one. I notice Lisa Carbon
is a guest on track 1. How similar is her material?
Mono tm: this one strikes me as hiphop. I'm not a big fan of hip hop per
se, but like this record. It isn't played quite as much as other AH's
but is good nonetheless. The difference in the Mono of this disc and the
Stereo of BASS and Silver Sound 60 can be jarring when the three are
together in the changer on random.
Dots: Elevator Music is the perfect subtitle. While a great ambient
record, it is definitely more active than a disc like Flowerhead. I like
this one a lot, but have to be more in the mood for it than most.
VSVN: I don't listen to this much, even though I really liked it upon
first listen. I think it is a little more 'typical' sounding record than
the others.
POD presents AH: the Techno Evolution continues: I gave up on dance floor
oriented material about five years ago. Techno had devolved to the point
of pointlessness. But I like this record a lot. Reminds me of Render a
lot.
Well, that's my commentary for now. Later.
Mark
Lucie Irene McLemore
You have been sassed.
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 14:04:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Howard Daniel Stelzer <hds@grove.ufl.EDU>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) hello?
er...hello?
Is this thing on? ...
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 20:46:40 -0700 (MST)
From: Eric Frans <franse@engr.arizona.edu>
To: Atom Heart <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: Re: (mother) hello?
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Howard Daniel Stelzer wrote:
} er...hello?
} Is this thing on? ...
"If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and dial again."
| E r i c | [mail] franse@engr.arizona.edu |
| F r a n s | [web] http://intermix.engr.arizona.edu/~franse |
"Make the events occur that you want to occur" - The Black Dog
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 14:35:52 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: Arjun Mendiratta <arjun@envy.ugcs.caltech.edu>
Cc: Atom Heart list <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: Re: (mother) Brown
On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Arjun Mendiratta wrote:
> ...just wondering if you could share you 9's and 10's (uwe and otherwise)
> with this AH innocent.
I'd love to see other listmembers' lists.
These are the records you keep playing years later, that stick with you
long after the initial rush has worn off and trends have changed.
Including and certainly not limited to...
peak Atom Heart:
Lassigue Bendthaus, _Cloned_
VSVN
I, _Repetitive Digital Noise_
other stuff:
Prefab Sprout, _Jordan: The Comeback_
Prefab Sprout, _Steve McQueen_ aka _Two Wheels Good_
Miles Davis, _Bitches Brew_
Miles Davis, _Pangaea_
Cabaret Voltaire, _The Crackdown_
Killing Joke, _what's THIS for...!_
Killing Joke, _Fire Dances_
Throbbing Gristle, _Heathen Earth_
The Beatles, _The Beatles_ better known as The White Album
The Beatles, _Revolver_
James Brown, _Live at the Apollo 1963_
The Hafler Trio, _Kill the King_
Skinny Puppy, _VIVIsectVI_
U2, _War_
U2, _The Joshua Tree_
Foetus Interruptus, _Thaw_
Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel, _Hole_
Joy Division, _Closer_
New Order, _Power, Corruption and Lies_
David Bowie, _Low_
David Bowie, _Scary Monsters_
Peter Gabriel, (#3)
Peter Gabriel, (#4 aka _Security_)
Coil, _Horse Rotorvator_
Psychic TV, _Dreams Less Sweet_
Saint Etienne, _So Tough_
Underworld, _Dubnobasswithmyheadman_
The Smiths, _The Queen is Dead_
The Smiths, _Louder Than Bombs_
Prince, _1999_
Prince, _Purple Rain_
Jimi Hendrix, _Electric Ladyland_
Portishead, _Dummy_
Public Enemy, _Fear of a Black Planet_
Public Enemy, _It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back_
Einstuerzende Neubauten, _Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T._
Einstuerzende Neubauten, _Halber Mensch_
Wu-Tang Clan, _Enter the Wu-Tang_
Genius/GZA, _Liquid Swords_
Roxy Music, _Siren_
Roxy Music, _Avalon_
Duran Duran, _Rio_
Marvin Gaye, _What's Going On_
Merzbow, _Music for Bondage Performance 2_
John Duncan, _River in Flames_
Metallica, _Master of Puppets_
God Machine, _Scenes From the Second Storey_
God Machine, _One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying_
Front 242, _Tyrrany >For You<_
Front 242, _Up Evil_
I could go on, but you get the idea. This is a little skewed toward older
records. A lot of it is from high school and college, and I think it's a
little more difficult for a record to really get under my skin now. Also I
have a suspicion that the playing time of CDs has turned some astonishing
45-minute albums into very good 60-minute albums. This is wandering far
off topic, but I'd like to read others' thoughts on that last point.
Although, actually as I think about it, that is a relevant consideration
for Atom Heart too.
--Mark
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 20:19:04 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) just another referral...
to those atom heart fans with more money to burn than uwe can accommodate
(geez, does our tax bracket reach _that_ high?), the recently released
higher intelligence agency meets deep space network album on source holds
much of interest to heart-a-holics. lots of abstract electro deviations,
not quite as heavy on the jazz as recent ah, and bit more ambient, as we've
come to expect, perhaps especially from hia (see _freefloater_ and last
year's biosphere collab _polar sequences_). this is definitely a _weird_
record, quite funky and with a good deal of interesting programming
knocking about. probably most similar to _bass_, the slower, more
experimental tracks on dsn's _big rooms_, and recent kobalt or ro70
material. check it out. source recently opened an office in new york so you
should be able to find this at a domestic price (~$14)...
sc
p.s. haven't heard even a single word of discussion on the lisa carbon cd
on rather interesting...anyone?
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 16:40:48 -0500 (EST)
From: David F Maier <dfm8@columbia.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) just another referral...
On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Sean Cooper wrote that we uweniks might like the
recently released hia/dsn thing, which he says is:
> probably most similar to _bass_, the slower, more experimental tracks on
> dsn's _big rooms_, and recent kobalt or ro70 material.
This sounds very promising (as if I wouldn't have been interested anyway,
seeing as Moufang is on it...), but who are kobalt and ro70?
> haven't heard even a single word of discussion on the lisa carbon cd on
> rather interesting...anyone?
Geez, it just came out - gimme a chance to pick it up already. I just got
_Stereo Cocktail_ (is that the name of it?), an earlier one, and I must say
that if you like _Polyester_ you'll want to get this too; whoever is
spraying those wicked mono-synth leads all over the place is fine by me,
whether it's uwe or there really is someone named lisa carbon, which I
guess I can believe if I try hard enough; is that a picture of her on the
cover?
Another thing I have been digging recently is Bisk (_Time_, on Sub Rosa;
thanks to sc for the tip - and screw _The Wire_, who slagged it) - not so
jazzy as lc (or ah) but some nice beaty weirdness indeed. Plus the new
Dandy Jack is fab - he really steps out of uwe's shadow on this one.
D.
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:33:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Wallace Winfrey <wally@nicar.org>
To: fax-l@nicar.org
Cc: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) livemedia netcast: elfish echo & alien community 2
Hey Y'all
Well, a few people got to listen in on my last netcast, so I'm gonna assume
that it works outside my subnet, at any rate, till about 5:30pm CST I'll be
netcasting 'elfish echo presents sato yumiko' and 'alien community 2', and
maybe some bootleg orb CDs after that.
The URL is http://www.nicar.org/~wally/netcast.html
You need the Netscape LiveMedia plug-in to tune in, it's not quite as
widespread as RealAudio, but the quality is certainly comparable.
For the techheads out there, we're 'casting using GSM610 compression over a
13k/sec mono feed. I'd love to use Elemedia AX24000P compression at 24k/sec
stereo, but the compression algorithms are so processor intensive that it
slows my server down to a crawl (this is on an SGI Indy workstation with
128MB RAM even!).
Anyways, listen in! And let me know how it works (or doesn't) for you.
cheers
--
wally@nicar.org
"Is it not written in your law, 'I said, You are gods'?"
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:54:26 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) just another referral...
> This sounds very promising (as if I wouldn't have been interested anyway,
> seeing as Moufang is on it...), but who are kobalt and ro70?
oops, i meant kobat. i've never heard any of his purely solo stuff (i think
there are some 12-inches on source), but his remix of spacetime continuum
on _remit recaps_ is aces (that and, oddly enough, the hia mix are the two
highlights of that disc, imo)...as for ro70, this is roman fluegel of alter
ego who do mostly funky techno/breakbeat club gear for harthouse. ro70,
however, is wicked machinic ambient electro ala hia, dsn/moufang, 0,
gescom, etc. (perhaps not as intricate as some of those--particularly hia--
but still quite good). he's released a single full-length (on source, self-
titled, 1996), as well as a solo 12-inch and the recent "ro70 vs. deep
space network" ep.
> Another thing I have been digging recently is Bisk...screw _The Wire_,
> who slagged it...
yeah, this mystified me. i figured bisk's complexity and somewhat "arty
stubbornness" would appeal to the tranispotterly mentality of that mag, but
in my experience sometimes the wire's reviewers disappear up their own ass
so quickly they often miss the point of the record they're reviewing (to
say nothing of the fact that it's hard to hear _anything at all_ that far
up one's gastrointestinal tract...). they also gurned the invisible skratch
picklz' "invasion of the octopus people" and called bill laswell's
_oscillations_ one of the best jungle releases of the entirety of 1996...
whatever.
> Plus the new Dandy Jack is fab - he really steps out of uwe's shadow on
> this one.
loving this!
sc
onnow: unwound
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 19:18:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Hal Vx2 <macos@icomm.ca>
To: marc@freeworld.it
Cc: macos-list@resrocket.com, mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Interview with Uwe Schmidt (co-founder of MACOS)
> D.L.K.: When and how was you born as an association and which are your
> main aims?
"macos" was founded, i think in 1994. The main aim is to spread the logo
for those who are interested. It is mainly a concept that bases on
spreading a code, the logo, which connects people and ideas, if wanted.
> D.L.K.: Why do you fight the copyright?
First of all, we do not fight at all and especially not the copyright. It
is called "macos" which stands for "musicians against the copyrighting of
samples". Important are the words "musicians" and "samples". The
discussion about copyright itself is not our concern. "macos" was founded
as an organization which is only there to spread a logo, which is signaling
the attitude of a musician towards sampling. We are spreading the code.
When you see the macos logo on a record/cd, you know that sampling from it
will not be a problem (we hope). The "macos" logo is just a signal. Being
[a] musician, i know the situation when you take a sample from a cd and you
are not sure which problems could rise from this. It is just a practical
thing to let people know, by the logo, that sampling is no problem. On the
other hand, "macos" is not responsible for the artists decision. The
musician has to clear his/her position towards the record label or the
publisher which are the owners of the music in most cases. We leave the
thinking up to the members. We don't tell them what"correct" sampling is,
how long a sample should be and all this. We are not substituting one cage
by another.
> D.L.K.: How did you organize your fight against the copyright?
We are spreading the logo through mailing and through internet activities.
> D.L.K.: Did you achieve some good result?
yes.
> D.L.K.: Do you know the ANTI(C)FRONT and the way of acting they adopt?
> What do you think about?
no.
> D.L.K.: What do you think about bands who actively support the fight
> against the copyright like for example KLF or Negativland?
Some make good music, some don't
> D.L.K.: Do you also know other associations/groups that fight against
> the copyright?
no.
What are the differences between your organization and this ones?
?
> D.L.K.: Are there some particular future plans in your fight?
> D.L.K.: What do you would like people to do to fight the copyright?
break it.
> D.L.K.: What can we do to support you?
break it.
> D.L.K.: Tell as about related activities which concern your life... I
> know you are involved in music (bands, recordings, production,
> labels...).
I am releasing music under various projects on various labels worldwide.
Release list see internet site:
http://www.hyperreal.com/music/artists/atom_heart
further, i am doing a label called "rather interesting" where i am
releasing a cd per month of electronic music, mostly own productions. For
more information access through same site.
> D.L.K.: Something else I forgot you would like to add?
I don't think so.
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 14:07:47 -0600 (CST)
From: Mark Kolmar <mkolmar@xnet.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Making up for lost time
Mark Coleman wrote a few days ago:
> Dots: Elevator Music is the perfect subtitle. While a great ambient
> record, it is definitely more active than a disc like Flowerhead. I
> like this one a lot, but have to be more in the mood for it than most.
Am I missing something here? I just can't find the appeal in _Dots_ and
_Live at sel i/s/c_. Out of the extensive catalog, these are the only two
that (to my mind) seem suitable only for some utilitarian purpose (a la the
appropriately-titled _Music for Airports_ by Eno, ostensibly designed to
calm passengers from the fear of a fatal airplane crash).
[Last time I was on an airplane I listened to _Pulse Demon_ by Merzbow. I
was sitting in the shrieking-infant section, and that was the only way to
mask the noises this not-too-happy child was making.]
Having said that, if you're looking for slow harmonic/melodic motion in
meditative music, check into Morton Feldman. I can recommend just about
any of the performances on the HatART label, and "Piano and String Quartet"
(perf. Takahashi & Kronos Quartet) isn't hard to find in a well-stocked
"classical" section.
You might also check out Chopin's Nocturnes for Piano.
Generally I concur with what Mark Coleman was saying, but I suspect I'm a
lot more enthusiastic about VSVN than he is.
--Mark
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:16:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Chad M Oliveiri <oliveiri@pilot.msu.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Lisa Carbon
Deflowered the new Lisa Carbon CD the other day... The only other stuff by
her I've heard before is the "Stereococtail" and the remix she does on the
Apart 12". Initial impressions of "Stereococtail" left me thinking that the
stuff AHeart does with Carbon is less experimental on the beat side
(rhythms rarely stray from initial structure) with plenty of jazzy Moog
jamming by Carbon, leading to plenty of light, sugary tunes with not a lot
of staying power.
I still feel the same way with "Trio," but it feels a bit more dense than
"Coctail." Beats are fairly consistent, yet more organic-sounding than on
"Coctail." They seem more sample-heavy.
Plenty of vibe treatments on this new record, which sound great (see
"Roland Rhumba"). The dubby, loopy "Look Out The Window" sounds like
something I've never heard these two do before. Namlook contributes a
guitar solo to the last track, and I still don't know how I feel about it.
It's really similar to the guitar work he does on Jet Chamber III, and a
bit masturbatory. That's not to say it doesn't sound nice initially.
I like what Kolmar had to say about Morton Feldman -- I'm a big Feldman fan
and it's good to see others on this list. If you guys like the slow
morphing stuff AHeart does at times, you'll really appreciate works by
Feldman like "For Samuel Beckett," an opus that morphs so deceptively you
need to give each sound your total attention. A good deal of Feldman's
composition required individual improvisation on the part of the
performers, allowing for the same song to be performed in a two hour span
or a 10 minute span.
Back to Uwe:
I have a brand new copy of Almost Digital that I'm looking to unload. I
would like to trade it for something. In particular I'm looking for:
DOTS
Masters of Psychadelic Ambience
Paranoid
Semi-Acoustic Nature
Repeditive Digital Noise
Please e-mail me personally at <oliveiri@pilot.msu.edu> if you are
interested in a trade and we can work something out.
on now: Gilbert/Hampson/Kendall "Orr"
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:32:24 -0500 (EST)
From: David F Maier <dfm8@columbia.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Lisa Carbon
Still haven't heard the new one, but I would just like to point out what
I'm sure a lot of you already know, which is that the LC titles _Stereo
Cocktail_ and _Experimental Post Techno Swing_ are in fact the *same* disc,
only with a different cover and track order (not sure which I prefer).
D.
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:45:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Howard Stelzer <hds@grove.ufl.EDU>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) CDs for trade
Hello, everybody! I've got these here CDs for TRADE ONLY.
Let me know if yr interested:
Atom Heart "Live at sel i/s/c" (Fax, Ger)
Dots "Elevator Music" (Rather Interesting, Ger)
Datacide "Flowerhead" (Rather Interesting, Ger)
Silver Sound "60" (Rather Interesting, Ger)
Here's what I'd trade for. If no format is specified, then any release in
any format is okay: John Duncan, Asmus Tietchens (most), Daniel Mensche,
Merzbow (most), Coil, Nurse With Wound (most), Siglo XX "Dubbel", Siglo XX
"Antler Tracks 2" CD, Siglo XX "1981-1986", The New Blockaders, anything on
Trente Oiseaux, Trisomie 21, most by HNAS and its members (Christoph
Heemann, Damanbart, Trickbeat), most on Selektion, most on DOM, most on
Dragnet, Roger Doyle/Operating Theater, Gilbert + Lewis/ Dome/ Duet Emmo,
MSBR, Vomito Negro "Dare" CD, Klinik "Box" CD, Klinik/De Fabriek split LP,
Kapotte Muziek (most). I am also interested in v/a LPs and tapes with
tracks by the above artists, and most noise and musique concrete titles, so
just tell me what you've got and it may be something I haven't thought of.
Thanks!
Howard Stelzer
hds@grove.ufl.edu
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:49:55 -0800
From: Eric Hill <ehill@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Lisa Carbon
At 07:32 PM 2/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
> Still haven't heard the new one, but I would just like to point out what
> I'm sure a lot of you already know, which is that the LC titles _Stereo
> Cocktail_ and _Experimental Post Techno Swing_ are in fact the *same*
except that one of them is available on vinyl, a rarity for the better ah
tracks
eric
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 00:39:09 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Ondas.
Heya.
This mini-thread was on the Ambient list this past weekend (delete if
you've already seen it):
----------- Forwarded Message -----------
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:32:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Dean Smith <djsmith@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: (amb) ondas
hello,
would someone be willing to give a review/opinion on Datacide's "ondas"?
thanking one and all for replying.
-Dean
------------------------------
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 10:31:47 +0000
From: remora@denmark-c.it.earthlink.net
Subject: Re: (amb) re: ondas
I didn't like this one as much as the other Datacide release that I have,
"Flowerhead". Where "Flowerhead" flows and is pleasant "Ondas" is a little
annoying. Especially two tracks. One with a conversation recorded, some
guy talking about going to a club and talking to some girl - kinda reminds
me of a Saturday Night Live act, not something I want to here when I'm in
the mood for music. The other of someone mimicking a horn solo. I find it
very hard to relax to this release, especially for something that claims to
be the "future of lounge", some parts are good and then all to quickly
comes a part that drives me to remove it. Perhaps there is something
clever here to be impressed by - but my enjoyment scale is not lifted. I
bought this because I enjoy "Flowerhead" so much, boy are they different!
http://home.earthlink.net/~remora
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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 14:09:03 -0600 (CST)
From: Deckard <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
Subject: Re: (amb) re: ondas
On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 remora@denmark-c.it.earthlink.net wrote:
> I didn't like this one as much as the other Datacide release that I have,
> "Flowerhead". Where "Flowerhead" flows and is pleasant "Ondas" is a
> little annoying. Especially two tracks. One with a conversation
> recorded, some guy talking about going to a club and talking to some girl
> - kinda reminds me of a Saturday Night Live act, not something I want to
> here when I'm in the mood for music.
That would be Dandy Jack, who has worked with Namlook on Amp, and
has a few albums of Rather Interesting: The Cosmic Trousers, The
Plastic Woman. I like his "personal insight" and have to laugh
every time he says..."This is a...a special experience" :)
> Perhaps there is something clever here to be impressed by - but my
> enjoyment scale is not lifted. I bought this because I enjoy
> "Flowerhead" so much, boy are they different!
No doubt. Never buy a Datacide album thinking it will sound like
"the last one." The older Datacide (ie on Pod) is extremely harsh
in comparison to Flowerhead. Good, but for completely different
reasons.
no@h
. . . . . . ...
---------- End ----------
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 01:51:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Cc: Chris Tourgelis <ctourgel@mail.usyd.edu.au>
Subject: (mother) Re: Atom Heart @ Kinselas, Sydney, Fri 20o12o96
Hm.
On the topic of live AH shows, one my friends who's been dealing with
[our buddy] Don Weir pulled this off of his trade page:
> Atom Heart, Drome - The Beauty Tour
>
> 4 or 5 tracks by Atom Heart on his tour here last yaer.
> Drome 1 or 2 tracks (DE artist/s) and more trks by others.
> Recommended for the Atom Heart lover. (that I'm not)
> value US $20.00
Does anyone know anything about this? Is it the same recording as
that of the mail-order tape we've been talking about, but instead on a
bootleg [cd]? I'm assuming this is one of Don's bootlegs?? Or something
else???
Advice?
riew.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 01:57:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Cello.
Humdeedum.
My buddy Howie (welcome to the list you fucking idiot) made me aware
of something interesting in a SYMBIOSE RECORDS advertisement within the
more recent Isolation Tank mailorder catalogue... it tells about a new cd
single release called "Ollisipo" by CELLO that features a remix by LASSIGUE
BENDTHAUS. I've never heard of this. Anyone?
Also, I was never able to locate the SOMA single last year which
featured an AH/LB remix. These remixes Uwe does just keep passing us by.
ximer.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
'
on: "00 Mind" by L.I.N. (which features a top-rate LB remix...)
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:08:47 +0100
From: Nuno Proenca <nunotava@mail.telepac.pt>
To: mother@nicar.org
Cc: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: Re: (mother) Cello.
At 01:57 26-02-1997 -0500, Christopher Miller wrote:
> My buddy Howie (welcome to the list you fucking idiot) made me aware
> of something interesting in a SYMBIOSE RECORDS advertisement within the
> more recent Isolation Tank mailorder catalogue... it tells about a new cd
> single release called "Ollisipo" by CELLO that features a remix by
> LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS. I've never heard of this. Anyone?
Best thing for you to do is to ask symbiose records.
mailto:// Luis Carlos <Vortex@individual.EUnet.pt>
The location ot their on-line catalog is not handy, sorry.
I've forwarded a copy of this one to him, I think he'll be more than
pleased to answer.
Melhores Cumprimentos,
Nuno ProenÁa
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 12:44:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Chad M Oliveiri <oliveiri@pilot.msu.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) Almost Digital
Still haven't heard from anyone interested in trading for Atom Heart's
"Almost Digital" on Hypnotism. It's a decent disc, just not the style I'm
into.
I know it's hard to find, so I'm surprised none of you are interested in
it...
Feedback on what other people think of AD might be nice...
co
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:23:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Chad M Oliveiri <oliveiri@pilot.msu.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) needs
I really like AHeart's stuff on Rather Interesting... I tend to get into
the real ambient beat-less stuff (tracks like "Eigen Value" from RI comp #1
and "?? cuisine" from Machine Paisley) but I also really like the jazzy,
drummy freak-out stuff. I'm definitely not into the more conventional
techno dum-dum-dum (Four on the floor??) stuff.
Particular discs that I'm looking for include (but not limited to):
DOTS
+N Built or Plane
Paranoid
Repeditive Digital Noise
Semi-Acoustic Nature
Masters of Psych. Ambience
Does anyone have any of these that they'd be willing to trade for Almost
Digital?? AD is an expensive disc, so I can't really sell it for $14
seeing as I paid $25 and it's literally brand new.
co
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:15:20 -0600 (CST)
From: Deckard <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: Re: (mother) Making up for lost time
> Am I missing something here? I just can't find the appeal in _Dots_ and
> _Live at sel i/s/c_. Out of the extensive catalog, these are the only
> two that (to my mind) seem suitable only for some utilitarian purpose (a
> la the appropriately-titled _Music for Airports_ by Eno, ostensibly
> designed to calm passengers from the fear of a fatal airplane crash).
I have to say the live at sel i/s/c is easily one of my favorite
ambient-ish discs by Atom Heart. I consider it the closest thing
a synth can come to performing a mantra. There couldn't be a more
accurate phrase than "monochrome" to describe how it sounds.
Definitely not your average Atom Heart (but is there average AH?),
but very good IMHO nonetheless. :) It's sorta like the beginning
of B2 standing by itself.
> Generally I concur with what Mark Coleman was saying, but I suspect I'm
> a lot more enthusiastic about VSVN than he is.
If you like that track, czech out Earcloud's album on Hypnotism.
A friend of mine had this last summer, and even posted to mother
about it, but i have the feeling that was way before anyone had
heard of Hypnotism (as it wasn't yet available in the US at that
time). Earcloud features a great "remix" (or perhaps the original
mix) of VSVN #1, that dance track. The Earcloud version is
exponentially more elaborate the VSVN version, and has a great
i-feel-i-may-have-been-abducted feel to it....
no@h
. . . . . . ...
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 22:50:42 +0000
From: William Perez <will@panix.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) RI web site
greetings
I've finally finished the face lift on the Rather Interesting web site:
http://hyperreal.com/music/labels/rather_interesting/index.html
the first page should load much faster now that the graphics are located on
each individual CD's page. I've also added new info and artwork pages for
RI2 and Dandy Jack as well as an updated link to MACOS. Please let me know
your comments and if you spot any mistakes. Did I get all the vinyl
releases correct?
thanks
/ / / / / / mailto:will@panix.com
(_/__/ / (__ (__ http://www.panix.com/~will/
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:39:05 -0800
From: Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com>
To: mother@nicar.org
Subject: (mother) news from staalplaat
thought somebody might care...
---------
ATOM HEART & EYEPHONE - MICROPOSSESSED
CD ONLY - OUT NOW!!
Container Music 002
barcode: 7 5390 75403-2 1
This is the second release on Staalplaat's atmospheric music imprint
'Container Music'. We are proud to present two of Germany's most
interesting and talented music makers. Both of these musicians have a
background in techno, house, ambient and serious avant-garde music.
"micropossessed" is a project conceived by the frankfurt based musicians
"Eyephone" and "Atom Heart", both known for their works in the field of
electronic sound.
"Eyephone" is known for his releases "Reductive" (Cd album 1995),
"Evergreens" (CD album 1996) and "Greenhouse e.p." (12inch 1996) (all on
Hypnotism) and Atom Heart who released material under many different
projects since 1990 ("pure function" & "larger than life", 12"s 1993 on
After 6am), "atom heart and pink elln live (1993 on Rising High),
"Morphogenetic Fields (CD 1994 on Rough Trade), and "Shellglove" (CD 1996
on Recent Programmings). Got together in the summer of 1995 to start on
their collaboration project entitled "micropossessed". The music was
layered in various sessions and completed one year later. In the summer of
1996, the basic for sound generation consists of audio feedback made by M.
Behrens between 1990 and 1995. This material was then re-sampled and
digitally modified to enhance its specific microrhythmic qualities. Those
highly abstract audio textures were composed to create different
atmospheres ranging from reduced rhythmic ambient via elaborated funkyness
of the percussive "micropossessed" cracks to the cyclic interferences of
"microcycled" which is the coda to the entire composition. The concept used
in the processing of the audio material was adapted for the manipulation of
several video screenshots. Parts of these low resolution image files were
magnified and used as cover artwork to reveal their microstructures. Both,
the music and visuals cohere to form this conceptual masterpiece.
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:32:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Pop Artificielle release update.
Damn.
This was posted on the Ambient list yesterday...
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 19:05:32 -0600 (CST)
From: tachyon snuggy <cashew@utxvms.cc.utexas.edu>
Subject: (amb) lassigue bendthaus query
anybody know if his last lp ever got released? i think it was called "pop
artificelle" or something like that. . .
-jeff
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 15:02:24 +0100
From: "John N. Sellekaers" <jns@link.be>
Subject: Re: (amb) lassigue bendthaus query
> anybody know if his last lp ever got released? i think it was called
> "pop artificelle" or something like that. . .
Yeah, it was supposed to be out late '95 - early '96, but now it's
scheduled for September 97, still on KK Records. It's a pop-cover album,
including songs from David Bowie, Robert Palmer, ABC, James Brown and
others...
Cheers,
John N. Sellekaers
http://www.link.be/xinguhill
Xingu Hill, Urawa, Torsion, Ambre
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:32:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) lead - LCT "Opto Freestyle Swing" 12"
Chachacha.
For anyone who's interested, this guy's got a copy of the "Opto
Freestyle Swing / Megawhat Acoustic Groovology" 12" (on POD) up for grabs
in his current FS list:
Andrew Garratt <amg5@york.ac.uk>
> The Lisa Carbon Trio Megawhat acoustic groovology
> Pod Communications 12 M/M 4
tahwagem.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:39:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS LIST <mother@nicar.org>
Subject: (mother) Superficial Depth release update.
Heyheyhey.
Here's a small excerpt from a message Brian Williams (aka Lustmord)
sent me concerning the release of Uwe's SUPERFICIAL DEPTH project on his
Side Effects label:
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 97 17:04:18 -0800
From: mythos@earthlink.net
Hi Chris,
His "Superficial Depth" album is in the printers now, and should be
out in two weeks.
B.
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Finally! ;}
laicifrepus.
.`--).
o o ._)
christopher miller ==;'
evil@digital.net =='
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