Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:41:27 -0500
From: William Perez <will@panix.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Re: Hats off to Hat
> Actually, it's 70 billion. ;-) What movie is this from, do you know?
> Ever since I got _Plasticity_ and heard that track ("Soulenoid", on the
> 1993 Cabaret Voltaire album, for those of you scratching your heads),
> I've been wanting to see that movie. Sounds cool....
I'm pretty sure it's from an early "The Outer Limits" episode called "The
Man With The Glass Hand" which was shot in the same hotel used in Blade
Runner but before BR was ever made. It's probably the best original Outer
Limits episode ever made (most of them are crap) and I think it was written
by Harlan Ellison. It's about some guy who travels back in time and
somehow has hidden the entire population of earth, except he can't
remember.
will
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:18:50 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Re: Hats off to Hat
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, B. Yost wrote:
> I'm not the sort to gush over babies and kids, but that image sent to the
> list of the toddler with the Burger King HAT and Intel shirt was awfully
> cute.
That's Lulu! The whole message of the `commercialized' baby adorned
with corporate advertisements kind of went over my head though. What's Uwe
trying to say?
Oh, and I believe that's Lulu on the end of the second (untitled)
track from the _Naturalist_ cd. Waaah!
ulul.
.`-).
| ;
christopher miller o o'
evil@digital.net =
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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:21:04 -0500 (EST)
From: laerm <laerm@voicenet.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Re: Hats off to Hat
On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Christopher Miller wrote:
> That's Lulu! The whole message of the `commercialized' baby adorned
> with corporate advertisements kind of went over my head though. What's
> Uwe trying to say?
i missed this pic, i think. would someone please forward it to me? thanks.
*
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"It's strange how you arrive at ideas, how thoughts consolidate themselves
out of the most disparate and unlikely beginnings, and how often those
beginnings are realizations from experience that something isn't possible
(or alternately is possible but not interesting)." -- Brian Eno
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 19:13:15 -0800 (PST)
From: "B. Yost" <byost@megsinet.net>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Re: Hats off to Hat
> That's Lulu! The whole message of the `commercialized' baby adorned
> with corporate advertisements kind of went over my head though. What's
> Uwe trying to say?
The future is not merely *wearing* endorsements of corporate entities, it
is gene rearrangement therapy where we can pay for genetic/chromosomal
modification by the likes of Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Disney (for the
*perfect* child), etc. We on the list will be buying the RI gene released
in conjunction with the laboratories at Linger Decoree.
Paging Dr. Carbon! White courtesy phone please.
-- Brad
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:51:29 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Re: Hats off to Hat
At 07:13 PM 2/4/99 -0800, "B. Yost" <byost@megsinet.net> wrote:
> The future is not merely *wearing* endorsements of corporate entities, it
> is gene rearrangement therapy where we can pay for genetic/chromosomal
> modification by the likes of Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Disney (for
> the *perfect* child), etc. We on the list will be buying the RI gene
> released in conjunction with the laboratories at Linger Decoree.
Beautiful imagery and ideology! Do you read Baudrillard or Gibson perhaps?
Speaking of - I'm really into cyber-punk, as old and possibly dried up as
it is, anyone have any recommendations? My current favorites are: Gibson,
P.K. Dick (not cyberpunk, but a precursor), Rudy Rucker, Neal Stephenson,
Charles Platt and Bruce Sterling. I'm not entertained by the "space opera"
type stuff, more the gritty near-future "Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep/Neuromancer" material.
Just thought since we all share common interests and Atom Heart's music
goes hand in hand with a lot of the nanotech/dna modification/biomechanoid
futurism - that you people might like the same stuff.
Mr. Tangent
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 01:02:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Angel.
Ah.
Ok. From reading a few posts on IDM, I've learned that there's a
non-album b-side on the new LB single...
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:49:39 +0200
From: alkio@hkkk.fi
Subject: (idm) Pop Artificiale?
Hi,
I heard an interesting Mouse-On-Mars-like(?) cover of Aerosmith's "Angel"
the other day - with synthetic-sounding vocals and all. Not that I ever
liked the original, but this sounded really cool.
I asked the DJ about the record and it was a 12" by something called "Pop
Artificiale" or such and supposedly had a James Brown cover on the other
side. I didn't ask about the label, though.
Does anybody have more info about this? I tried searching the net in all
kinds of ways but found nothing.
Greetings, Jouni (a.k.a. Aural Expansion)
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 08:07:10 -0600 (CST)
From: phlux@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: (idm) Pop Artificiale?
Its Lassigue Bendthaus......The record I believe is on Form & Function.
Rob
Codec! http://www.mindstorm.com/codec
LogiQ http://www.sinless.com/logiq
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:25:46 +0200
From: alkio@hkkk.fi
Subject: Re: (idm) Pop Artificiale?
Hi again,
Actually, I kinda tracked down the "Pop Artificielle" thingy by Lassigue
Bendthaus. It is on KK Records, Belgium and what I heard was probably a
12" that has "Jealouys Guy/Superbad". Their webpage www.kkrecords.be stats
that the album (incl. 10 covers) is out cat. no. kk141.
Greetings, Jouni
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 15:31:58 PST
From: "der pimp" <der_pimp@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (idm) Pop Artificiale?
okay, i gotta know - where did you hear this? can you ask this dj where
s/he got it? you're referring to the forthcoming (last i heard) album by
lassigue bendthaus, aka atom heart, 'pop artificielle'. it's an album of
covers that we've been waiting for since like early 96....
please do respond....
yours,
niall.
every text is apocryphal. let nothing be suppressed.
------------------------------
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 15:51:39 -0800 (PST)
From: eric hill <ehill@best.com>
Subject: Re: (idm) Pop Artificiale?
the single with "angel," "jealous guy," and "superbad" was released a
couple of weeks ago on form and function/kk. the whole album is meant to be
out march 1.
eric
onnow: company flow : funcrusher plus (rawkus)
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Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 15:47:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Mother <mother@hyperreal.org>
Cc: 2350 Reviews <laps@2350.org>
Subject: (atom) review: Real Intelligence
Real Intelligence (RI033)
With the release of the first RI compilation disc, Atom Heart allows the
listener to witness the ever-expanding stages and styles that the label has
progressed through. From the chlorophyllic swirls of "Seaweed" and the
sterile beatless bonus track "Eigen Value" to the more active processes of
"Rather Sleep Than Dance" and "K-Jam," Uwe advances through various genre-
rooms, effortlessly raising the standards of each and adding a few more
personal touches before exiting. Real Intelligence reveals a talent for
smooth composition injected with a witty, almost awkward dose of humor and
sequential spontaneity. Atom Heart seems to have followed the smooth
albeit unpredictable progression through the more categorical forms of
house, trance, chill-out, funk, and jazz without losing the sonic thread.
Here 9 of the first 10 RI albums are presented as different "band" projects
which contribute 1 track each for the compilation. Notably missing is an
excerpt from the live album b2 (RI030), which really must stand on its own,
as truncating either of the two live sets presented would hardly yield a
proper exposure to the performances.
Furthermore, although the overall scope of each album is simply too diverse
to be reflected in a single track, it seems that the choice of tracks
reflects the overall sound and approach of each album. This is less true
for Flextone and MU. About half of Flextone serves up dank or obtuse house
selections, yet most of MU remains beatless. Still, the general feel of
each release is somehow conceptually bound up in each song. Real
Intelligence was my first exposure to the increasingly wild Rather
Interesting label, and I can hardly overemphasize my enthusiasm as I
stumbled upon the full-lengths in turn, eventually discovering that each of
them was quite impressive for different reasons. The real meat lies in
accomplishing the subtle crossbred fusions of various familiar styles while
at the same time splicing in elements of baffling electro-eccentricity.
Continuously honing this knack for blending previously incompatible musical
styles, Uwe also demonstrates, both musically and visually, how natural
organic ingredients work well with the more computational, calculated, and
synthetic side of life.
One special point about Real Intelligence is that many of the songs have
been spacially reoriented. In some cases, the extreme channel separation
of the original versions (VSVN#3, Flowerhead, K-Jam) is simply 'mono-ized'
with the instruments hanging around the middle of the soundfield.
And what's this about a Video for "Rather Sleep Than Dance" ?! Apparently,
a team by the name of Protean Vision Quest at the National Centre for
Computer Animation at Bournemouth University has made one entitled "Dream
Tribe." It's up to the loyal members of the Mother list to find this thing
so we can see it! Also, I noticed at the end of the liner notes on the
back cover that there is a PID NO. (project ID number?) "1995103" 1995
obviously being the year the compilation was released, but the "103"
happens to be the number recited by the computerized voice at the end.
Still no solution (is there one?) to the numeralogical bits appended onto
the end of some RI releases, but it's a tidbit. I'm still stumped by what
the 103 designates, perhaps the number of projects Uwe has contributed to
at that time?
Here are reviews of the 2 unreleased bonus tracks:
10 Eigen Value (5:55) - Nature before science began labelling it, but a
scientific tune deserves a scientific name. Described as being the
sound of a "Gaussian Surface Algorythm." This track is quietly noisey,
beatless, and goes through several stages. The first is a 90-second
rounded static segment which then switches over to a more submerged
drone which gently glides by like an immense submarine, leaving a trail
of bubbles to tickle your ears.
11 Clear File (6:48) - A pulsey, staticy bass drum combines with several
other drums to make up the main percussive passage. Snare and bass seem
to switch roles. This track also gives a sneak peak into the more
slurred echoey drum techniques that one can find on many of the more
recent RI discs. The overall tone becomes quite eerie as the song plays
out. Each drum sound seems to be independently tweaked so that in spite
of the lower bpm rate, there is much to be heard during any given
moment. The track's outro draws out an intense creaking ripple sound.
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
fr0n+ p|c+ur3 +@k3n w|+h0u+ p3rm|55|0n fr0m 50m3wh3r3
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:53:52 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Jealous Guy - lb
Just got this today - pre-ordering pays off! I will post my review later
today.
Mr. Tangent
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 13:37:18 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Cc: IDM Mailing List <idm@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Lassigue Bendthaus - Jealous Guy (review)
Lassigue Bendthaus - "Jealous Guy" cd single (Kk Records - kk179)
Jealous Guy [Poeme Syncope] (J. Lennon) 4:18
Superbad [Digital Soul Substitute] (J. Brown) 3:40
Thatness and Thereness [Mental Karaoke] (R. Sakamoto) 3:18
Jealous Guy [Poeme Non-Syncope] (J. Lennon) 4:27
Total - 15:43
--
The opening track is a cover of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" as the title
tells us - it's a beautifully somber rendition that actually made me cry
upon listening to it. It's that type of song that makes your recall past
loves and things that you should have done but didn't. The music opens
with a compressed piano melody then slowly morphs into sublime echoed
vocoder vocals. The track has piano in the background throughout the
entire song in some form or another with subdued, slow electronics
pulsating rhythmically along side. This song could very easily fit in with
anything from the "Render" album.
Next we have "Superbad" which wasn't as funky as I thought it was going to
be given that it was a James Brown cover after all. Even so, it does have
a slinky funkadelic feel to it. The most striking thing about the song is
the quite unique vocals - which are processed in such a way that they
sounds amazing. It sounds like he took the vocals and somehow re-modulated
them - the liner notes mention a software that he developed called "Raw" -
so I assume he used this on the vocals. ("Raw" does vocal simulation based
on vocal resynthesis generated by original vocal raw material. This is a
'composition versus combination' product. - from the liner notes) There's
some interesting digital editing and solo synth noodling at the end of the
song that sounds both amazing and confusing - it sounds slightly out of
time, but really isn't. Not quite what I was expecting for this cover but
very pleasant nonetheless.
"Thatness and Thereness" which was composed originally by Ryuichi Sakamoto
comes in next. It's another piano-laden piece with electronics strung over
the top. Mid-paced drums studder quite impressively (Uwe's drum
programming is legendary) while reverbed piano mingles its way into your
listening space. No vocals are present - but really aren't necessary
anyway. This track reminds me of an electronic version of some of the
songs by Angelo Badalamenti on the "Lost Highway" soundtrack.
The second version of the "Jealous Guy" track sounds very similar to the
first version with the only main exception being that it never adds drums
to the mix - as the Poeme Syncope version does. It sounds nearly identical
other than that fact. About 1:11 into the first mix the drums come in but
on this version the drums never appear - but you won't probably notice as
the drums are inconsequential in light of the exquisite music.
In the end, I'm probably highly biased - but if you liked "Render" then
you'll stop reading right now and rush out and buy this. With this
installation I am salivating for the upcoming album "Pop Artificielle".
"I didn't mean to hurt you... I'm sorry that I made you cry, oh well...
I didn't want to hurt you... I'm just a jealous guy...
I was feeling insecure... you might not love me anymore...
I was shivering inside..."
Mr. Tangent
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 19:40:03 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Atom Heart remix spotted
Saw this on the Playing By Ear (David Hodgson <pbe@Rt66.com>) update:
--
also available from Bill Laswell on Sub Rosa:
OSCILLATIONS REMIXES cd/lp SR122 / SRV122
(featuring Nico / No-U-Turn, Scanner, Atom Heart, DJ Grazzhoppa, Ui)
--
Mr. Tangent
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:47:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) lead - Pentatonic Surprise
Morning.
This guy's got the following AH/related discs for sale/trade:
Rowland Atkinson <R.Atkinson@socsci.gla.ac.uk>
> Atom Heart - Pentatonic Surprise (RI)
And:
> All FAX discs are ten quid or 15 dollars each. This includes p+p. All
> discs are in excellent condition.
>
> Aerial Service Area - PS 08/58
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 20:18:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) lead - Softcore
Oh.
Hey, EAR/Rational Music <ear@xmission.com> has the following AH disc
for sale:
> Softcore $13
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:14:19 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Mother <mother@hyperreal.org>
Cc: 2350 Reviews <laps@2350.org>
Subject: (atom) review: Cosmic Trousers
Cosmic Trousers (RI034)
Something strange has happened here. The first new release in the second
series is not even an Atom Heart album, but someone even further removed
from the dance floor, if that's possible. Dandy jack and the Cosmic
Trousers is a new project entirely, with most of the handiwork attributed
to Martin Shopf (a.k.a. superstar Dandy Jack), and an added level of
treatment from "Executive Producer" Atom Heart. Other players involved
include Pink Elln in Miami for Mastering and "Special Effects" by the ever-
present Victor Sol. This album pushes the envelope even on Atom Heart's
rather accommodating wackiness meter, so be prepared. With that said, the
album is also a dense gem for the serious electronic music lover. What I
really respect about this album is the unique and lasting impression it
leaves. Some songs (such as "Lilly Putana") act as bizarre adventures into
super-eclectic sounds and more unpredictable arrangements. So who is this
Dandy jack we keep hearing about? Well, the shirt he is wearing on the
album cover yields one clue. On it is the same dancer as on the cover of
the first Sieg Uber Die Sonne album, and both projects share members. I
found the Cosmic Trousers to be most difficult to describe, filled as it is
with quirkily tweaked noises and extremely untraditional programming.
Truly this album is unexpected, yet it is also impressively composed and
not without that slippery RI gloss. The album seems to get better and
better exponentially as it progresses. This is by no means an unbroken
rule, but it generally holds true. Indeed, we should be having a darn fine
time upon reaching the album's conclusion! And I think the last 3 tracks
are unforgettable.
1 Hi Head - The opener begins with some words of wisdom, then a casual
snappy rhythm begins. A 303 appears and is totally warped not quite
beyond recognition, and the wave rips along until the Bassdrum is
dropped in... Ahhhh. Much variety in the chosen synth textures that
fill out the listening space, one by one. Lots of spiciness and special
touches, a pinch of notes here, a riff or two there. A gliding
background keyboard adds some sense of space to the piece.
2 Play It Sam - Starts with a winding insect noise, convolving and
flexing. Then the track proper kicks in. "It" is a jawharp, no
kidding? Some metallic surfaces plink-plonk-plinking to the beats, this
song is cartoonish and slap-happy. One of the main melodies sounds as
if it's being played on some backward synthetic instrument.
3 Loser Bar - This is a laid back tune that intentionally meanders about
without ever "going anywhere." The point is there is no point, you're
staying right here... who knows who might walk in? Some quasi-vocal
utterance echoes and disappears back into the woodwork. What a creep.
A complex blend of solos and accompanying synths furnish the area.
Hypnotic, yet loose and improvised-sounding in execution. Shall we head
somewhere else...?
4 Angels Without Faces - Now this I really like! Several different
melodies float around. Each is constructed carefully enough to stand on
its own, yet they also blend together nicely. I have found myself
humming one or the other from time to time. Listener Friendly.
5 Ground Zero - "Broken Heart..." A solid rhythmic drum pattern sets the
stage for a powerful demonstration in song writing. Something this good
might even suggest that Dandy's been holding out on us! Wonderful whirs
and rolling air pockets back up a top-notch melody full of melancholic
emotion. Deep, aggressive, but gentle nevertheless.
6 Lilly Putana - Person, place or thing?
7 Insect Commander - Here he is. Slightly unnerving, but also twisted and
comical. Almost reminds me of +N, with its croaking 303 wiggling around
on the periphery. But would you really give that six-legger a good
whack with the Daily Standard?
8 Super Ambient - Another 303 worm slithers out from under a rock. Is it
really ambient? It certainly is down tempo compared to the rest. But
the overall energy level here is high, and of the more dormant type. A
spectacular view of clever slides, slurs, and pitch bends with the old
Roland. I don't recall ever hearing one programmed with such a classy
technique.
9 Loa - This is the closest we come to house. Loa is another epic
installment of melancholy-tinged melody. There are some lyrics here,
but heck if I can figure out even one word! Definitely gets the trophy
for linguistic ambiguity and overall character. The words are
chameleon-like, and many of the other synth sounds shift and change the
overall setup of the track. Like it's successor, the track is almost
twice as long as some of the others, but it certainly doesn't wear out
its welcome. Sometimes I pop the disc in just to hear this number.
10 Binal True - This track is unlike the others in several respects. It's
straight 4-on-the-Floor, for one. While most of the others on the disc
are non-4otF, drawing instead on other irregular, perhaps Latin-
influenced patterns. This track features a hard bassdrum that keeps
everything else steady. Also, this finisher is much faster bpm-wise.
Included on the Real Intelligence II compilation, this song on it's own
is a curve-ball, as it really can't clue you in to how the rest of the
album sounds when heard in isolation. It ends with everything kind of
floating freely up above you.
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
"G0d 5@v3 +h3 pr0gr@mm3r5"
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:26:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Re: review: Cosmic Trousers
On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Noah noted:
> Dandy jack and the Cosmic Trousers is a new project entirely, with most
> of the handiwork attributed to Martin Shopf (a.k.a. superstar Dandy
> Jack), and an added level of treatment from "Executive Producer" Atom
> Heart.
I've since learned that this is untrue. Uwe adamantly empasizes that
he had nothing at all to do with any of the music on either of the Dandy
Jack albums on RI. `Executive Producer' instead misleadingly identifies
his role in putting the album together... the packaging of the final
product so to speak.
I've gotta woder about this though as there are so many Uwe-isms on
both of the Dandy Jack releases. Their styles are so complimentary, with
Dandy Jack's being more up-beat and dance-oriented. I'm wondering when and
if the planned GON album will ever see the light of day.
recudorp.
.`-).
| ;
christopher miller o o'
evil@digital.net =
'
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 09:04:54 +0000
From: David Smith <dgesmith@LAB0.VET.ED.AC.UK>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: (atom) relationships?
Hey, a few of you folks who were chatting a while back about Uwe-like
sounds around. Did you bring Pole into that context - I can't remember.
If you did you were spot on, if not, then I think some of you may like what
you hear if you check it out. Has much of the fell of AH, especially his
more ambi-dub-house stuff around the time of BASS and Silver Sound: mellow
dubismic tunes with clik-clak-clatter percussion. Mmmm, nice.
What about Redeye? I was listening to it again after a long break and was
again struck by some similarities to AH - does that have anything at all to
do with AH? It certainly owes a lot to him in places.
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:22:36 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) review: Cosmic Trousers (re-sending)
At 10:26 PM 2/11/99 -0500, Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net> wrote:
> I'm wondering when and if the planned GON album will ever see the light
> of day.
What's the GON album? Also, any word on the ":)" and "Flanger" projects
that are coming out soon? Release date, album title or whatever?
Mr. Tangent
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 04:48:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: Music That Sounds Like Stoves Talking To Refrigerators Mailing-List
<idm@hyperreal.org>
Cc: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) ATOM HEART/LASSGUE BENDTHAUS discography help requested
[singles/eps].
Hello.
I am trying to wrap up writing the ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS
discography and still need a little bit more help on a few items. If you
have any of the below singles/eps, please get in contact with me by Friday
the 19th:
ATOM HEART - "Globescanner" ... 12" (on Delirium Records)
ATOM HEART - "Larger Than Life" ... 12" (on After 6 A.M.)
ATOM HEART - "Pure Function" ... 12" (on After 6 A.M.)
ATOM HEART - "Whitehouse" ... UK cd (on Rising High)
----------
ATOM HEART & PINK ELLN - "Live" ... 12" (on Elektroclassiks)
----------
ATOMU' SHINZO - "Cool Memories" ... 12" (on Black Label)
ATOMU' SHINZO - "Por Que?" ... 12" (on Antigroove)
ATOMU' SHINZO - "Track 23" ... 12" (on Antigroove)
----------
BI-FACE - "Free E.P." ... 12" (on Aural Audio)
BI-FACE - "137" ... 12" (on Pod Communication)
----------
i - "Percussion Overdose" ... 12" (on Pod Communication)
----------
FLANGER - "Templates" ... 12" (on NTone/Ninja Tune)
----------
LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS - "Automotif" ... the original test-pressing release
LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS - "Jealous Guy" ... 12" (Form & Function/Kk Records)
LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS - "Jealous Guy / Superbad"
... promo 12" (Form & Function/Kk Records)
LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS - "Superbad / Angie"
... promo 12" (Form & Function/Kk Records)
----------
SLOT - "Dance" ... 12" (on Cyclotron)
----------
SUBSEQUENCE - "Healthy" (PK 08/28) ... 12" (on Fax)
SUBSEQUENCE - "Invocation" ... 12" (on Music Man/Fax)
----------
SYNTHADELIC - "Secretary" (PK 08/15) ... 12" (on Fax)
SYNTHADELIC - "Secretary" ... 12" (on Grand Mal/Fax)
SYNTHADELIC - "Secretary" ... cd (on Grand Mal/Fax)
----------
URBAN PRIMITIVISM - "Fraud" ... 12" (on Black Label)
----------
WEIRD SHIT - "Goddamn Drummachine" ... 12" (on Cyclotron)
WEIRD SHIT - "Goddamn Drummachine" ... cd (on Cyclotron)
I only have a few specific questions to ask about each of the above
items (tracklisting, call-number, country of origin, etc), and it should
only take one or two replies to get the info I need. Any help you provide
would be greatly appreciated, and you will of course be credited in the
upcoming revision of the ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS discography. Please
e-mail me directly and not to the list. Thank you very much.
mota.
.`-).
| ;
christopher miller o o'
evil@digital.net =
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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:06:52 -0500 (EST)
From: laerm <laerm@voicenet.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) ATOM HEART/LASSGUE BENDTHAUS discography help requested
[singles/eps].
On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Christopher Miller wrote:
> WEIRD SHIT - "Goddamn Drummachine" ... 12" (on Cyclotron)
why, just the other day i found this one for a few dollars and have to
share my joy with the list. so here's a rundown:
Weird Shit
"Goddamn Drummachine/I Feel It" 12" SpV 050-120025
(runout groove states:
A: "GODDAMN DRUMMACHINE" LEPTONE 714A
B: "I FEEL IT" LEPTONE 741AA )
"Goddamn Drummachine" is a an odd, acidic 909 workout. a few elements of
jungle show up, in the style of programmed breaks. "I Feel It" is
essentially the same thing, except with an "i feel it" femvox sample on
top, which i think cropped up on a few later moby releases.
it's artistic value is pretty much nil, but, considering it's almost 10
years old (right?), it's kinda interesting to hear where uwe started off.
it's good fun, and a collector's item.
*
####
a disturbance in a system. ####
laerm. @voicenet.com ##:#
icq: 5562209
but if there's treasures inside/then i can't be relied/not to show the
world what can be done/i'll show you how to be free
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:15:26 -0600 (CST)
From: jeff shoemaker <cashew@texas.net>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) review: Cosmic Trousers (re-sending)
> any word on the ":)" and "Flanger" projects that are coming out soon?
> Release date, album title or whatever?
yeah. . .all i've heard about is a single. will there be an lp?
won't this be the first n-tone in a long time?
-jeff
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1642 try 621
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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:56:25 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Re: review: Cosmic Trousers
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Mr. Tangent asked:
> What's the GON album?
It's the collaborative full-length from Uwe Schmidt and Dandy Jack
which was to have been released last year. I'm not sure whether it's even
been recorded... but it did appear in one of the `Del Haze Entertainment'
newsletters as being an upcoming release on RI. There already is one GON
12"ep. out on Pod Communication (England) from 1994, called _Retrograde
E.P._.
nog.
.`-).
| ;
christopher miller o o'
evil@digital.net =
'
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:01:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) lead - Hertz
Well.
This guy's got the following (long out of print) Lassigue Bendthaus cd
single for sale from his current list:
Jason <solvent@interlog.com>
> Lassigue Bendthaus-Hertz $8
He's in Canada and is asking a $10 minimum order on cds however.
E-mail him for his full list (he originally posted it to `whitezone-l').
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 09:21:20 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Mother <mother@hyperreal.org>
Cc: 2350 Reviews <laps@2350.org>
Subject: (atom) review: Machine Paisley
Machine Paisley (RI035)
Atom Heart has found yet another way to use the large arsenal of sequential
tactics to impress his audience. After the release of an RI compilation
disc followed by an album from his friend and co-conspirator, Dandy Jack,
our guide leads us into Brazilian musical territory without compromising
his own unique style. It is pleasing to see that some electronic musicians
are finally branching out into some of the lesser-known Latin regions that
the technoheads haven't already invaded. This kind of work is left to the
sonic pioneers of our day, who choose not to continue working in the well
established techno-genres, but would rather delve into something entirely
different, purely for the discovery of a raw musical forum. For electronic
music, this is no small undertaking. In fact, it is one of the more
significant events in the history of electronic music, if only for the
intimidating task of translating these diverse musical styles that have
existed for many years into the rapidly emerging compositional technology.
Uwe once stated in one of his interviews something to the effect that
Machine Paisley was one of the most challenging and enjoyable undertakings
for the label thus far, and it's not hard to see why. The album is a
conceptual and aesthetic triumph for modern computer music. While most
producers continue to churn out the various club-slanted derivatives using
new combinations of generally older, more rigid template sequences, Atom
Heart once again takes techno into the vast, electrified unknown.
Welcome to la Machina...:
1 Elephant - The animal trumpets gleefully during this short intro,
heralding the start of the album in a proper lighthearted atmosphere.
2 Synthe Mental Journey - This one begins with a cheesy 70's organ segment
that will surely put a smile on your face. This frisky track quickly
gets things rolling with a distorted screech of some PC MIDI standard
files being piped through some circuits. The liner notes mention that
this piece is composed "Ipanema style" and gives us early notice of a
heavy bossa nova influence. Ipanema is a popular lakeside neighborhood
down in Rio de Janeiro, and it will be quite the decadent party scene in
just a little while (if it isn't already) during Carnivale. And the
song definitely preserves the festive mood of such an event. Long-term
fans will immediately recognize many of the Roland drum sounds used, but
be assured that you've never heard them used quite like this. Spastic
snares and claps parse the time away, mixing with some piano notes and a
voice (Uwe's?) whispering the phrase "bossa nova cha-cha." But before
long, our tune decomposes into a rich mush of static waves and radio
interference and some humorous-yet-classic keyboard preset tomfoolery a
la Ondas.
3 Smoothness Above All Else - This track can also be found on Hosono's
compilation "Daisy World Tour." It starts off with some silky
synthesizer squeaks, all mingling their textures and frequencies. When
the drums come in, it's apparent that Uwe's been brushing up on his
fills and skills while Dandy was showing off his new intergalactic
pantaloons, as many of their characteristics sound shiny and all brand-
new. Programmed in 7/4 time, Lisa Carbon & another friend named Selim
take care of the solos here, and reflect perfectly the liveliness of
"real instruments" (pfft!). But what this? A stall, the music
atrophies and things get real quiet... then that speakin' speller comes
forth with the word we heard all the way back on +N "ex.s": "1-1-2 1-1-
2 1-2 rrrrRhythm" And the beat kicks back in, this time with an
accompanying cowbell/agogo-ish type sound slathered all over the
patterns. Beeps and hi-pitch whistles of all kinds finish it out.
4 Texture Cuisine - Mmmm tasty! Begins with kitchen ambience much like
"Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast." Then the textures funnel in. Reminds
me of parts of MU, with the seemingly random notes conspiring to form a
playful, hidden melody echoing into the distance. Everything gets a
little strange toward the end, with some unknown man singing in vibrato
for his very soul. Is that the cook? The glitchery at work here is
pure genius, the machine is evolving, taking on a life of its own. A
table server is caught unawares on DAT offering today's specials: "Then
we have all kinds of... fresh wegtables...." Of course, wegtables. And
don't forget to loosen your belt out a notch.
5 High Heels - Look out, it's high time we get down and dirty into some
sequence grunge. A slower, sultry drum loop is fed through a bulging
filter while some drunken drum rolls and some surprise soundbytes keep
you guessing. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves, and the solo
work in this track is bound to grab you. There's steaming synthetic
funk, several killer solos, and the ladies, whoa... let's not forget the
Ladies! Here comes one of 'em she walk on by. You can even hear the
attitude, thanks to Uwe's superior field recording skills.
6 Midi A Gogo - Uwe and Lisa are really getting good at this real-time
solo stuff. It's getting to the point where it really doesn't matter
what the sound itself is, the melody that plays out beautifies whatever
textures they select. This track is the perfect example.
7 Aqua Fantasy - Establishing a new level of musical comedy, this short
track keeps the spirits high well into the night. A lumbering beat
keeps you moving while some pseudo-007ish thick-accented character
repeats the title. What really blows me away Every Single Time is the
solo toward the end. Slinky, sensuous, and sure to please!
8 Aliastructure - Klangy thang.
9 About Pears and Apples - All the Mac needs now is pre-emptive
multi-tasking! Dig all the new colors though.
10 Babes On Display - Are those babes on the cover responsible for all the
moaning and grinding noises? The bass packs an appropriate punch for
such a penetrating track. Sorry, but the ending makes it all
worthwhile. Doesn't it always...?
11 Copacabana Palace - Step inside, take a look around. The Latin court
musician will serenade you if you like. Or you can just hang out and
admire some of the impressive percussion on loan from Tetsu Inoue. You
can also get this track from the Real Intelligence II compilation. And
just to demonstrate the natural flow of things, just to prove that the
method is down-pat, some more one-of-a-kind solo work is thrown through
the loops. More soundbytes take the edge off, much like those on Senor
Coconut.
Needless to say, this album is yet another keeper from the Heart.
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
Art direction and concept by Lisa Carbon:
Graphics available at http://www.datacide.org/ri035.html & @
www.hyperreal.org/music/labels/rather_interesting/info/machine.html
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:14:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) lead - Dropshadow Disease
Bleep.
EAR/Rational Music <ear@xmission.com> has this AH disc for sale:
> Dropshadow Disease, played once $11
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 08:56:55 PST
From: Wesley Kerr <wgk333@hotmail.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: (atom) Render (US Remixes)
Hi,
Just a quick question. Is the Render (US Remixes) CD worth picking up ?
Cheers,
Wezz
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:07:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Jeremy J Graham <xor@utdallas.edu>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: (atom) Orange and Digital Superimposing
I'm trying to get an idea of what "Digital Superimposing" - AH under the
name of Superifical Death - sounds like before buying it. Something that
might help is if someone could tell me how it compares to "Orange". Are
they similar in their sound?
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:23:50 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Flanger - Templates 12"
Just saw this on the Bent Crayon email update. Anyone know if they plan on
a full length or if there will be a cd version?
--------------------------
NEW RELEASES
--------------------------
FLANGER-TEMPLATES 12
new collaboration between 2 of electronic music's genuine underground
stars: atom heart and burnt freidman aka nonplace urban field/drome/etc. a
blend of clicking electronics, 'bitches brew' styled jazz freakouts, and
smooth left field stylings. on n tone 7.99
bent crayon
11600 detroit ave
cleveland oh 44012
216.221.9200
tues-sat 11-7, sun 12-5
http://www.bentcrayon.com
--------------------------
Mr. Tangent
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:43:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) lead - Jet Chamber
Howdy.
This guy's got the following AH/related disc for trade (e-mail him
for his wantlist):
James Mason <griffin@rust.net>
> Jet Chamber (PK08/102)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:48:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Kk Records Newsletter February 1999.
Ah.
This is an excerpt of what was e-mailed to me from Kk Records last
week:
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 11:25:34 +0200
From: jo verbruggen <kknz@kkrecords.be>
Subject: Newsletter 2, 1999.
KK-RECORDS NEWSLETTER NR.2 FEBRUARY 1999
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* OUT VERY SOON!!!!!!!!
- KK 141-CD LB (LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS) / POP ARTIFICIELLE
Cover album incl. James Brown, David Bowie, Robert Palmer, ABC A.O. (10
track album). Just open up a random musiczine and it will tell you about
this masterpiece of elektro converted popsongs. Not only the idea of
doing is highly original, also the intelligent way of producing is one of
a kind. Not only press is raving about "Pop Artificielle", but also MTV
and VIVA are dedicating a special around the release.
Release Date: March 1, 1999.
- KK 179-CDS/MX LB (LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS) / JEALOUS GUY
First single of "Pop Artificielle". The vinyl copies also contain two
versions of James Brown's "Superbad", and two of "Jealous Guy".
Collectors item, only 500 copies on vinyl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Release Date: February 15, 1999.
- "lb" is featured on VIVA big time. They are doing a special around the
artist for the upcoming weeks. The video will go on rotation at this
very moment.
- again "lb". The press is more than enthousiastic about his new work on
which he carefully worked for over two years. prestigious leading German
magazine "spex" announced "pop artificielle" album of month. (month =
march)
- again "lb", Uwe did some 50 interviews when he was over just after New
Year. Expect some incredible stories about living in Santiago/chili.
the making of the new album. Their are plans for some shows in European
cities. More in the upcoming months.
MORE INFO ON BANDS, TOURS, RELEASES ETC.:
WWW.KKRECORDS.BE
---------- End ----------
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:04:27 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Mother <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) psiberphunc
An oldie, i know, but better late then never right?
> Do you read Baudrillard or Gibson perhaps? Speaking of - I'm really into
> cyber-punk, as old and possibly dried up as it is, anyone have any
> recommendations? My current favorites are: Gibson, P.K. Dick (not
> cyberpunk, but a precursor), Rudy Rucker, Neal Stephenson, Charles Platt
> and Bruce Sterling.
I like what i've read of PKDick so far, though i'm really
interested in some of the alledged thousands of pages written
in that time around january 1974 when Dick felt something
was trying to communicate or warn him or some such.
Something Extra Terrestrial, if you will.
Have you heard of this? This time period in his writing
even has a name, though now i've forgotton it.
Is the Difference Engine a good Sterling introduction?
I did read "The Presence of the Past" by R Sheldrake which
is mentioned in the liner notes of Morphogenetic Fields.
I really liked parts of it, but other parts were somewhat
reaching.
Another author who i like and i'm sure many people here do is
Robert Anton Wilson. Yes, he's gotten slack for actually reaching
the mainstream, but he's got plenty of good fun important things
to say. Quantum Psychology, Prometheus Rising, the Cosmic
Triggers, all good books with nice tidbits scattered throughout.
> I'm not entertained by the "space opera" type stuff, more the gritty
> near-future "Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/
> Neuromancer" material.
yah! I really enjoyed the differences between the movie/book.
The whole living-animal theme gets the shaft in the film, except
for a couple nice Owl shots (and even that's not real right?).
Oh, and right now i'm the middle of a Chomsky book.
no@h
onnow: From Within
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
"+|n|fn| elb@n|@++@ eh+ f0 l0bmy5 @ 5@ n0|r"
. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 23:21:54 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Lassigue Bendthaus cover of "Major Tom" and video?
I got the following off the [Ant-Zen] mailing list today and I'm quite
intrigued as I've not heard of any LB video, let alone this supposed cover
version:
From: Carsten Stiller <carsten@tui.org>
> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Ryan N Miller wrote:
>
> >I'm waiting to heard LB cover James Brown.
>
> I just saw the video of LBs Version of "Major Tom" on a German music TV
> - it was really great. If the rest of the songs on the album are simillar
> good as this song its worth buying the album.
Anyone have *any* news on this video and cover song (Uwe?)? Thanks in
advance.
Mr. Tangent
np: Dropshadow Disease
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 02:24:00 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (atom) Render (US Remixes)
At 08:56 AM 2/19/99 -0800, "Wesley Kerr" <wgk333@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just a quick question. Is the Render (US Remixes) CD worth picking up ?
Better late than never... in my opinion I would recommend this disk.
Especially if you liked "Render". The majority of the tracks sound,
obviously, like "Render" and are re-interpretations of those tracks. The
one thing notably absent is vocals. There's two tracks that sound
essentially like the regular version, minus vocals - but are a little
different (length, mix, etc.). Most of the tracks sound like completely
different songs in many respects, so it's like you're getting not a new
mix, but an entirely new song. A majority of the tracks sound more
"technofied" than those on "Render" Regardless, it's a nice addition to
any L.B. collection.
Mr. Tangent
Track Listing - "Render Audible (U.S. Remixes)"
1) Soul Access (Polyacidmorph)
2) Polaire (De(S)troit)
3) Dither (Sharpened)
4) Render (U.S.-10 Mix)
5) Fiber (U.S. Mix)
6) Molecular Trip
7) Molecular Modelling (Re-Traced)
8) Blossoms
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 02:25:47 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (atom) Flanger - Templates 12"
At 03:07 PM 2/20/99 -0800, Sean Cooper <scooper@best.com> wrote:
<in regards to Flanger>
> yeah, the full-length is planned for march (although the single was
> planned >for january, so whoknows?)...
Any idea of what format (vinyl or cd) and a title on this forthcoming
release (on Ntone)? :)
Mr. Tangent
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 02:33:44 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
At 09:04 AM 2/12/99 +0000, David Smith <dgesmith@LAB0.VET.ED.AC.UK> wrote:
> Hey, a few of you folks who were chatting a while back about Uwe-like
> sounds around. Did you bring Pole into that context - I can't remember.
> If you did you were spot on, if not, then I think some of you may like
> what you hear if you check it out. Has much of the fell of AH,
> especially his more ambi-dub-house stuff around the time of BASS and
> Silver Sound: mellow dubismic tunes with clik-clak-clatter percussion.
> Mmmm, nice.
I have both the Pole disks on order, so I can't wait then!
> What about Redeye? I was listening to it again after a long break and
> was again struck by some similarities to AH - does that have anything at
> all to do with AH? It certainly owes a lot to him in places.
Never heard this. Please give me more information (album title, format,
label) if you can, so I can check it out. Someone recommended Drome -
Anachronism a year or two ago, and I finally found a place that has it in
stock. I'm ordering it soon. They said that it sounded like Lassigue
Bendthaus, but if it's anything like Bernd Friedman's other projects
(Nonplace Urban Field) I'm not sure if this comparison is valid.
Lastly, any more projects that sound like the following:
Lassigue Bendthaus - Render
Schnittstelle (thanks Sean C.!)
Naturalist
Brown
or any other Atom Heart project (but the above are some of my fav's)
I see the parallel between "Render" and haujobb's latest offerings and the
similarities between Autechre and Schnittstelle already (anyone else see
the resemblence?). Thanks for any/all info!
Mr. Tangent (who has ordered Bisk, Elfish Echo and some others on Sean
Cooper's recommendation of similarities to Atom Heart)
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 02:51:25 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (atom) psiberphunc
At 02:04 PM 2/23/99 -0600, Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu> wrote:
> An oldie, i know, but better late then never right?
Sure! :)
> I like what i've read of PKDick so far, though i'm really
> interested in some of the alledged thousands of pages written
> in that time around january 1974 when Dick felt something
> was trying to communicate or warn him or some such.
> Something Extra Terrestrial, if you will.
> Have you heard of this? This time period in his writing
> even has a name, though now i've forgotton it.
Unfortunately I haven't a clue to this alleged "communication" incident.
I'm not nearly as informed on his life as I should be. And I haven't read
that much of his works yet either, but I'm like you - what I have read has
been great.
> Is the Difference Engine a good Sterling introduction?
Well, that's co-written with William Gibson. It's an interesting tale of
the mechanical "analytical" engine that Charles Babbage almost created - a
"what if" the computer age had happened 100 years (or so) before it did.
If Babbage had actually succeeded in this creation and catapulted us into
the digital age - or mechano-computational age prematurely. It's a very
intriguing idea and is a good book, but I've heard lots of criticism as
well. I'd recommend "Schismatrix Plus" first, by Sterling - it's a fairly
recently issued collection of several of his works into a coherent whole.
That'd be the best introduction I would think.
> I did read "The Presence of the Past" by R Sheldrake which
> is mentioned in the liner notes of Morphogenetic Fields.
> I really liked parts of it, but other parts were somewhat
> reaching.
I don't have Morphogenetic Fields so I hadn't heard about this book. :(
> Another author who i like and i'm sure many people here do is
> Robert Anton Wilson. Yes, he's gotten slack for actually reaching
> the mainstream, but he's got plenty of good fun important things
> to say. Quantum Psychology, Prometheus Rising, the Cosmic
> Triggers, all good books with nice tidbits scattered throughout.
Yeah, he's the one who dreamt up the Illuminati stuff, right? I haven't
really ever read his stuff, but it seems interesting.
> yah! I really enjoyed the differences between the movie/book.
> The whole living-animal theme gets the shaft in the film, except
> for a couple nice Owl shots (and even that's not real right?).
> Oh, and right now i'm the middle of a Chomsky book.
I agree, there were many differences in the characters and plots of the
movie and book but I like both equally. The story for it's implications on
what is considered "alive" and what exactly is a "soul". The movie I
admire for the stunning aesthetics and the loneliness that encompasses all
of the lives - simulated or otherwise - in it. Both are absolutely
brilliant. I've heard of Chomsky, but never read - what type material?
I'm reading a book on Kevin Mitnick's exploits right now called "The
Fugitive Game" by Littman. Nice flow and very interesting topic - Kevin's
exploits and hacking genius, and his downfall to the various government
"big brothers" that George Orwell warned us about.
Mr. Tangent [ and it wasn't "not real" it was an ersatz owl :P ]
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:09:50 +0000
From: David Smith <dgesmith@lab0.vet.ed.ac.uk>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
Mr. Tangent said about Redeye:
> Never heard this. Please give me more information (album title, format,
> label) if you can, so I can check it out.
The Redeye CD "Arizona Tracks" I have is on Fax and was released in June
'96, catalogue number PS08/83. Can't believe it's 3 years old! If you
like deep bass, chunky hip-hoppy beats, well funky sounds then I'd give it
a try.
A couple of Faxlist subscribers kindly pointed out that Redeye is Tobias
Beldermann who has also recorded as Acidisn. He is MACOS member number 5
so has something in common with our man Uwe.
> Someone recommended Drome - Anachronism
I have not heard this, but I have Corpoprate Colinisation of the
Unconscious (or something similar) on Ninja. It's got some good moments
but is generally too rock oriented for my ears.
> parallel between "Render" and haujobb's latest offerings
I have 2 Haujobb's on order - let's hope I'm not disappointed. They should
also let me know if I should track down Render by what you say.
Good listening to all....
Dr. David G.E. Smith,
Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology,
Department of Veterinary Pathology,
R(D)SVS,
University of Edinburgh,
Easter Bush Veterinary Centre,
Mid Lothian,
Scotland,
UK,
EH25 9RG.
Tel: 0131 650 6280
Fax: 0131 445 5770
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:05:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
> I have both the Pole disks on order, so I can't wait then!
The Pole is good, although i think it's a lot more minimal
overall then most AH material. Wish the second Pole disc was
a bit longer, it's only a half hour long!
> > What about Redeye? I was listening to it again after a long break
> > and was again struck by some similarities to AH - does that have
> > anything at all to do with AH?
Redeye was on Delerium records at the same time AH was releasing
on "After 6am."
> Someone recommended Drome - Anachronism a year or two ago, and I finally
> found a place that has it in stock. I'm ordering it soon. They said
> that it sounded like Lassigue Bendthaus, but if it's anything like Bernd
> Friedman's other projects (Nonplace Urban Field) I'm not sure if this
> comparison is valid.
Definitely not. Anachronism is an older-sounding industrial
style with Twin Peaks samples dropped in now and then. Dale
Cooper inquires "What kind of fabulous trees have you got growing
'round here...?" heheh.
It's alright, but it's certainly not at the level of Friedman's
more recent releases, like that Nonplace Urban Field "Golden
Stars" album, which even features a Pink Elln remix.
[on Flanger]
> Any idea of what format (vinyl or cd) and a title on this forthcoming
> release (on Ntone)? :)
The 12" is out. The question is, does the 12" have any exclusive
material not on the CD album?
Just got my Jealous Guy 12" a few days ago, pretty neet i thought.
My understanding is that the 12" has an extra track not on the
full album?
no@h
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:00:34 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: (atom) Render otaku
At 10:09 AM 2/25/99 +0000, David Smith <dgesmith@lab0.vet.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> The Redeye CD "Arizona Tracks" I have is on Fax and was released in June
> '96, catalogue number PS08/83. Can't believe it's 3 years old! If you
> like deep bass, chunky hip-hoppy beats, well funky sounds then I'd give
> it a try.
>
> A couple of Faxlist subscribers kindly pointed out that Redeye is Tobias
> Beldermann who has also recorded as Acidisn. He is MACOS member number 5
> so has something in common with our man Uwe.
Sounds good, thanks for the information!
> > Someone recommended Drome - Anachronism
>
> I have not heard this, but I have Corpoprate Colinisation of the
> Unconscious (or something similar) on Ninja. It's got some good moments
> but is generally too rock oriented for my ears.
Hmm... thanks again. So it has guitars and such?
> > parallel between "Render" and haujobb's latest offerings
>
> I have 2 Haujobb's on order - let's hope I'm not disappointed. They
> should also let me know if I should track down Render by what you say.
Which haujobb albums do you have on order? I'm hoping that you are getting
"Solutions for a Small Planet" and "Freeze Frame Reality" or even "Matrix".
Those are the shining moments in their career. The earlier stuff - "Homes
and Gardens" isn't as impressive unless you really dig the Laether Strip/
Front Line Assembly sound. Their more recent material "Solutions for..."
is much more impressive, quite so, in fact.
As far as "Render" is concerned - and I am highly biased because I
absolutely love this album - I would recommend you seek this out at all
costs. I have around 1000 cds and this is probably my favorite album, or
nearly so. It ranges from absolutely stunning IDM tinged electro-
industrial to soothing ambience. And.... the lyrics! The lyrical content
is what really converted me to being such a huge Uwe Schmidt fan. He packs
a lot of serious socia-philosophical questions - i've found his lyrics to
be one of the most cerebral of any I've encountered in the loosely title
"electro-industrial" genre. Of course the music has to be solid - and it
is - but his lyrics are mindblowingly good. He takes topics that other
people have covered before - namely Clock DVA or FLA - and updates them and
takes a decidedly different slant on them. He incorporates the digital
otaku-ism, or worship of technology, and places them in a different light.
Where FLA would merely use allusions to technology as a backdrop to their
cyber-escapades or use the cyber-lyrics in a dark or ominous way, Lassigue
Bendthaus makes the cyber-futurism sound like a place where machine and man
co-exist in perfect neural/digital harmony. As I've told my friends before
when explaining L.B:
"If machines were sentient and self-aware, and they made love - they would
listen to Lassigue Bendthaus when doing so."
This in no way diminishes the beautiful music; with me it only enhances the
experience. In short, "Render" is one of those *essential* albums. I hope
you can find it and that you enjoy it greatly. Hope my hype isn't too
unwarranted. :)
Mr. Tangent
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:09:07 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
At 10:05 AM 2/25/99 -0600, Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu> wrote:
> The Pole is good, although i think it's a lot more minimal
> overall then most AH material. Wish the second Pole disc was
> a bit longer, it's only a half hour long!
Well, I'm hoping they're good - lots of hype surrounding it.
> Definitely not. Anachronism is an older-sounding industrial
> style with Twin Peaks samples dropped in now and then. Dale
> Cooper inquires "What kind of fabulous trees have you got growing
> 'round here...?" heheh.
> It's alright, but it's certainly not at the level of Friedman's
> more recent releases, like that Nonplace Urban Field "Golden
> Stars" album, which even features a Pink Elln remix.
Heh... sounds interesting then. Does "Anachronism" sound anything like his
other project "Some More Crime"? Speaking of which, that's a bad example
because I haven't even heard that project yet. SMC is centered more on the
traditional electro-industrial sound, no?
I've just ordered "Nuf Said" - is this a good introduction to NUF (i've
previously only heard his works in Real Audio, unfortunately). Given some
of my previous listening experiences do you think I'll dig it? Can you
give me a little run down - or anyone else - on his releases as NUF?
>[on Flanger]
> > Any idea of what format (vinyl or cd) and a title on this forthcoming
> > release (on Ntone)? :)
>
> The 12" is out. The question is, does the 12" have any exclusive
> material not on the CD album?
> Just got my Jealous Guy 12" a few days ago, pretty neet i thought.
> My understanding is that the 12" has an extra track not on the
> full album?
So the forthcoming material by Flanger *will* be on cd? I hope so, as I
generally dislike vinyl. Let's compare track listings for "Jealous Guy".
My "Jealous Guy" cd single has:
Lassigue Bendthaus - "Jealous Guy" cd single (Kk Records - kk179)
Jealous Guy [Poeme Syncope] (J. Lennon) 4:18
Superbad [Digital Soul Substitute] (J. Brown) 3:40
Thatness and Thereness [Mental Karaoke] (R. Sakamoto) 3:18
Jealous Guy [Poeme Non-Syncope] (J. Lennon) 4:27
Give me your track listing if you could - I'd be very interested to see if
there is any difference. :)
Mr. Tangent
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:07:47 -0500 (EST)
From: laerm <laerm@voicenet.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Mr. Tangent wrote:
> Well, I'm hoping they're good - lots of hype surrounding it.
it's good, but not as good as the live show. WOW.
> So the forthcoming material by Flanger *will* be on cd? I hope so, as I
> generally dislike vinyl.
oh, let's not start a cd vs vinyl thread here, too...
*
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:16:51 -0000
From: Orn Asbjornsson <orn@bodeind.is>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) psiberphunc
> I like what i've read of PKDick so far, though i'm really
> interested in some of the alledged thousands of pages written
> in that time around january 1974 when Dick felt something
> was trying to communicate or warn him or some such.
> Something Extra Terrestrial, if you will.
> Have you heard of this? This time period in his writing
> even has a name, though now i've forgotton it.
He called it an exegesis (spelling most definately incorrect) and it's over
10.000 pages!!!! He talks of this in VALIS (there are excerpts from it
there), in which he is both the storyteller and the main character
Horselover Fat (Philip Dick in greek). It's quite a strange book to read
since the storyteller and Horselover Fat seem to be friends and talk to
each other, but in reality they are one and them same man with a split
personality. Recommended.
Don't know about the exegesis though, probably was never published, if you
should find out otherwise be sure to let me know.
Orn
np: Roger Eno & Lol Hammond : Damage
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:19:37 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Mother <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
> I've just ordered "Nuf Said" - is this a good introduction to NUF (i've
> previously only heard his works in Real Audio, unfortunately). Given
> some of my previous listening experiences do you think I'll dig it? Can
> you give me a little run down - or anyone else - on his releases as NUF?
I haven't heard SMC, but judging from the progression with
Drome, the futher back you go from about 93-94, the more
industrial-ish it sounds. Of course, there's Drome i haven't
heard so i could be wrong.
> So the forthcoming material by Flanger *will* be on cd? I hope so, as I
> generally dislike vinyl.
Of course, the full album will be a CD.
> Let's compare track listings for "Jealous Guy".
> My "Jealous Guy" cd single has:
> Lassigue Bendthaus - "Jealous Guy" cd single (Kk Records - kk179)
> Jealous Guy [Poeme Syncope] (J. Lennon) 4:18
> Superbad [Digital Soul Substitute] (J. Brown) 3:40
> Thatness and Thereness [Mental Karaoke] (R. Sakamoto) 3:18
> Jealous Guy [Poeme Non-Syncope] (J. Lennon) 4:27
the vinyl is the same, although it doesn't list the
actual times (as i recall) so i'm making a small assumption here.
> oh, let's not start a cd vs vinyl thread here, too...
heheh... have we actually had that thread on the Mother list
yet?
I think with Uwe having 40-50 albums on CD only pretty much
shows his preference. :)
no@h
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 12:22:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Noah <njurcin@orion.it.luc.edu>
To: Mother <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) NUF web
i forgot to mention in the last post that there's a pretty
nice NUF page at:
user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~seher/BerndFriedmann/index.html
There's even tawk of the next NUF album on Dot!
no@h
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 13:27:42 -0500 (EST)
From: laerm <laerm@voicenet.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (atom) Similar AH sound (was: relationships?)
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Noah wrote:
> heheh... have we actually had that thread on the Mother list yet?
no, i don't think so... nonetheless, that's no reason to. :)
> I think with Uwe having 40-50 albums on CD only pretty much
> shows his preference. :)
yes, i'd say his mastery of the zeroes and ones tells us how he feels. :)
*
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Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 07:10:19 -0600
From: Larry Terrell <LTerrell@yourcall.com>
To: "'mother@hyperreal.org'" <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Small FS list
Hi there,
I need money. Prices listed are US, include postage IN THE US
(not overseas, but we can work that out), and all items are cd:
DSP Holiday - 23.00
Softcore - 15.00
Brown - 15.00
Datacide - Ondas -15.00
Real Intelligence 1 - 14.00
HAT(ri) - 14.00
MONO tm - 15.00
Paranoid(Sol) - 15.00
I will not be able to check mail again until tomorrow AM, so please don't
give up hope. I am only offering these to this list.
Hope all is well!
Larry T
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 17:30:00 -0500
From: Brian Kijowski <xevious@erols.com>
To: mother@hyperreal.org
Subject: (atom) sighburrfunk
OK, this cyberpunk stuff is kinda off-topic, but I just wanna impart the
info:
There is a book called "In Pursuit of Valis: Selections From the Exegesis
of Philip K. Dick" compiled by Lawrence Sutin, who also wrote an excellent
PKD biography ("Divine Invasions"). However, I would only recommend "In
Pursuit..." to PKD fans (i.e. those who have read many of his books and
find him fascinating) or psych majors.
Anyone who wishes to respond or ax for more info feel free to do so
privately.
la-tor and the snow dog
zvs
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 01:57:54 -0600
From: "Mr. Tangent" <tangent@mntvernon.net>
To: Atom Heart Mailing List <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Matter (female vocalist)
Who is the female vocalist on "Lanternslide" from "Matter" by Lassigue
Bendthaus? Has she ever worked with Uwe before or since and is she
featured on any other disks by other bands - or have her own project? Just
curious... thanks!
Mr. Tangent (I take it is her in the background on "Velocity Life" too?)
PS: Has Mrs. Schmidt ever been on any Atom Heart related release, vocals or
otherwise?
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:15:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Christopher Miller <evil@digital.net>
To: ATOM HEART/LASSIGUE BENDTHAUS MAILING-LIST (#3) <mother@hyperreal.org>
Subject: (atom) Flanger.
Howdy.
This is a message I received from Sebastian Herrfurth (who runs the
Nonplace Urban Field page) the other day:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 01:54:50 +0100 (MET)
From: Sebastian Herrfurth <seher@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: Flanger.
I've got the Flanger 12" today, so I thought I'll sey some words about it
...
Artist: Flanger (A. Heart / B. Friedmann)
Title: Flanger EP
(*not* Templates, that's the title of the forthcoming album)
Label: NTone / Ninja Tune
Cat#: NTONE32
Format: 12" (don't know if there's a CDS too)
Tracks: A1 Endless Summer
A2 Short Note With A Few
B1 Music To Begin With
B2 Options In The Fire
Coverart: Sleeve is the common NTone, but this time dark green instead of
the usual blue/gray
Sleevenotes: written and produced by flanger
recorded december 1997 at 'mira musica', santiago de chile
excerpts from the forthcoming album 'templates'
Notes: the tracklist above is what I think is the 'real' tracklist, that is
B2 has crackles like of fire and A2 is a short track, the tracklist
on the sleeve reverses A1/2 and B1/2
please don't ask me what it sounds like, I'm not any good in describing or
analizing music. I really like the tracks and they have kind of a jazzy
flavour, some elements of electronic music and ar warm.
CU
Sebastian
--
Sebastian Herrfurth (seher@cs.tu-berlin.de)
pages for Bernd Friedmann / Riz Maslen / Daniel Meier / DJ Krush / ...
at http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~seher/music.html
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