feedback monitor: playlist for feb 10/98
Greg Clow/Feedback Monitor
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[ feedback monitor ]
playlist for tuesday, february 10th, 1998
10 PM to midnight
[C} denotes Canadian artist
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ARTIST TRACK ALBUM LABEL
Black Light
Freaky Chakra "Living In The Fantasy [advance Astralwerks
Future" cassette]
"Mediator
Messiah (Death in Vegas Progenitor 12" Thirsty Ear
mix)"
"Moonboots
Beatseed (giant leap Moonboots 12" Thrive
mix)"
Iridium [C] "Mr. Miller" The Racquet EP Lowdown
12"
Let's Talk
U-Sheen "New Skete" Swimming Pools Fluid Ounce
split 12"
State of the
Plug "A Hot One" Nu-Art 2 Blue Planet
[compilation]
Third Eye "There's No End Third Eye
Foundation In Sight" Foundation vs. Fat Cat
V/Vm spilt 12"
Silverkick "You Are My Vinyl Silk 12" Fused &
Heroine" EP Bruised
Chocolate Weasel "Dub For Lazy Music For Body Ninja Tune
Loafers" Lockers EP
"Anger
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Chocolate Anger/Grief EP Ninja Tune
Weasel bad hair
day mix)"
Invisible
David Kristian [C] "Porch Song" Soundtracks: Leaf
Macro 2
[compilation]
"Brightness
AER Contrast Touch Sampler 3 Touch
Volume" [compilation]
Peter "In My Head a Foxtrot Chalice/World
Christopherson Crystal Sphere [compilation] Serpent
of Heavy Fluid"
Time Machines "Telepathine" Time Machines Eskaton/World
Serpent
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MINI-REVIEWS
Freaky Chakra - Black Light Fantasy advance cassette (Astralwerks)
The long awaited new album from San Francisco's Daum Bentley doesn't go
into the drum'n'bass direction I expected based on his recent remix for
Toronto's Transformantra, but instead continues to successfully mine the
tranced-out techno sounds Freaky Chakra is known for.
Messiah - Progenitor 12" (Thirsty Ear)
Produced by the infamous Stevø, whose Some Bizzare label helped define the
industrial scene in the 80s, the untreated Messiah track on this EP is
basically shite. But the accompanying pair of remixes by Death In Vegas
(dubby electronica) and Roni Size (drum'n'bass, natch) are worth a listen
or two.
Beatseed - Moonboots 12" (Thrive)
Four member Seattle dance act on the "big beat" (i.e. Chemical Brothers)
tip. I can't figure out why they need four people to produce this sort of
stuff, but least they're better than Crystal Method.
Iridium - The Racquet EP 12" (Lowdown)
Following up on an appearance on Lowdown's debut compilation release from
last year, Vancouver's Iridium offers up four tracks of deep, laid back
techno that could only have come from the west coast.
U-Sheen/Delarosa - Let's Talk Swimming Pools split 12" (Fluid Ounce)
Stunning debut from this new NYC label featuring the first outing from the
solo d'n'b project of Tortoise's Johnny Herndon, backed up by two tracks
from an electronic post-rock five piece from Atlanta.
Various - State of the Nu-Art 2 2xCD (Blue Planet)
As with the first volume, the hip hop tracks early on don't do much for me,
but by halfway through the first disc, things pick up nicely with exclusive
tracks from Plug, Mike Paradinas, Witchman, Jammin' Unit, The Bowling Green
and many more. Not perfect, but a generally solid collection of breakbeats,
dark dub and jungle riddims.
Third Eye Foundation and V/Vm - split 12" (Fat Cat)
Boy howdy! Frontrunner for mindfuck of the month here, folks. The TEF side
is a 12 minute epic that starts out as a dark breakbeat monster, and
mutates into an atmospheric guitar piece at the halfway point. As for the
V/Vm side, those wacky & enigmatic boys from Manchester have outdone
themselves with four tracks of post-industrial, noise-soaked electronic
madness. Mmmmmmm, tasty....
Silverkick - Vinyl Silk 12" EP (Fused & Bruised)
Well, to put it frankly, this record is wrong, plain and simple. It's sick
and twisted and weird and indescribable. And it's very, very good indeed.
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CIUT 89.5 FM - RPM Top Ten for week of Feb 9-15, 1998
[based on airplay on all electronic, dance and open format programs]
TW LW Artist Title Label
01 C 01 Do Make Say Think Do Make Say Think indie
02 C -- Mosaad Diaries Found In A Bathtub indie
03 C -- Insurgent Supercollider Subvision
04 02 Lustmord/Metal Beast Lustmord vs Metal Beast Side Effects
05 re Propellerheads Bang On! EP Dreamworks
06 05 Ryuichi Sakamoto Anger/Grief EP Ninja Tune
07 -- Spring Heel Jack Casino (DJ SS Nevada mix) Island
08 -- Various Digital Wings 1 Cyberden
09 -- Various Dark Techno: One/Nine-Nine Quantum Loop
10 C 04 Melting Man Laparotomy Jet Propulsion
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