Phonopsia wrote: I love old Landstrumm from the Peacefrog days. Played some tonight. Since then a lot of it has been "close but no cigar" for me. His contribution to one of the New Electronica comps was quite nice and a good change of pace though. The Blue Arsed Fly stuff was nice too. I don't think Russ Gabrielle's "In The Bag" remix has ever strayed too far from my crate (not that that really counts). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tristan your missing out on some of Landstrumm's best moments; Praline Horse, Bedrooms & Cities, Misunderstanding Disinformation (all on Tresor) all contain some great Landstrumm gems, not to mention his Sativae output, which may sound a little dated now but still pumps a crowd well. Lately I've been really digging some downtempo tunes he's produced with Si Begg on Mosquito (the label Russ initially heard Blue Arse Fly on to sign them to Ferox).
Vogel on the other hand, was hit an miss for me, I love 'Lock onto Signal' off of Tresor 5, but dislike most of his other Tresor output, with a few exceptions, mainly 'Don't Take More' off of "All Music Has come to an End" and 'Tearing the Groove" shows a side of Vogel I would love to hear a whole LP by. Which his newest work Rescate 137, comes closer to doing, and if I could ever find it on vinyl I would snatch it up. For the most part though I just don't understand his concepts, but then again I'm sure I'm not the only one. He's quoted as saying "I make music for f***ed up people". Go figure. Si Begg has had a big hand in what Landstrumm and Vogel have put together, and has been around since the Mosquito days (him and Vogel did 2 records on Trope called Inevitech TR007 and TR011, I'm still looking for these and will pay good money or trade). He is weirder than anyone else in the No Future camp, and has no fear of breaking the boundaries on what is and isn't music. His concepts are clearer on his Cabbagehead material (check out 'Commercial Suicide' for the most laughable product oriented track ever), but he too can be quite deluded. He sticks mostly to abstract breakbeats now (producing for Skint and under his Buckfunk3000 guise). Remember 'All the Way In' by Bigfoot (feat. on Laurent Garnier's Laboratoire mix), that was Si. I love that tune. His most recent output was "The Noodles Foundation presents: The Death of Cool part 2" it is basically Si doing what he does best: f***ing sh*t up! Berkovi, is a gearhead and writes for Future Music. I've tried to collect most of his output but I'm beginning to wane on it. Especially after his 'Charm Hostel' LP came out on Force Inc. a couple of years back. Great producer limited by his need to be weird. Tobias Schmidt's latest LP 'Dark of Heartness' is his best work ever IMHO, there's no need to look back on what he has done before, same goes for Tarrida and his latest opus 'Paranoid'. I hate Subhead and SuperCollider really didn't hit me either. Sorry to blather on about this, these guys really interest me though. They have been pioneering the weirder end of techno for so long and making it stand out so that when labels like Perlon come along and put out some wack ass sh*t we all think it sounds great! Their impact on techno is far reaching, and we will be reaping the rewards of their past output's influence upon future generations for some time to come. R.I.P No Future Camp Cheers todd
