there was a person here in rochester in the early 90's named tim prezzano who had 3 ep's out on GPR under the name nev. last i knew he was in nyc. his www.nevsound.com website is still up but looks like it hasnt been updated in a few years.
there was a feature and unreleased track of his on 'trance atlantic express' along with the same from carl craig, kenny larkin, aux88, juan atkins, eddie fowlkes, mark gage, dan curtin, himadri, jamie hodge, plastikman and fred gianelli among others. the same people who put that comp out also had a series titled 'trance europe express' and the first 2 volumes were all old UK techno. mostly ambient and proto-trance type stuff. > From: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:34:17 -0400 > To: "Mike Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "313" <[email protected]> > Subject: [313] Apollo and Early 90s UK techno > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:35 PM > Subject: Re: [313] ambient techno > > >> Hello, >> >> I should also have said that I am looking for recommendation for specific >> releases. I know about Fax and Warp, I need details about which >> releases/artists to look for. I have a general idea about who was big in > the >> early 90's and what to look for. What I am interested in is specifics > about >> the more obscure labels/releases and artists from that period. >> >> Also, did Apollo ever put out any compilations CD's? > > Apollo definitely had a compilation. Not sure what it was called. My > favorite Apollo release was a CD called Manna from a 3-piece band, with some > live instrumentation, but still very electronic at heart. As previously > mentioned, Sun Electric, Thomas Fehlmann, The Orb's first three albums and > all the AI series on Warp are essential. > > In terms of the UK, you should definitely seek out GPR, and especially the > sub-label Input-Neuron Musique. The first three releases were: > > 1. Morganistic, by Luke Slater is an excellent harder techno 8-track LP. > 2. Roupe - Strom, is a phenomenal work for the time, exceedingly dense and > varied, with a melodic sensibility I know you'll love. > 3. Russ Gabriel - Voltage Control, very Detroit, and not a lot of powerful > beats, but as smooth as you'd expect from him. Some of his best work. > > The GPR output itself is too vast to focus on, but Beaumont Hannant and Luke > Slater were the hilights for me. Luke Slater had an EP called Big ____ ??? > which was three tracks. I tired of his albums on GPR over time though. I'd > say listen first. The Big ____ track is amazing though. Hunt it down for > that one song. There was also a 2x CD compilation which would serve as a > good starting point, called Equanimity. There's a great Roupe song, in a > time signature that feels like 9/4 to me??? Also early stuff from Fumiya > Tanaka and some other good stuff from Russ Gabriel and Cherry Bomb. Cherry > Bomb's first album, Electronic For Dogs is quite nice too. Roupe also had > later material on other labels you should track down. He's a genius. > > Someone mentioned The Higher Intelligence Agency - good call. Beyond Records > had a lot of good ambience and dub, some of which did not stand the test of > time so well. A lot of it was released domestically on Waveform. Their best > release got Mixmaster Morris' "best of" one year, Another Fine Day's "Life > Before Land". I still listen to this regularly. On that note, The > Irresistible Force's first album, "Global Chillage" is must-have ambience. > And while we're on the topic of Rising High, the first Wagon Christ, "Phat > Lab Nightmare" was rather twisted, before Luke Vibert went into beats more. > He also did an incredible remix of MLO's Wimborne available on a compilation > somewhere, I think it was Chilled to Death 3000 or something. :) MLO's IO > soundtrack is beautiful beatless ambience. Perfect music to sleep to, in the > same category as the calmer moments of Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 and far > better than the FAX stuff IMO. A lot of that fell into the "music for the > extremely patient" category for me. > > We can't forget The Sabres of Paradise and Nightmares on Wax when talking > Warp. It's not as "electronica" as the rest, but classic material. Haunted > Dancehall and Smoker's Delight are timeless. I assume you already have B12 > covered. That's the most purely Detroit stuff on Warp, except Drexiya and > Ultradyne of course. Black Dog's Music For Adverts and Short Films is as > good an electronic music *album* as has been made and Bytes is also > essential, before the Plaid/Black Dog split. > > The Plaid EP on Clear is some of their best work. Angry Dolphin is a > timeless song. All the early releases on Clear are worth your time, > particularly The Jedi Knights. The Jake Slazinger (AKA Mike Paradinas) was > his best material if you ask me, but I can do without it today. Tusken > Raiders (also AKA Mike Paradinas) good, but you should listen first. Nasty > beats, but more listenable than the Tango 'n Vectif album. The Gregory > Fleckner Quintet was interesting and not much more. I know there was a lot > more Clear stuff worth mentioning, it's just not springing to mind. > > There's also a huge world of Pork, Mo Wax and Ninja Tune, but I suspect > that's not so much what you're after. > > A lot of this stuff will be hard to find, so I recommend starting your > search at http://gemm.com > > Tristan > ---------- > http://ampcast.com/phonopsia <- Music > http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Mixes, pics, thought, travelogue & info > http://www.metatrackstudios.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email > <FrogboyMCI> <- AOL Instant Messenger > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
