I've been a big swayzak fan since the release of Snowboarding in 98. It
doesn't happen often but when I heard that record I felt that I'd found
my ideal sound (at the time).
Himawari I also love, they started the vocals on this but IMO it worked
well. The first track 'Illegal' features Benjamin Zephaniah and it works
well. The third track, 'State of Grace' sounds more like the dirty
dancing stuff. There are aspects of the first album though, Leisure
Centre and Betek are great tracks.
When I bought dirty dancing I wasn't impressed, the only track I like is
'ping pong'. The good things you've been hearing about swayzak are
justified, but the things you've been hearing don't apply to the last
album. Some of the 12s they've released also stand out as some of their
best work, 020100 is a great track, a couple of the Theorem
collaborations are good too.
Cheers
--Mike
Fabrizio Nahum wrote:
Sean, i reccommend Snowboarding in Argentina lp on Pagan and most def. the
Shape Memory Effect ep on Force Inc.
There is also Himawari but i havent heard it so im not gonna say much about
it. ;-)
I think those are the release that are often reffered to when praising
Swayzak.
nice one,
fab.
----- Original Message -----
From: "sean deason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "sean deason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "techno"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: (313) swayzak
it seems many of you were confused by my Swayzak "Electroclash" remark
yesterday. I was refferring to the Swayzak "Dirty Dancing" album on K7. I
dont know much about Swayzak, but I'd heard nothing but praise for them
for
the longest time. Imagine my excitement when one day a bunch of new
Swayzak
records showed up in my mailbox. I couldnt wait to finally hear what all
of
the hoopla was about regarding these guys. I put the records on, and track
after track, nothing but Joy Division sounding stuff. I'm not trying to
put
them down or anything, they do have the 80's low-fi production thing down
perfectly, but it's not really my cup of tea. I think I'll just have to
wait
this trend out too. I see a lot of "Punk Rock" fashions everywhere these
days and, like electroclash, it rings very hollow, it just sorta feels
like
kids playing dressup. What they dont realize is that without the grit and
angst punk rock is just satire.
sean "lived the 80's, no need to recreate them" deason
--
Mike
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http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~mhl/
