tons of old Dan Curtin stuff could qualify in my book too.. any of
tracks from 3rd from the Sun EP on 33rpm/Sinwave (forgot the track
titles, but dang some of those are mad 808 "workouts")
Absolutely! I've only just recently discovered that this is what it
is. I've
known those songs forever, but never but names to beats until the
other day.
Is it hard to find? Good pressings to seek out? Bad to avoid? Any
other info
I should know before plungeing in?
Hmm well this is kind of a curious piece, so I got home and dug out my
copy. I somehow was lucky enough to get one of the clear/pale green
vinyl copies on 33rpm (was this the pressing before Sinewave perhaps?
[Not to be confused with Synewave!]). Picked up mine at Record Time
ages ago... but I think they're hard (but not impossible) to find used,
maybe eBay. Here are pics of the only 2 versions of artwork I know
about:
http://www.discogs.com/view_images/?type=R&wid=81837
etching on the inside is DKB - RA331 (is that Damon Booker's
initials or what?)
inscription reads "put the needle to the groove and hear virtual
reality" ... with NSC logo
I have no idea of the # of these that came out... also there is no
mention of Sinewave mine, maybe it was before? But it's got the "Black
Market Promotion" label, which I also remember seeing on flyers in
Detroit during that time.. anyone? The logo is vaguely familiar, it's
a black and white graphic of a guy looks like he might be doing a
wicked dance move with 2 fists kind of in the air? ha.. in fact now I
remember, I think the record sleeve had a Black Market Promotions 3x5
"promo reply card" card in the jacket that I must have lost somewhere
along the way, bah.
Okay all pressing bullsh!t aside, this is one phenomenal 4-tracker of
early Dan Curtin... (1992?) jaw-dropping change ups, sequences, drum
programming, tons of 808, searing synth sounds and all around pure
electronic techno funk. You can hear where Titonton took off from
hearing this type of stuff and that whole Ohio/Columbus / Charles Noel
/ 21/22 and early Morgan Geist could even be traced back to these kind
of sounds as a major influence. It's the detroit moods and crazy
funky drum and synth programming.. he was the first to lay it down
quite like this in such an incredible forceful way.. a tinge of
breakbeat in it too. I must say I feel lucky to have it and it's one
of my very favorites in the detroit end of my crates. Really a unique
and totally funked-out piece of techno.
Dan C. if you are lurking out there somewhere, was this your first
record? How did it all go down?
peace,
Matt MacQueen
