I got mine from J.T last night. It's great!
-----Original Message----- From: Minto George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2006 23:47 To: Stoddard, Kamal Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: (313) convextion album Awesome review Kamal! don't think a magazine review could have said it better. We didn't do a whole lot of promo just as we've not done in the past and we thank those for spreading the word on our chit and promoting it that way. We're all happy with the end result and Gerard thanks all for buying it and supporting the life of more of his music being released on his own VEXT imprint. minto >Alright. I guess this is as good a time as any to say >this. >THE NEW CONVEXTION JOINT IS FACKING AMAZING! >Okay, aside from the fact that it sounds like the >basic channel >template >has been stuck in a hyper-evolutionary time folding >chamber for like >eons just becoming sentient and this popped out... >...yeah, aside from that, this is some of the most >detailed, >fluctuating, pulse-waving, freaky ish out there. I >kept laughing as I >put on track after track and thought to myself, "guess >dude doesn't >like >hi hats and snares?" then only to realize a couple >bowls later they >were >perfectly there, just phased to Pluto and buried >deeeeeeeep in the mix. >Which brings me to the keyword here. Deeeeep. Not deep >like, >"wow...man...that's deep..." or the afro-house people >deep. I mean deep >as in literally. There are sounds buried so deep in >the sonic layering >that (for the first time in a long time)I feel like a >real aquanaut >again going exploring for sounds and watching them >shift all together >at >times like a school of fish (alien pretty fish). There >were a couple >songs I didn't really stick with to the end...but I >was still feeling >them joints. I haven't even looked at the track titles >so I can't give >specifics on names yet. Just remember, it doesn't take >much to get lost >in there. Really lost. Not the show. Your >mind................... >I also got the E>R>P> joint I missed awhile back. >OMFG! I really still >can't describe this one. It's beautiful and growls at >your face. >The one thing I found disconcerting about both of >these though was they >were FAST. Like some of sheds's older stuff. Like at >-8 it's just >grooving. It doesn't detract from the songs at all >just the mixability >with some of my other stuff. Truth be told, I hope Mr. >Vext never reads >this as I'd hate to taint the process with thoughts of >"mixability". >Oh yeah! and I got the custom hood-art on both sleeve >pieces by senor >sharkface JTizzletron which takes it from like >collectible to heirloom >status. One of the best vinyl purchases I've ever >made. >And as a nod to the kids reaction thread: My boys were >all over the >electro Saturday morning. They were into the hard fast >stuff. >Thrashing, >throwing the couch pillows, and not even caring if I >was looking. Just >ballsout. Full on dancing with their mean >faces(awesome). Then I went >into some of the more straightup 4x4 dubby deep stuff >and they started >doing some weird ground dancing that almost went >breakdancy but then >they petered out and went for cinnamon toast. Next >time I'm gonna get >flix. Yall gone bug. >K >mwnb down low music http://downlowmusic.org UPCOMING '06 Convextion dLVEXTLP OUT NOV 16th The Connection Machine "PIJN" dL013 TBA dL SHOP LOWER LEVELS http://lowrlvlz.gemm.com Keep informed throughout the day with the Telegraph's breaking news, commentary and opinion on www.telegraph.co.uk This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
