I just took a spin through some of the samples on Louis Haiman's CDBaby
page, and it sounds like great stuff. Very Detroit Escalator
Company-ish. I have this great story about Louis's music, too - the kind
of thing you wouldn't believe if it hadn't happened to you!
I was walking in Harmonie Park one day (I worked down there for a number
of years) and Derrick May pulls up in a convertible. I'd met him a few
times before, so I talked to him, and he said something like "here's
this great demo I got, check it out", and hands me a CD-R with "Louis H"
written on it in marker. I still have that, and it's great material! I
need to pull that disc back out, in fact...
Thanks for the kind words about my record, too, Jeff!
Bill
Has the new Haiman been mentioned on the list yet?
It really, really should be. Louis has outdone himself. Deep, lush
Detroity-techno.
I know Chris Schubert's debut was discussed briefly (redefines
'pop-ambient' with -imho- great success) and I wholeheartedly agree
with the positive assessments.
Fwdthought is really dishing up some lovely music.
Big 'hats-off' to Mr. Haiman.
And while I'm at it, Bill VanLoo's "Chromedecay pt.2" is a really fine
piece of work as well. It's not straight 313, but has 2 really fine,
deep, pure-this-listy tracks on it which will make you salivate -
along with the rest of his work, which moves through other genres, but
is definitely a worthy acquisition.
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chromedecay tracks pt2: 2001-2005 now released!
http://www.chromedecay.org/releases/cd003/
http://www.chromedecay.org || http://www.billvanloo.com
