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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:34:45 EST
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- From: woj <REWOICC@ERENJ.BITNET>
- Subject: some reviews
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- hi all...
-
- after the demise of the allmusic digest (a tip o'the hat to mike t.l.g.
- for doing it while it lasted), i've finally gotten around to resubscribing
- to the list proper.
-
- glad to see that a second allmusic compilation is coming together. i'd
- always meant to do a second one, but i never had the time to do so.
-
- anyways...a few things that i've picked up lately:
-
- various artists - _floribundis_ (c'est la mort): this is the latest in the
- doctor death's compilation series put out by woody dumas of c'est la mort
- records. woody described this compilation to me as the one that he thinks
- best answers the question, "what is c'est la mort trying to do?" who am i
- to argue - it's his label. nonetheless, there is an assortment of good
- stuff on this: tracks from clm bands such as judgement of paris (who are
- beginning to develop their sound a little bit beyond the dead can dance
- wannabeeism that ran rampant on their first album), grace darling and m-1
- alternative. in addition we are also treated to tracks by non-labelmates
- such as psychowelders (sounding a bit like caterwaul and a bit like
- hetch hetcy, but not really either of them), ten wings (a new band from
- new york city which has a one-time member of siouxsie and the banshees
- playing guitar), breathless, tel basta and many more. this is a bit more
- mellow than other doctor death's compilations. lots of dark, moody,
- melodic music here, but some more upbeat ones as well. _floribundis_ is a
- good introduction to this label if you've never heard any of this before,
- but old timers will probably enjoy it as well.
-
- the entropics - _spagga!_ (popllama): amy denio is god. do doubts about
- it. the entropics were an early project of denio's. (she, ironically,
- shares the northwest as a homeland with her musical antithesis: grunge.)
- like her later work, this is a twisted and quirky admixture of bits of
- rock and bits of jazz and bits of whatever else she finds interesting,
- except that _spagga!_ is much rawer than the tone dogs. i think i need
- to meet this woman (and she plays bass! swoon!).
-
- capping day - _post no bills_ (popllama): a six song cd-ep from another
- band that i first encountered the first time i encountered ms denio:
- on the c/z _secretions_ compilation of various seattle bands. capping
- day had a most weird song on there called "brian in the darkroom," which
- is a strange tale about a relationship and developing film. anyways,
- this ep is not quite as compelling as that song was, unfortunately. the
- music is a slow, melodic, rumbling kind of rock with weird lyrics. two
- women provide vocals. i suspect that this will become one of those
- albums that gets played more than it deserves - i like it, but i don't
- think that most people would enjoy this regularly.
-
- ingrid karklins - _a darker passion_ (green linnet): i bought this purely
- on the strength of the cover and a short description of her music in the
- green linnet catalog. i wish there were more finds like this. karklins is
- a texan of latvian descent and works a lot of the traditional music of
- her ancestry into her work. however, this is by no means a "folkie"
- album. the best way to describe her is by comparison: if laurie anderson
- was from eastern europe. karklins's music has the feel of _strange angels_
- musically,but its traditional roots give it a strength and subtlety that
- anderson's lacks. not to mention that karklins can sing. this could very
- well be my favorite release of 1992.
-
- well, enough for now.
-
- nice to be back.
-
- woj
-