Author: tracysigler | Posted: August 24th, 2006 | | Tags: 1997, electronic, music, Orb, techno, vinyl | No Comments »
- Artist: Orb
- Title: Asylum
- Year: 1997
- Format: Vinyl 12 in.
- Rating (1-10): 5
- Owner: Tracy
- Acquired: 2000 ? – I think my brother Grayson handed this down to me
The best part of this Orb 12 inch is the sleeve. Though it is a bit mechanical, antiseptic even, in its design. Which matches the four extremely different remixes of “Asylum” that are on this record. I often find mechanical sounds musical in their own way, I rarely listen to music in the car for instance because I like the sounds of the car itself. But music this mechanized can sometimes get a little boring, like today.
My favorite mix is also the least danceable, and the least frenetic, “A.1” by Thomas Fehlmann. Now dance sucka!
Author: tracysigler | Posted: January 4th, 2006 | | Tags: 1997, Brian Eno, Can, experimental, music, Pete Shelley, progressive, Sonic Youth, vinyl | No Comments »
- Artist: Can
- Title: Sacrilege
- Year: 1997
- Format: Vinyl 12 in.
- Rating (1-10): 5
- Owner: Tracy
- Acquired: 2002 ? – My brother Grayson bequeathed this to me with a bunch of other vinyl.
- Keeper: Maybe
This one poses an alphabetizing challenge. The band is Can, but these are other artists doing remixes. Should it be under “various artists”? Nah.
I don’t know much about Can, but from a little reading I’ve done I wish I did. Very much ahead of their time and timeless at the same… time. Someone described them as a prototypical Radiohead. These remixes, all three records worth, I’m sure sound very little like the originals. On the whole it’s very electronic. If you’re into that you’ll like it. There are a few stunning tracks.
