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― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 14:27 (eighteen years ago) link
I DID pick up the "Magma" remix 12".. with remixes by Allien, the MFA, and Modeselektor. The MFA remix is predictable but certainly the best of them all.. although the Allien remix makes for better dance fodder than the album version. I'm getting tired of Modeselektor at this point.. they almost seem to force themselves to have to do SOMETHING jagged with any beat and fuck with it, even if it's a bad idea.
― donut e-g (donut), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Given that silly Road Warrior URB spread following "Berlinette", and the cringe-inducing "electroclash-hipster" cover for "My Parade", I actually really like the sophistication of "Thrills", the single-minded seriousness she brought to it. Not pop. Not glitch. TECHNO record. Bam.
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:14 (eighteen years ago) link
When I first heard "The Brain Is Lost", my initial thought was "THAT is what 'Slave To The Rhythm' should have sounded like!", based on the cover.....
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx le Belge (Fabfunk), Wednesday, 29 June 2005 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link
I hadn't really heard many artists who'd created warm and inviting sounding 'electro'. In a non-pop sense. I think I associated the term with the very opposite, which threw me way off on first listen. I've heard some since though, and it makes a bit more sense now,
But the 'sounds' here have definitely had time to sink in way past the level of familiarity by now and I still dig them a whole heap. "Refurbished" does seem an apt term to apply to her new/old explorations here, it isn't in any way a 'retro' record for me. Nostalgic at moments, but that's a different kind of dip into the past.
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― ubrecht, Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Much more broadly 'dance' than her previous work.
― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx le Belge (Fabfunk), Thursday, 7 July 2005 06:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 7 July 2005 06:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:23 (eighteen years ago) link
I don't know, it just doesn't do it for me, there's no magic there, it's cold but not cold like stuff I like.
I have tried so many times!
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 7 July 2005 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
Ronan is right about this being a serious and cold record, and I do agree that can be a turn off for most people. I am, however, fascinated by the mechanical/urban images the tracks create (my Stylus goes in-depth about that.)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 7 July 2005 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 July 2005 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 7 July 2005 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 8 July 2005 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 8 July 2005 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 8 July 2005 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link
but from now on when i get the uncontrollable urge to chime in regardless - i'll just go with it and deal with the fallout. bombs away!
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 8 July 2005 00:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixx le Belge (Fabfunk), Friday, 8 July 2005 06:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 8 July 2005 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link
All these thematics and locales ARE cold, bleak, stark, etc.
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Friday, 8 July 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Sunday, 10 July 2005 22:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― william (william), Monday, 11 July 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
I heard the Magma remixes (eh), but Washing Machine comes to mind first, maybe a Rother or Weatherall remix....
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Monday, 11 July 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
i find this album to be very easy to engage with, it is almost like a blank slate. i also find it to be less cold than either of her previous albums. that's probably the arp talking. the tracks sound like they are 120bpm, but they all hover around 128. i wish the tracks were slower actually, but then it might not sound so techno. i think it has a very late night humid vibe to it.
― tricky (disco stu), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 11 July 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 11 July 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
one was a quick 20 minute blast at Nitsa (check the Sonar thread) the other (on her site) was a portion of her main floor show, and unusually subdued and minimal-tech-dubby (up to that point, it may have got more interesting later on?).
I've heard better/more exciting sets from her to be honest.
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/oneworld/professor_ellen.shtml
Guess I'll have to search that one out on 5l5k sometime :(
― fandango (fandango), Tuesday, 30 August 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 23 September 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Jeez. There are bigger things to get annoyed by in life I know but ffs.
― fandango (fandango), Friday, 23 September 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 23 September 2005 22:16 (eighteen years ago) link