Alter Ego - RFI, C/D, S/D etc.

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Rocker is too anthemic at the expense of rhythm and darkness, which does not work in that style for me, I am no scuzz addict, I love fluffiness but I think it's for house music.

nope, not right!! eight miles high is also roman flugel solo.

if you are searching for acid jesus, search the "radiation EP" first.

ronan you ought to check out the lo-fi techno stuff on weatherall's old emissions audio output label. stuff like panash but also random shit like conemelt and deanne day and corridor.

similar to old sabres bangin techno, very DARK, but also very dry and lo-fi and understated and eerie and with a bit of the two lone swordsmen technical vibe too.

love that record. to this day people run up to ask what it is.

charltonlido - i'll check out those mp3s.

I think Rocker is great - the DUH-DUH-DU-DUH-WEE-OOOOH bits are so jack-y and intense, and then when the melody hits it's an instinctive rush. It's wonderfully immediate dance music-more gut-level and instinctive than most tunes of the moment. Contrasted with the coaxing, gradual energy of current electrohouse and micro tunes, it's a big fat punch to the gut which is why I think it fits so well into so many different sets. For sure it'll be one of THE nostalgia dance records of '04 when the "Now that's what I call naughties dance" cds come out in a few years time...

Having said that, I'm listening to "Vincent van dance" and the schaffel-y one ("Nasty Dollars"?) off the album more than "Rocker" at the mo, as they have a little more variety in them and are better for home listening that way...

EAO really was the shit. what became of Dave Being? a brilliant LP (and remix LP) for Space Teddy, then ... nothing. did he ever reemerge under another name?

I guess one thing I love about 'Rocker' is the pop dynamic and the sense of restraint - the way the melody hook actually only gets used for less than 1/20th of the actual running time, teasing you and leaving you wanting more, reaching for the repeat button again and again.

Have to agree about the Blackstrobe mix, it just sounds really dreary.

Don't. Head straight for "Interstate". Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

Anyway, Rocker is fantastic. Jorn said it was the closest he's ever got to the ideal punk song he wanted to record when he first started making music in his early teens.

'Rocker' is forever entwined with the Simian/Justice track as Manchester's Club Suicide would always always mix the two in together while people literally jumped up and down with joy.

-- Jacob (jwrigh...), January 27th, 2005.

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Their first too albums are both good, I was just listening to them for the first time in ages. It's kinda funny that people these days know them only for "Rocker"... When I first heard "Rocker" I thought it must be by some other act called Alter Ego, because I hadn't heard anything of them since the mid-nineties. The self-titled debut is your basic trance/ambient house, it's a nice listen, but doesn't too much differ from other similar albums of the time. The second one is more interesting though, despite the silly title ("Decoding the Hacker Myth") it's not pretentious at all, it's a lovely-sounding mixture of soft, trancey synths, and elastic electro breaks. I don't think I've heard anything quite like it, I guess you could put it under the IDM label, but it's much smoother and less consciusly wanky than any British IDM/electro stuff I've heard.

um, is this as awesome as it sounds??

http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=4850

that sounds totally amazing. neither of my locals have stocked the album or the single (w/ joakim remix) yet tho.

i really like the house-y tracks on this like "chicken shag". parts of it remind me of the last mr. oizo album when it quit with all the brisk editing and fell into a groove. the tracks like "why not?" and "gary" i'm not so into. "thirld world food on the upper east side" is cool.