From HK Kahng Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 05:14
From HK Kahng Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 05:14
>Trying to find a subject line that makes this seem on topic. :-)
>
>Shoegazer Creation band from the early 90s Slowdive did some instrumental
stuff
> with programmed rhythms that is rather damn nice, in its own way. One of
the
> tracks is even a little Seefeel.
>
>I was wondering, as I'd never heard anything from them since their album
> 'Souvlaki', which is from 94, and wondered whether possibly the main
songwriter
> ended up doing a solo electronic(ish) effort or what.
Slowdive's swansong was a beautifully barren albumful of looped soundscapes
called 'Pygmalion,' which, from what I understand, was largely a
home-recorded solo effort from Neil Halstead, the main songwriter of the
band. Pretty much their ticket straight out of their Creation Records
contract. Anyway, somewhere slightly before that was a couple of singles
('5EP' and its remix companion, the latter featuring the Global
Communication folks, if I'm not mistaken) which were quite ambient.
Fast forward a few years, and you'll find Neil, Rachel, John & Co. making
much more acoustic tunes under the Mojave 3 banner. I liked their first
album, but the second one's sounding a tad too rootsy or something for my
palate.
On a sonically related note, I've been listening to the full-length from
Detroit, MI's Monaural, who kinda started out in that Slowdive-ish "wash of
guitar" mode, but ended up sounding much less structured, quite ambient,
perhaps even dub-ish... or something. Highly recommended. It's called
'Monitor Interference,' out on the Ba-Da-Bing label.
Back to lurking,
hk
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