Digest
Vol.98 #32
April 1st, 1998
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/sid.html
Today's Topics:
Motorpsycho
[LIST] Upcoming Promotion Visits [29-Mar-98]
SV: Motorpsycho (plus Nooners)
some kind of review..
Latvian rocknews/ 29 march
Re: Motorpsycho
Record-shopping in Gothenburg - Yes, it was the grand tour!
SV: Motorpsycho
So ...
[CONTEST] Sin's Coo Contest
[GIGS] Birdnest Tour List Update [31-Mar-98]
[GIGS] Luger Tour List Update [31-Mar-98]
[GIGS] United Stage Tour List Update [31-Mar-98]
techno.
Re: techno.
.coologolooc.
Re: techno.
Re: techno.
Re: techno.
Verve Flag...
Re: .coologolooc.
Are there any good Danish bands...
Re: Are there any good Danish bands...
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 20:47:00 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Motorpsycho
I just wanted to say that the Motorpsycho gig at Herrgar'n here in
Linkoping last thursday was the best damn gig I've ever seen. Yes,
it really kicks Verve's gig in Hultsfred 1994 and Slowdive's 1993
Stockholm gig down a spot to number 2 on my list, and if you know
how much I love those bands, you know what that means...
Drone, drone, drone - guitars going on and on, floating, growing
shrinking, thundering for around 10 minutes so beautiful we were
just standing there with our jaws chewing on the floor. Simply
fantastic!
Unfortunately they had an interview already scheduled so I never
got a chance, but I talked to the girl who went with them selling
T's and almost all of the songs were from their latest 2CD/3LP
"Trust Us" (which I noticed was available in the local indie record
stores here earlier on thursday - they didn't have any records with
them sadly - they would have sold the lot if they had) and she also
said that the P3 Live recording made at Fritz Corner the night
before will be broadcasted on April 23rd. Yummy!
If you get a chance to see them live - do _not_ miss it!
//Erik - blissful
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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:01:03 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [LIST] Upcoming Promotion Visits [29-Mar-98]
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Scandinavian Indie UPCOMING PROMOTION VISITS Scandinavian Indie
March 29th, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
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Artist/Band Rec.Label When Where Gigs
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2 Unlimited Byte/MNW ILR 24-29/4 Stockholm
Alabama 3 Virgin 14/4 Lund Yes
Carleen Anderson Virgin 14/4 Stockholm
Anouk BMG 9/4 Stockholm
BB King Universal May ?
Bluetones Polygram 2/4 Stockholm Yes
Catatonia Warner 9-11/4 Stockholm, Malmo Yes
Guy Chadwick Sony 25-26/4 Stockholm, Helsingborg Yes
Common Sony 17-19/4 Stockholm, Lund, Goteborg Yes
Company Flow Rawkus/MNW ILR 31/3-4/4 ? Yes
Jose Cura Warner 6/4 Stockholm
Davina BMG 31/3 Stockholm
Five BMG 14-15/4 Stockholm
Freewheelin Frank. Bolshi/MNW ILR 30/4-2/5 ?
Garbage BMG 31/3 Copenhagen
Genaside II BMG 27-29/4 Stockholm
Genesis Virgin 3/4 Stockholm Yes
Girls Against Boys Universal 28/4 Stockholm
Edwin Hawkins Viva 23/3-2/4 ? Promo gigs
Janet Jackson Virgin 16/5 Stockholm Yes
KC-I & Jojo Universal April ?
Lisa Loeb Universal May ?
Lord of The Dance Polygram 18-19/4 Stockholm Yes
M People BMG 31/3 Stockholm Yes
Man Break Virgin 2-3/4 Lund, Stockholm Yes
Massive Attack Virgin 18-20/5 Stockholm Yes
Morbid Angel House of Kicks 30/4-3/5 Linkoping, Uppsala, Malmo Yes
Mos Def Byte/MNW ILR 3-5/4 Stockholm
Billie Myers Universal 21-22/4 ?
N-Tyce Sony 30-31/3 Stockholm Yes
Conner Reeves Universal April ?
Savage Garden Sony 31/3 Stockholm
Spice Girls Virgin 19-20/5 Stockholm Yes
Stuck Mojo House of Kicks 14-15/5 Stockholm, Malmo Yes
Teenage Fanclub Sony 4/4 Umea Yes
Therapy? Polygram 20/4 Stockholm Yes
Tortoise MNW 8/4 Lund Yes
Turbonegro House of Kicks 1+14/4 Stockholm, Lund Yes
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If you want to know who to contact, e-mail me for further details.
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//Erik
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:01:29 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: SV: Motorpsycho (plus Nooners)
Erik Soderstrom wrote:
> Drone, drone, drone - guitars going on and on, floating, growing
> shrinking, thundering for around 10 minutes so beautiful we were
> just standing there with our jaws chewing on the floor. Simply
> fantastic!
Yes, it was a great gig. I guess calling it "psychedelic" would be an
understatement ;). Looooong tunes with looooong instrumental parts. I think
they managed to play 7 or 8 songs during the 70-80 minutes long gig. One of
the tunes was well over 15 minutes long. Quite an experience and definitely
recommended!
And when we are talking about great gigs I might as well mention the TRES
NOONERS gig from last week (I did not have time to write any comments on it
then). Noisy and jangly pop in a soundscape somewhere between PAVEMENT and
SONIC YOUTH. A great gig, but unfortunately a huge part of the audience
didnt seem to think so (many of them left during a song called "Polanski".
Guess they were scared ;). A pity really. OK, some of the songs might have
sounded totally unlistenable to someone who thinks that music should be
melodic, but many people left before giving the band a chance, IMO (some
songs _were_ quite "catchy", if that was what they wanted).
That NOONERS gig made me run to the store and buy their album "The dator
years", released on L-Style. It does not really fit the description I wrote
above, but it is great anyway. Not power pop, but very powerful, and noisy,
pop (especially in "Tri-mag" when the vocalist _screams_ "I should have cut
your heart out when I had the chance" in a way that would have made me
quite worried if I had been the subject for his anger).
/Micke, who thinks that there must be something wrong with his copy of the
GRAND TONE MUSIC album - every album has at least _one_ bad tune, why not
this one?
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:47:48 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Petter Tiilikainen
Subject: some kind of review..
Hi,
Just a few words about the Brick+BQ+Far Apart+Walter show.
Far Apart and Walter are local Lulea bands, and were so-so.
Walter's singer had a quite original and high-pitch style
which I found pretty entertaining, and since they only played
4-5 songs, it didn't annoy me that much that they're music is
in the fireside/quicksand vein.
Far Apart played a few more songs, and got boring halfway
through. It's just not any fun seeing how the local bands seem
to jump on the latest bandwagon all the time. A few years ago
it was NOFX/Bad Religion influenced skate punk that was the
thing to play, and now it's quicksandish emocore that is what
you play if you wear all the right clothes.
Bear Quartet played about 10 songs or so, half of them were
new and not released yet. Matti seemed to handle the old songs
(old and old, they didn't play any that was older than Moby
Dick) better than the new ones. And as usual, the last song
they played was "If you have a heart".
Brick bored me, a few songs were pretty good, but most of the
time it was like a tired Jesus Lizard.
Really nice venue btw, the Ebeneser Church should be used more
often for shows if possible.
P
e
tter
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:30:52 +0300
From: "Raitis"
Subject: Latvian rocknews/ 29 march
LATVIAN ROCKNEWS, 29 march 1998
(short version/ for long version call: Raitis@rb.lv)
1. Various musicians will guest in Riga/ Latvia's capitalcity in the
same day - 18th april: 1) "glamrock" group SMOKIE, 2) well known
pop-family THE KELLY FAMILY, 3) megastar singer Hose Carerras!
2. In the 14th may in Riga to celebrate comercradiostations "Radio
SWH" 5th anniversary - the famous pop act FOOL's GARDEN will
performance on Riga's stage.
3. Unofficial news... the QUEEN's lead member Brian May will guest
in Riga later/ this summer. News follows.
4. Famous group JUMPRAVA leadmember Aigars Gravers presents his first
solo album last tuesday, there was a small concerts with groups
OTRA PUSE, BAZE-7, JUMPRAVA, female singer Olga Rajecka.
5. The new/ first albums from "guitarrock" band THE SATELLITES
will follows in may.
6. And the "art/ acoustic rock" command LUCIUS in these day
finished recording the second album in Canada, one of the
sound studio!
7. And another guitarrock group PIENVEDEJA PIEDZIVOJUMI will
started to record next album in 14th april, with the small
concerts in "Riga's Recording Studio".
***
Raitis
Latvian Rocknews Agency
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:47:45 +0000
From: "Karl Morten Dahl"
Subject: Re: Motorpsycho
Wow!
Sounds like a hell of a concert. I'm really looking forward to the
P3-broadcast. How many people attended these concerts? Last time they
played i grannelandet I think only 10-20 people showed up or
something like that. I'm not sure yet, but Trust Us may be the best
album of the 90's. I can not believe how good it is yet. It's still
above my head somewhere.
Kalle
> I just wanted to say that the Motorpsycho gig at Herrgar'n here in
> Linkoping last thursday was the best damn gig I've ever seen. Yes,
> it really kicks Verve's gig in Hultsfred 1994 and Slowdive's 1993
> Stockholm gig down a spot to number 2 on my list, and if you know
> how much I love those bands, you know what that means...
>
> Drone, drone, drone - guitars going on and on, floating, growing
> shrinking, thundering for around 10 minutes so beautiful we were
> just standing there with our jaws chewing on the floor. Simply
> fantastic!
>
> Unfortunately they had an interview already scheduled so I never
> got a chance, but I talked to the girl who went with them selling
> T's and almost all of the songs were from their latest 2CD/3LP
> "Trust Us" (which I noticed was available in the local indie record
> stores here earlier on thursday - they didn't have any records with
> them sadly - they would have sold the lot if they had) and she also
> said that the P3 Live recording made at Fritz Corner the night
> before will be broadcasted on April 23rd. Yummy!
>
> If you get a chance to see them live - do _not_ miss it!
Karl Morten Dahl - Computer Science, NTNU - Trondheim, Norway
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 08:52:50 +0200
From: "Barczinski, Reiner, WAC"
Subject: Record-shopping in Gothenburg - Yes, it was the grand tour!
I'm afraid, I couldn't stay in Gothenburg over Friday, so that I
would've been able to access Motorpsychos Gig there ... damn! But I
spend some money for i.e. Kent - Isola (Un - be - liev - able ! WOW!),
Bob Hund - Ett fall & en losning / Istallet for musik: forvirring
(Phew!), Mopeds, Nordman (had to bring something for my Ex-Gf ;) ),
Soundtrack of our lives, Popsicle, Him kerosene, Sorten Muld, Sibelius,
Garmarna, and other scandinavian artefacts like Mooses, Koskenkorva,
Finlandia, Fazer sweets, so that I don't have to live on bread and
water, but on sweets & alcohol ...
And yes, it really was the "GRAND Tour", with some exceptions, because
money was gone before we came to the last shop on the list, and on our
way back to the ferry, Bengans had open, and the even accept
credit-cards ... ;)
Very nice rec-stores, indeed ... small entries, but wow, esp. Bengans,
soooo big!
And if this weren't enough, I had the brand-new BelCanto laying in my
mailbox, when I returned home ... so, that WAS successful!
Thanks for all the hint's on the record-stores, I'll tell you later
where you have to sent your money to ...
Reiner
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:05:58 +0200
From: "Micke Rehnstrom"
Subject: SV: Motorpsycho
Karl Morten Dahl wrote:
> Sounds like a hell of a concert. I'm really looking forward to the
> P3-broadcast. How many people attended these concerts? Last time they
> played i grannelandet I think only 10-20 people showed up or
> something like that. I'm not sure yet, but Trust Us may be the best
> album of the 90's.
Well, the audience at Herrgarn in Linkoping was at least 10 times bigger
than those numbers you mention. I think the maximum number of people
allowed in there is about 300 and even if it may not have been that much
people I would say it was closer to 300 than to 0.
The album has received quite decent reviews in Swedish papers the last
couple of weeks. I think some reviewer claimed that he found it quite
interesting with a rock band who used a marimba ;).
/Micke
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:05:43 +0200
From: "Barczinski, Reiner, WAC"
Subject: So ...
... our E-Mail-addresses at work will change, I've unsubscribed for how
long it may take, and hope to stay tuned from my home-address!
Hope to be able to talk to you again later!
Reiner
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 19:37:47 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [CONTEST] Sin's Coo Contest
You bet it's that time...
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xx Scandinavian Indie's COO Contest xx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ This contest is also available on the Scandinavian Indie Website ]
[ http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/scan.html ]
Scandinavian Indie presents the COO contest! Pretty cool huh? Yeah,
so here's what you need to know and what to do.
Information
^^^^^^^^^^^
This is a creative contest for your soul. No, you really don't have to
answer any questions or roam about on the net for the answer to "What
did Scully have on the back of her coat in the episode where Joe 'the
farmer' found an innocent looking kid in his field, but it turned out
to be an (wait for it...) ALIEN FROM ANOTHER PLANET!!!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!"
Nope. Nothing like that.
You may need to check out some graphics and listen to some music on
the web though - so here's the one link you need:
* The Coo Homepage
http://www.uta.fi/~jr53356/coo.html
This is the band's own homepage, which means one of the members of
the band has designed and put it up (ie. runs it).
What you must do!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What we want you to do is to __design a new and lasting Coo logo__!
That's right! Coo needs a new and cool logo which they want to be able
to use on their record covers, t-shirts, stickers, drumsticks and
whatnot. And they want You to design it!
So grab a pencil and paper, your canvas and brushes, favourite painting
or graphics program, and start your braincells! When you're finished,
send your masterpiece to us (preferably by e-mail, but if you need to
send it in a different format - on a paper, on a diskette etc. let us
know (send e-mail to: chief@lysator.liu.se) and we'll work it out
somehow).
Sending by e-mail: You should send your logo to: chief@lysator.liu.se,
who will then pass all the logos on to the band, who in turn will decide
who's going to be the winner, and who will be second and third. The
format you send your logo in matters, but we hope we'll be able to handle
most graphic formats - or we will get back to you. Please let us know if
you allow us to display your logo on the results page on the Scandinavian
Indie website after the contest is over as well. And please remember to
include your postal (snail mail) address, or we won't know where to send
your prizes!
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NOTE ANSWERS must be sent to: chief@lysator.liu.se NOTE
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What you can win!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1st Prize
* The Honour of having designed the logo
* The New Coo T-shirt with the logo
* A copy of their CD-EP "Heavenly Blue"
* Some extra bonus prizes (surprise)
2nd Prize
* The New Coo T-shirt with the logo
* A copy of their CD-EP "Heavenly Blue"
* Some extra bonus prizes (surprise again)
3rd Prize
* A copy of their CD-EP "Heavenly Blue"
* Some extra bonus prizes (surprise once more!)
Good Luck!
Last date to send in your logo: April 23rd, 1998
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The winners will be presented on the contest pages (and contacted
through e-mail) about 10 days later.
Please note that none of the information you enter will be spread or
disclosed to anyone anywhere ever. It will only be used for this
contest in order to send the prizes to the winners. Your name (or
handle if you prefer) and (if you allow) your logo are the only
things included on the results webpage.
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NOTE ANSWERS must be sent to: chief@lysator.liu.se NOTE
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//Erik
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:04:29 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [GIGS] Birdnest Tour List Update [31-Mar-98]
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Scandinavian Indie Birdnest Tour List Update Scandinavian Indie
March 31st, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom
All dates without country code are in Sweden
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SCANDINAVIAN:
PLASTIC PRIDE (S) + SEPARATION (S)
10/4 Mjolby New Date
16/4 Schleiz (D) New Date
20/4 TBA (D) New Date
23/4 Braunschweig (D) New Date
25/4 TBA New Date
SCARED (S) *NEW*
4/4 Umea
SEPARATION (S) *NEW*
3/4 Umea
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The complete Birdnest Production Tour List is posted once/month
More tour dates: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/gigs.html
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:05:09 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [GIGS] Luger Tour List Update [31-Mar-98]
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Scandinavian Indie Luger Tour List UPDATE Scandinavian Indie
March 31st, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom
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SCANDINAVIAN:
KOMEDA (S) - NONS *NEW*
Apr 04 Umea (S) Umea Open
Apr 16 Goteborg (S) Playground
Apr 17 Stockholm (S) Studion
Apr 18 Lund (S) Palladium
Apr 23 Linkoping (S) Herrgar'n
Apr 25 Malmo (S) KB
REFUSED (S) - Burning Heart / House Of Kicks
+ FRODUS (US) - Tooth & Nail (Apr 09-May 03)
Apr 28 Nykoping (S) Nykult Venue Decided
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NON-SCANDINAVIAN:
SENSER (UK) - Ultimate / MNW ILR *NEW*
May 21 Malmo (S) KB
May 23 Stockholm (S) Studion
SERVOTRON (UK) - One Louder Records / HoK *NEW*
May 12 Lund (S) Mejeriet
May 13 Oslo (N) So What
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The COMPLETE Luger Tour List is posted to the mailing list now and then.
More tour dates: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/gigs.html
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:05:51 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: [GIGS] United Stage Tour List Update [31-Mar-98]
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Scandinavian Indie United Stage Tour List UPDATE Scandinavian Indie
March 31st, 1998
by Erik Soderstrom
All dates without country code are in Sweden
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SCANDINAVIAN:
Olle Ljungstrom (S)
24/4 STOCKHOLM - allhuset, universitetet New Date
Popsie (S) *NEW*
18/4 ERINGSBODA - eringsboda brunn
25/4 ARVIDSJAUR - medborgarhuset
15/5 HALMSTAD - diezel
16/5 HELSINGBORG - sundsparlan
23/5 FURUVIK - parken
28/5 SILJA LINE - festival
31/5 UDDEVALLA - skeppsviks festivalen
Rebecka Tornqvist (S) *NEW*
2/4 OSTERSUND - gamla teatern
3/4 UMEA - aula nordica
4/4 ORNSKOLDSVIK - nolaskolan
5/4 GAVLE - konserthuset
15/4 LUND - palladium
16/4 GOTEBORG - konserthuset
17/4 JONKOPING - konserthuset
22/4 SUNDSVALL - tonhallen
23/4 UPPSALA - universitetsaulan
24/4 LINKOPING - katedralsskolan
25/4 VASTERAS - konsertsalen
27/4 STOCKHOLM - cirkus
28/4 TROLLHATTAN - hebeteatern
29/4 VAXJO - konserthuset
Wilmer X (S)
22/4 STOCKHOLM - nova Venue Decided
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The complete United Stage Tour List is posted once / month to the list.
More tour dates: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/gigs.html
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:23:04 +0300 (EET DST)
From: "timo riitamaa."
Subject: techno.
So i've sort of started getting interested in modern-day techno through all
the old stuff like various krautrock, Suicide etc. and ofcourse today's
Panasonic. i'm just having some problems because i have no idea what's good
etc... infact i'm a little fuzzy with the genres too... all i know is i like
it simple and monotonic...
Being the über-cool marginal freak i am, it's really frustrating to be a
beginner again, and know nothing about anything... like learning to ride a
bike again.
Dammit.
I didn't like learning to ride a bike the first time. somebody send me one
of those paperbacks which teach you how to seem like you'd actually know
something about the thing even when you don't...
timo.
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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 22:43:05 -0800
From: svenskax@sfsu.edu
Subject: Re: techno.
do you like Goa Trance?
At 10:23 PM 3/30/98 +0300, you wrote:
>So i've sort of started getting interested in modern-day techno through all
>the old stuff like various krautrock, Suicide etc. and ofcourse today's
>Panasonic. i'm just having some problems because i have no idea what's good
>etc... infact i'm a little fuzzy with the genres too... all i know is i like
>it simple and monotonic...
>
>Being the über-cool marginal freak i am, it's really frustrating to be a
>beginner again, and know nothing about anything... like learning to ride a
>bike again.
>
>Dammit.
>
>I didn't like learning to ride a bike the first time. somebody send me one
>of those paperbacks which teach you how to seem like you'd actually know
>something about the thing even when you don't...
>
>timo.
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:48:41 +0300 (EET DST)
From: "timo riitamaa."
Subject: .coologolooc.
Dammit. i dumped that competition email, but then in a sudden storm of
inspiration opened my paint program and designed Coo's new logo in 12
seconds... my only problem is i haven't got the faintest idea of a) how to
get the file out of my computer, and b) what colour Coo prefers to be.
I know this information can't be given to me, as it would be horribly wrong
towards the other competitors, but i was thinking i could get a clue...
something like "my left nipple is green, as i am allergic to brown busines
cards"... how about it?
Oh yeah, i can put it on a disc.
timo.
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 11:09:27 +0200
From: Marten.Sahlen@xt.etx.ericsson.se (Marten Sahlen)
Subject: Re: techno.
"timo riitamaa." wrote:
>
> So i've sort of started getting interested in modern-day techno through all
> the old stuff like various krautrock, Suicide etc. and ofcourse today's
> Panasonic. i'm just having some problems because i have no idea what's good
> etc... infact i'm a little fuzzy with the genres too... all i know is i like
> it simple and monotonic...
>
> Being the über-cool marginal freak i am, it's really frustrating to be a
> beginner again, and know nothing about anything... like learning to ride a
> bike again.
So when punks grow old and wise, they move into techno territory instead...?
That's a good place to be these days.
Mika Vainio of Panasonic has a side project called 0 (it should by that Danish
letter, an "o" with a slash through it, but I'm not supposed to write it 'cuz
the list server might choke on it). It's even more sparse and experimental
than Panasonic, but still it's got some beats. The 'Metri' or 'Olento' CDs
are good places to start. I guess you could basically check out any release
on the Sakho label btw.
The British duo Autechre are a favourite of many within this genre, although I'm
not to keen on them myself. Try 'Chiastic Slide' or 'Tri Repitae'.
Then there's the Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda. He released a pretty good
album last year called '+/-' which is similar to Panasonic only even more
minimalistic.
There's actually a very good Russian band called Species Of Fishes that are
doing music in the Panasonic vein. They have released two CDs but I can't
remember the names of them at the moment.
Two of the more prominent artists doing modern electronic dance music are of
course Aphex Twin and Scanner. The former has been skidding all over the musical
map and done everything from drifting ambient soundscapes to harsh minimal
beat-driven music, while the latter remains pretty faithful to his patented
style -- incorporating parts of mobile phone calls that he has secretly
eavesdropped into his experimental dance tunes.
Scorn should be mentioned too, I guess, but then they're more into dub than
techno... and personally I'm pretty bored by them these days.
I guess you've seen that the fine people at Blast First recently re-issued
Suicide's classic first album, and it comes with a bonus CD featuring two
gigs from 1978. This is goundbreaking music, and still so amazingly fresh.
Hope this helps...
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 01:51:04 -0800
From: svenskax@sfsu.edu
Subject: Re: techno.
should also check out CYPOID.
At 10:23 PM 3/30/98 +0300, you wrote:
>So i've sort of started getting interested in modern-day techno through all
>the old stuff like various krautrock, Suicide etc. and ofcourse today's
>Panasonic. i'm just having some problems because i have no idea what's good
>etc... infact i'm a little fuzzy with the genres too... all i know is i like
>it simple and monotonic...
>
>Being the über-cool marginal freak i am, it's really frustrating to be a
>beginner again, and know nothing about anything... like learning to ride a
>bike again.
>
>Dammit.
>
>I didn't like learning to ride a bike the first time. somebody send me one
>of those paperbacks which teach you how to seem like you'd actually know
>something about the thing even when you don't...
>
>timo.
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:57:43 +0300 (EET DST)
From: "timo riitamaa."
Subject: Re: techno.
At 22.43 30.3.1998 -0800, you wrote:
>do you like Goa Trance?
Yeah, why not. altough the melodic stuff is a little off of my tastes.
Why?
timo.
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:20:30 +0200 (METDST)
From: Par Haggblad
Subject: Verve Flag...
I know that this is not a mailinglist for selling things, but this has to
do with scand indie..
I won a Verve promo flag made of some strong material (not cloth, kinda of
plastic). Its dimensions are 1m x 0.5m and it has a white background with
blue font. It just says verve on the front of the flag... It has also 4
metal loopholes (one in each corner).
If someone is interested in buying this flag email me, just give me an
honest price.
/Per
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:37:33 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: .coologolooc.
At 09:48 1998-03-31 +0300, you wrote:
> Dammit. i dumped that competition email, but then in a sudden storm of
> inspiration opened my paint program and designed Coo's new logo in 12
> seconds... my only problem is i haven't got the faintest idea of a) how to
> get the file out of my computer, and b) what colour Coo prefers to be.
>
> I know this information can't be given to me, as it would be horribly wrong
> towards the other competitors, but i was thinking i could get a clue...
> something like "my left nipple is green, as i am allergic to brown busines
> cards"... how about it?
>
> Oh yeah, i can put it on a disc.
;) No hints but the one that you should send the logo directly to me
(ie _NOT_ to the list) - I collect them and pass them on to Coo -
all in the same format. So smoke it on over to me and I'll handle the
format conversions.
//Erik
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:43:48 +0200
From: Henrik Engstroem
Subject: Are there any good Danish bands...
....apart from Gangway?
Sorry for being so obtrusive in the subject line, but it's an honest
question. If that makes it better.
I'm bewildered. I live in Malmoe, a quick fortyfive minutes from
Copenhagen. And still I can't seem to think of any other Danish bands that
get close to Eggstone, Bob hund, Komeda, Freewheel, The Mopeds...
What do the Danes listen to? Do Kim Larsen still dominate the charts? Is
there any genuine pop tradition to speak of or is Denmark, as I suspect, a
pilsner-rawk/eurodisco nation? Where for instance,would Louis Philippe play
if he was to play in Copenhagen? And would anyone come to see him?
Five questions to straight out for you, well-informed listies. I'm very
grateful for any time you'd take to this.
/Henrik
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Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:55:05 +0200
From: Erik Soderstrom
Subject: Re: Are there any good Danish bands...
At 18:43 1998-03-31 +0200, you wrote:
>....apart from Gangway?
There are (hopefully) several good Danish pop bands though I'd
like to recommend "MEW" - who have, something I'd like to say,
a sound close to My Bloody Valentine here and there - not always.
They're actually really good.
They'll play this year's Roskilde festival. Their debut album is
called "A Triumph for Man", and a song or three have been played
on Swedish radio (Musikjournalen Pop).
Homepage: http://www.danbbs.dk/~mew/
More Danish bands: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/favlinks.html
Tour dates: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief/tourswe.html
//Erik
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