My favourite ever PC soundcard was the Yamaha SW60 XG. I bought one in 1995 and was immediately seduced by the hardware XG synth built into the slim darling. I loved the crispness of the XG sounds. Back then, they were the cleanest synth sounds I had access to. I even did a whole track [...]
Archive for April, 2001
(Mint Records MRD 043)
Newsgroups: uk.music.alternative Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 18:51:31 +0000 Organization: Bzangy Groink
Again, this was a total impulse buy based on a quick listen in Soundclash. The first track, ‘Mass Romantic’, hooked me right away. A fast, shuffly beat coupled with clipped rhythm guitar and then Neko Case’s wonderful warbling comes in. [...]
Well, I’ve had this album for about a month so I think I’ve lived with it enough to post a full review.
I bought it after seeing stuff about them in The Source. I was a wee bit wary cos there’s plenty of crews who pretend to conscious rap but very few who deliver.
Dead Prez do.
I’m [...]
Daniel Miller has been a personal hero of mine since 1981, when I first bought ‘Speak & Spell.’ Mute Records was the first independent record label I loved, before I even understood the difference between majors and indies. When I look through my record collection it’s filled with bands either on Mute or one of [...]