Census Of Hallucinations
- Seeing Things (Stone Premonitions)
What we have
here is a rounding up, a clearout, a let's empty the cupboards exercise.
A collection of mixes and out takes that didn't quite make it on
to the 1st CoH releases.
For the unitiated
CoH specialise in a nuniquely British brand of whimsical psychedelia
with the odd dip into the world of political commentary.
So this could
have been a complete pigs ear of a release, and to be honest, some
of the tracks fade away just as they're becoming interesting. But
the CoH project has such uniformly high standards that even the
out takes have a glistening charm. One thing that links these pieces
together it seems to be an understated jazz sensibilty missing from
the main CoH releases. "Loving The Rainbow" being a perfect
example. If you've yet to dip your toes into the rainbow coloured
water of CoH then this could be a gentle way of easing yourself
in.
But be warned,
CoH is an extremely addictive product. You will want more. So tread
warily or your bank balance will suffer. Which isn't my problemJ
So point your credit card towards www.the-rocker.co.uk and make
me a happy bunny.
Stone Premonitions,
271 Park Road, South Moor, Stanley. Co Durham DH9 7AP, UK
terrib@stoneprem.freeserve.co.uk
NEGATIVE TRIP
/ M NOMIZED
And here's the
ever elusive, publicity shy Negative Trip raising their heads above
the Swiss parapets to apologetically display their ever growing
electronic talents.
Becasue, whereas
before the word promising was used, now they've delivered upon that
promise. Whether its the collaboration thats proved the catalyst,
or whether its their own expanding headband, I know not. But this
is quite excellent. Low ley, dub heavy, dronetastic, this is electronic
manna which I can wholeheartedly recommend.
In an interesting
twist, some of the remixes bear no relarion to others of the same
name, which is taking the concept of remixing a tad too far, but
who cares. I'm far too deeply in lurve with the insect mix of Keveslak
Zone.
Purple Tree
Records, Seestr. 148, Ch-8820, Waedenswil, Switzerland
Odeon Beat
Club - I Need More Time / Nicked (Play)
Ack! For a while
there, I though this single was going to be one of those barstewarding
Belle & Sebastian rip off things. And what, pray, is the point
of ripping off keech? Thankfully, the similarities are purely superficial,
and there's a tad more creativity at work here than in the limp
B&S canon.
Personally,
I'd have swapped sides, with "Nicked" being a far stronger
song than "I Need More Time", but this is a worthy release
from a promising new outfit.
www.odeonbeatclub.com
odeonbeatclub@hotmail.com
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