Subject: the dirt eaters(wcbn)
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Subject: Re: Band Seeking Female Vocalist
Subject: Slowdive's Pygmalion vs. 5ep
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Subject: Elysium plays tonight
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greetings-
the dirt eaters will be playing with several other bands at ricks
in ann arbor next friday for a benefit for wcbn. if anyone is going,
e-mail me and pehaps we can meet at the show.
thanks in advance-se'an
Here's some Throwing Muses tour dates FYI as of 3/1/95: I mentioned it before, but here it is again in more detail. American Recordings signed a licensing deal with Too Pure Records. The first Too Pure release to arrive via this set-up is Laika's 'Silver Apples Of The Moon' on March 28. Other titles set to follow include Minxus-'Pabulum'; Stereolab-'And The Group Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music'; Pram- 'Helium'; Moonshake-'The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'; Mouse On Mars-'Vulvaland'; a Faith Healers compilation; and Stereolab-'Peng'. Regarding Aphex Twin, the single "V.........." (I just forgot the title; it's been mentioned here on 4AD-L very recently) will be released in the U.S. around March 17th, and the album "I Care Because You Do" late April, both on Sire through Elektra (<--yes that is correct). I'll keep you posted on the sound of it all.
Hey Y'all,
I don't know if I'm allowed to post this here but anyway...
=> Atmospheric, ethereal dreampop band is looking for a female vocalist
with serious attitude and dedication for collaboration on original material.
Currently there are two guitarists, a drummer, a celloist, and bassist.
The members are all currently residing in upper west side, New York City
and we rehearse once (sometimes) twice a week so it is important that
respondents be from the NYC area.
if interested email ASAP: jpc20@columbia.edu
-Jesse
Someone was asking how Pygmalion sounds as compared to the 5ep. Well, they are sort of worlds apart. The use of samplers for drums/percussion sounds and guitar/instrument loops still remains but the loops are not as obviously trancey-housey influenced. It's like they took the the trancey-housey loop concept, and stripped it down, and put a whole different kind of sound in its place. Also, for Slowdive, Pygmalion is somwhat dark, sad, and a little mysterious, as compared to their other bliss-pop work. It's also very different from their previous LP Souvlaki, which is very band oriented. Pygmalion is very non-band oriented; except for song 8, there's no song where there's real drums and bass played along with the guitars (song 1 might seem like it, but its all sampled percussion and cymbals, the bass part is also actually a synth). As for my personal opinion on this release, I think that Pygmalion is a very beautiful, sometimes sad, sometimes blissful, work of art. I don't know how to rank it against 5ep and Souvlaki, so I won't. I will say is that Pygmalion is very different from them, and is just as good, and just maybe better. Regardless, I highly recommend it, especially to those who like their previous work, seeing the evolution of their sound into such an original release as this. I have it playing here almost every day and I'm not in the least bit sick of it. In a strange way, it kinda sorta reminds me of LSD's 'Ardor', a blend of bliss, beauty, and meloncholy.