Anyone care to give some impressions over the new Shpongle remix CD that came out in November? I haven't heard or seen it yet. My friend passed me a 10% 'share the wealth' deal after buying it for himself and I'm tempted. Slightly low on funds right now so I'm willing to put it off if the album isn't mind bogglingly good, but I'm sure I'll get around to buying it sooner or later. --- Mark Schieldrop Reporter, The Narragansett Times mark@schieldrop.net
On 1/5/04 2:05 PM, "Mark Schieldrop" <mark@schieldrop.net> wrote:
Anyone care to give some impressions over the new Shpongle remix CD that came out in November? I haven't heard or seen it yet. My friend passed me a 10% 'share the wealth' deal after buying it for himself and I'm tempted. Slightly low on funds right now so I'm willing to put it off if the album isn't mind bogglingly good, but I'm sure I'll get around to buying it sooner or later.
Really disappointing unfortunately :-( Not up to par with the other Shpongle material = the remixes do not do the tracks justice at all. Couple of tracks are OK, but nothing I was really that impressed with. I'm just waiting for the new Shpongle album... That should have some nice stuff on it (release date unknown by me)... _jason_
I got this in my Xmas stocking (how did Santa know) and feel you can split the album into two halves. The first two tracks are average but then when the third kicks in I was ready to rip this CD out and go about it with a blowtorch. All I can say is brothomstates gives me hope that I too can easily make better music on my stylophone and it will be more popular than this. Luckily a quick click on the skip and the rest of the album opened up as highly acceptable. Nothing really groundbreaking here but I'm glad I have it in my collection. I have a bit of a soft spot for Dorset Perception in whatever form and that ain't even my fave Shpongle track. Wish they'd done Monster Hit, then again, maybe not... Go and form your own opinions by listening here; http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/twi/twi1cd023.html -- ***************** ICQ - 13010621 www.billyb.org.uk ***************** On 1/5/04 2:05 PM, "Mark Schieldrop" <mark@schieldrop.net> deconstructed:
Anyone care to give some impressions over the new Shpongle remix CD that came out in November? I haven't heard or seen it yet. My friend passed me a 10% 'share the wealth' deal after buying it for himself and I'm tempted. Slightly low on funds right now so I'm willing to put it off if the album isn't mind bogglingly good, but I'm sure I'll get around to buying it sooner or later.
Really disappointing unfortunately :-( Not up to par with the other Shpongle material = the remixes do not do the tracks justice at all. Couple of tracks are OK, but nothing I was really that impressed with. I'm just waiting for the new Shpongle album... That should have some nice stuff on it (release date unknown by me)... _jason_
On January 5, 2004 05:05 pm, Mark Schieldrop wrote:
Anyone care to give some impressions over the new Shpongle remix CD that came out in November? I haven't heard or seen it yet. My friend passed me a 10% 'share the wealth' deal after buying it for himself and I'm tempted. Slightly low on funds right now so I'm willing to put it off if the album isn't mind bogglingly good, but I'm sure I'll get around to buying it sooner or later.
Get this instead: http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/itc/itc1cd016.html 13th Moon by Interchill records.. All except for track 1 are just awesome, gorgeous psy-ambient in the same vein as Shpongle - far more Shpongly than 80% of the remixes album. It'll scratch your itch, no doubt. Track 7, is by Ott operating as Umberloid, so there's even one degree of separation (from Shpongle.) The remix album was really disappointing, although track 7 by Ott and 8 by Esion Jim are both pretty strong. (Anyone know anything about Esion Jim? Need MORE from this guy... Everything I've heard from him is solid gold, unfortunately that's like 4 singles, maybe.) Anyone else pick up the "Youth in Dub" album? Thoughts? Not bad, IMO. There are a couple of tracks that sound like vintage Orb (like when they were still making good music :p) I'm confused about the liner notes for track 4, I don't see Youth's name appearing on the track anywhere. Maybe it was just recorded in his studio or something. Anyhow, more Orbish than Shponglish, but if you're into that, it's worth a listen. http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/dra/dra1cd066.html Happy new year, and all that. Peace. Mick "Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder! ... Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!" - Hellen Keller, 1916
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