bil
bdwyer@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu
On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Marc Wright wrote:
> >At 09:54 PM 6/11/96 +1000, you wrote:
> >
> >>Can anyone tell me what Howie B's album 'Music For Babies' is like?
> >
> >In case no one replied (I do not own it but gave it a casual listen a while
> >back) it is more abstract/"ambient" than his remixing and even IMO than
> >Skylab. It is denser than Skylab (more is going on but its far more
> >subtle/quiet than Skylab) and less beats than his remixes and production
> >work.
>
> Well, I think I've been talked out of buying the Howie B album, but I was
> actually probably *more* interested in Skylab. I just 'rediscovered' the
> 'This is Not Trip Hop?' compilation (titled 'The Trip Hop Test' in other
> parts of the world, I think), and heard a heap of stuff I'd skipped over
> before. (Don't you love it when that happens?)
>
> When I got to the Skylab track (can't remember what it's called and the CD
> is in the car), I was *amazed* I'd missed it before. This is beautiful stuff!!
>
> So, what's the deal with Skylab? Is there an album at all? (Please, please
> say yes!). Any other Skylab stuff on CD that anyone knows about?
>
> Marc.
>
> (Now playing: The Stooges 'Funhouse' - now there's a classic Acid Jazz album
> for you ;)
>
>