Short cuts
Stasis - Past Movements
After all these years, Steve Pickton gets a well-deserved best-of treatment. As Stasis, Pickton was part of the early-'90s UK electronica scene, along with the Black Dog / Plaid, B12, As One and Carl Craig. Pickton was supremely consistent in his high-quality output; I'd buy everything produced or remixed by him that I could find. For fans of Detroit-flavored IDM, this is one of those must-have "blueprint" collections, along the lines of the ART label's Objets D'art 92::95 and Carl Craig's Elements 1989-1990.
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
French kids try to cover My Bloody Valentine using Casio keyboards. I like the results, but after a while, I just end up wanting to listen to Loveless instead.
Pixies - The Purple Tape 2
Worth it for the first track alone, the unreleased I Can't Forget. Scratchy guitar licks hint at the Police's Every Breath You Take, while Black Francis sings "I've loved you all my life / That's how I wanna end it / ... / The summer's gone / But a lot goes on forever". So good.
January 23, 2004 at 02:12 AM in Music | Permalink
