From: owner-mobility-digest@lists.xmission.com (mobility-digest) To: mobility-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: mobility-digest V1 #357 Reply-To: mobility Sender: owner-mobility-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-mobility-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes mobility-digest Wednesday, March 31 1999 Volume 01 : Number 357 (mobility) stuff! Re: (mobility) stuff! Re: (mobility) stuff! (mobility) reviews (Fractal Zoom) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 15:14:45 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Simpson Subject: (mobility) stuff! hey i havent written in a while have i so i got to wpkn, go to the fm studio, go to the cd rack, crouch down on the floor in the lower right part of the cd section, look for the AMP 2 cd and the Add N To X cd, etc., and what do i find? RYU: _POWER MADE FLESH_!!!!!! KICK ASS!!!!! i know i told ryu about the station, and he said he sent a few cds, and id been looking for a while, then i gave up, and now i found it! woohoo! they must have had it for a while, it was cd 23,000 something, theyre up to 26 or 27,000 now. i told Davo about it, so maybe hell play it. that would be kickass to hear ryu on the radio! for those who don't know, Ryu was a member of this list. he was a musician, and a very VERY good one at that. he had his own label. he contributed a coverr of "Unloved Symphony" to the first "Thanks" compilation of Moby tributes. that track also appeared on his second cd, _Power Made Flesh_. he released a compilation on his label, then left. left the list, left the internet,left the United States. where is he, Japan now? if anyone talks to him sometime, tell him i found his cd and told Davo about it, and that i miss him A LOT!!!!! thats cool, the "Go!" was sampled from Tones On Tail. ha. thats a Love & Rockets spinoff, right? or L&R was a spinoff from them? cool. ive been listening to LOTS of 80's recently. Pet shop Boys, New Order, Depeche Mode (ESPECIALLY Depeche Mode), Bauhaus, etc. and early Beasties of course. they are immortal. ah yes, i finished my new demo, "Purple Monkey Dishwasher." its a simpsons reference, ok? its 90 minutes long, and its eclectic. theres some sound collages, noise jams, skits, radio scratching, mind control tests, actual songs (gasp!), drum circle excerpt, and much much more! all in unlistenable sound quality cuz i have nothing but a crappy tape recorder with low battery power to record with! but its fun. you might like it. and the sound quality isnt that bad, actually. if you want a copy of it, you have to send me a tape of something, i really dont care what. send me a mixtape. ssend me yr own recordings. send me a dub of some rare Moby. send me some squarepusher. send me some grateful dead. send me some Sifl & Olly. as long as theres no Spice Girls or Backstreet Boys or Oasis or Puff Daddy or Hanson or most other top 40 crap or country, i dont much care whats on it. or, you could just send a blank tape. make sure its a 90 tho. cum on, itll be fun! you get to hear some new music, i get to hear some new music! yeah! Paul Simpson 12 Dadio Road Hamden, CT 06517 USA oh yes, on APril 17, WPKN is having its drum circle. anyone in the new england/new york area or anywhere near who wants to geet involved, email me. it will be REAL fun. i went last year, they have free pizza, free music, and you get to be on the radio!!!!!! oh steve giles, i sent your Blur cds with the exclusive Moby remix of "Beetlebum" thats not on the single!!! so expect to get it soon!!!!! bye now!!! === "Trying is the first step toward failure." Homer Simpson >>>>>>>>>>PAUL<<<<<<<<<< _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:30:07 -0500 (EST) From: Freak Subject: Re: (mobility) stuff! Hi all. i talk to ryu around once a week...but lately our communication is a little lacking. he's doing fine...still in the U.S. and still making music (Thank goodness). I'll tell him you were asking about him, and he asks about you guys on the list as well. Hopefully he'll get his new CD together soon and i've heard some songs and it's very very very good...any fans out there should not be disappointed. But anyway...I'll tell him you found the disc and I'll send you a little sumpin sumpin paul. I haven't been reading as well as I should've and the next single comes to the U.S. when? thanx, danielle On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Paul Simpson wrote: > hey i havent written in a while have i > > so i got to wpkn, go to the fm studio, go to the cd rack, crouch down on > the floor in the lower right part of the cd section, look for the AMP 2 > cd and the Add N To X cd, etc., and what do i find? RYU: _POWER MADE > FLESH_!!!!!! KICK ASS!!!!! i know i told ryu about the station, and he > said he sent a few cds, and id been looking for a while, then i gave up, > and now i found it! woohoo! they must have had it for a while, it was cd > 23,000 something, theyre up to 26 or 27,000 now. > i told Davo about it, so maybe hell play it. that would be kickass to > hear ryu on the radio! > > for those who don't know, Ryu was a member of this list. he was a > musician, and a very VERY good one at that. he had his own label. he > contributed a coverr of "Unloved Symphony" to the first "Thanks" > compilation of Moby tributes. that track also appeared on his second cd, > _Power Made Flesh_. he released a compilation on his label, then left. > left the list, left the internet,left the United States. where is he, > Japan now? if anyone talks to him sometime, tell him i found his cd and > told Davo about it, and that i miss him A LOT!!!!! > > thats cool, the "Go!" was sampled from Tones On Tail. ha. thats a Love & > Rockets spinoff, right? or L&R was a spinoff from them? cool. ive been > listening to LOTS of 80's recently. Pet shop Boys, New Order, Depeche > Mode (ESPECIALLY Depeche Mode), Bauhaus, etc. and early Beasties of > course. they are immortal. > > ah yes, i finished my new demo, "Purple Monkey Dishwasher." its a > simpsons reference, ok? > its 90 minutes long, and its eclectic. theres some sound collages, noise > jams, skits, radio scratching, mind control tests, actual songs (gasp!), > drum circle excerpt, and much much more! all in unlistenable sound > quality cuz i have nothing but a crappy tape recorder with low battery > power to record with! but its fun. you might like it. and the sound > quality isnt that bad, actually. > if you want a copy of it, you have to send me a tape of something, i > really dont care what. send me a mixtape. ssend me yr own recordings. > send me a dub of some rare Moby. send me some squarepusher. send me some > grateful dead. send me some Sifl & Olly. as long as theres no Spice > Girls or Backstreet Boys or Oasis or Puff Daddy or Hanson or most other > top 40 crap or country, i dont much care whats on it. or, you could just > send a blank tape. make sure its a 90 tho. cum on, itll be fun! you get > to hear some new music, i get to hear some new music! yeah! > > Paul Simpson > 12 Dadio Road > Hamden, CT 06517 USA > > oh yes, on APril 17, WPKN is having its drum circle. anyone in the new > england/new york area or anywhere near who wants to geet involved, email > me. it will be REAL fun. i went last year, they have free pizza, free > music, and you get to be on the radio!!!!!! > > oh steve giles, i sent your Blur cds with the exclusive Moby remix of > "Beetlebum" thats not on the single!!! so expect to get it soon!!!!! > > bye now!!! > === > "Trying is the first step toward failure." Homer Simpson > >>>>>>>>>>PAUL<<<<<<<<<< > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:30:07 -0500 (EST) From: Freak Subject: Re: (mobility) stuff! Hi all. i talk to ryu around once a week...but lately our communication is a little lacking. he's doing fine...still in the U.S. and still making music (Thank goodness). I'll tell him you were asking about him, and he asks about you guys on the list as well. Hopefully he'll get his new CD together soon and i've heard some songs and it's very very very good...any fans out there should not be disappointed. But anyway...I'll tell him you found the disc and I'll send you a little sumpin sumpin paul. I haven't been reading as well as I should've and the next single comes to the U.S. when? thanx, danielle On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Paul Simpson wrote: > hey i havent written in a while have i > > so i got to wpkn, go to the fm studio, go to the cd rack, crouch down on > the floor in the lower right part of the cd section, look for the AMP 2 > cd and the Add N To X cd, etc., and what do i find? RYU: _POWER MADE > FLESH_!!!!!! KICK ASS!!!!! i know i told ryu about the station, and he > said he sent a few cds, and id been looking for a while, then i gave up, > and now i found it! woohoo! they must have had it for a while, it was cd > 23,000 something, theyre up to 26 or 27,000 now. > i told Davo about it, so maybe hell play it. that would be kickass to > hear ryu on the radio! > > for those who don't know, Ryu was a member of this list. he was a > musician, and a very VERY good one at that. he had his own label. he > contributed a coverr of "Unloved Symphony" to the first "Thanks" > compilation of Moby tributes. that track also appeared on his second cd, > _Power Made Flesh_. he released a compilation on his label, then left. > left the list, left the internet,left the United States. where is he, > Japan now? if anyone talks to him sometime, tell him i found his cd and > told Davo about it, and that i miss him A LOT!!!!! > > thats cool, the "Go!" was sampled from Tones On Tail. ha. thats a Love & > Rockets spinoff, right? or L&R was a spinoff from them? cool. ive been > listening to LOTS of 80's recently. Pet shop Boys, New Order, Depeche > Mode (ESPECIALLY Depeche Mode), Bauhaus, etc. and early Beasties of > course. they are immortal. > > ah yes, i finished my new demo, "Purple Monkey Dishwasher." its a > simpsons reference, ok? > its 90 minutes long, and its eclectic. theres some sound collages, noise > jams, skits, radio scratching, mind control tests, actual songs (gasp!), > drum circle excerpt, and much much more! all in unlistenable sound > quality cuz i have nothing but a crappy tape recorder with low battery > power to record with! but its fun. you might like it. and the sound > quality isnt that bad, actually. > if you want a copy of it, you have to send me a tape of something, i > really dont care what. send me a mixtape. ssend me yr own recordings. > send me a dub of some rare Moby. send me some squarepusher. send me some > grateful dead. send me some Sifl & Olly. as long as theres no Spice > Girls or Backstreet Boys or Oasis or Puff Daddy or Hanson or most other > top 40 crap or country, i dont much care whats on it. or, you could just > send a blank tape. make sure its a 90 tho. cum on, itll be fun! you get > to hear some new music, i get to hear some new music! yeah! > > Paul Simpson > 12 Dadio Road > Hamden, CT 06517 USA > > oh yes, on APril 17, WPKN is having its drum circle. anyone in the new > england/new york area or anywhere near who wants to geet involved, email > me. it will be REAL fun. i went last year, they have free pizza, free > music, and you get to be on the radio!!!!!! > > oh steve giles, i sent your Blur cds with the exclusive Moby remix of > "Beetlebum" thats not on the single!!! so expect to get it soon!!!!! > > bye now!!! > === > "Trying is the first step toward failure." Homer Simpson > >>>>>>>>>>PAUL<<<<<<<<<< > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:16:58 +0200 From: "Van Eijck" Subject: (mobility) reviews (Fractal Zoom) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01BE7BAB.0BDFE840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everybody! =20 The next couple of days I'm going to write some reviews of remixes Moby = did for other artists. Moby did so many remixes for so many artists over the last couple of = years, so I'm going to review the ones that I have in my collection. I've bought them very = recently. So the great thing is,=20 I think all of these remixes are still available, no obscure limited = promo 12" remixes or stuff like=20 that. No, just (I think) not so widely known remixes that you can order = at your favourite record=20 shop or the internet. =20 Oh, the _??_ indicates that I have no idea whether they're still = available...(mostly the 12" versions) =20 So, here goes..... =20 Let's start with the, in my opinion, best Moby remixes I have: the = Fractal Zoom remixes. Available as: FRACTAL ZOOM [Brian Eno, 1992] US CD, Opal/Warner Bros, 9 = 40539-2 ?? FRACTAL ZOOM [Brian Eno, 1992] UK 12", Opal/WEA, W0116T ?? FRACTAL ZOOM [Brian Eno, 1992] US 12", WEA, 9-40539-0 =20 The CD has 12 tracks of which 7 are moby remixes(!) The first Moby mix = is track 2, the=20 [Mary's Birthday Edit 3:49] It's the most commercial mix on the disc. It = starts off with a nice bright=20 piano tune. Then after about one measure the beat, bassline, synths, and = little bongo drums like the ones used in ATINITBL (melodic mix) all = together kick in, before you've had a chance to get familiar=20 with the piano tune. Then also too soon, the sampled voices start to = sing.=20 These are the main reasons why I like the full version on track 12 = [Mary's Birthday Mix 7:07] better. The vocals are not like the original vocoder-deformed, but are normally = sung, which goes best with this mix I think. It is a very "rich" mix, = rich in samples and in different instruments. My general description=20 of the mix would be that it has the moody, atmospheric feeling of Go = combined with the bright piano sound of Next Is The E. =20 The next mix is on track 3, the [Up River mix 8:07] It starts with = ambient synths and vocoder vocals, then after about 30 secs there's a bongo drum solo and then the = beat starts. The whole mix has a typical Voodoo Child sound. I think this is due to the fact = that this mix includes=20 exactly the same synth-sample Moby uses at the start of his song Voodoo = Child [Poor In NY Mix] =20 Track 6 is the [Naive Mix I 5:24] Very atmospheric melodic trance with = the same strings Moby uses in Go. Moby kept the original vocoder vocals in this mix, which gives it = a dreamy tone. This mix also includes the same bongo drum sound as the mixes above, only with a bit = more reverb. The mix has no hi-hats or other drums besides the bongo and the beat, which makes it = repetitive melodic trance that I can only compare with the melodic mix of ATINITBL I mentioned = before. A great mix for the "sun peaking over the hills in the middle of summer" kind of mood! =20 Track 8: [Naive Mix II 5:55] Unlike the Naive Mix I this mix starts = with hi-hats, all sorts of drums a bassline and a beat. A creepy sounding synth in the beginning sets the = tone for the rest of the mix. I think this mix is called Naive Mix II, because it includes some = samples that are also used in Mix I. This mix is more for the "dark, threatening clouds moving over the city" = kind of mood.... =20 And now for the strangest mix on the CD: track 9 [Landed Mix 5:50] This = is 'wallpaper music' the pu- rest form of ambient. A base of a dark, low synth carpet, from which = every now and then bubbles of sound emerge. A very abstract description, but I know no other way to = put it....really weird. It's the type of music that, when you walk into a room, you don't really hear. = But when it suddenly stops you think it's awfully quiet.........like I said, weird...... =20 Then comes the [Bucolic Mix 4:44] on track 10. Also ambient music with = bubbles of sound emerging from a low synth carpet, but louder and with more sounds. There's a = bright piano twinkle on the back-ground and some sampled vocals (no = vocoder). After about 4 minutes the track slowly starts to die=20 away into silence. A nice mix. =20 The last track (12) is the [Mary's Birthday Mix 7:07] which is the same = as the edited version on track 2, but has more of a structure. It slowly = evolves, rather than the edited version, where you get thrown into=20 a porridge of all the instruments and vocals at once. I love this mix! =20 Bart van Eijck =20 (Thanx to D. Cerman for discography info)=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 - ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01BE7BAB.0BDFE840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello everybody!
 
The next couple of days I'm going to = write=20 some reviews of remixes Moby did for other=20 artists.
Moby did so = many remixes for=20 so many artists over the last couple of years, so I'm going = to
review the = ones that I have=20 in my collection. I've bought them very recently. So the=20 great thing is,
I think all of these remixes are still available, no = obscure=20 limited promo 12" remixes or stuff = like
that. No, just (I think) not so widely known remixes = that you=20 can order at your favourite record
shop or the internet.  
Oh, the _??_ = indicates that=20 I have no idea whether they're still available...(mostly the 12"=20 versions)
 
So, here goes.....
 
Let's start with the, in my opinion, best Moby = remixes I have:=20 the Fractal Zoom remixes.
Available as: FRACTAL ZOOM [Brian Eno, 1992]  = US CD,=20 Opal/Warner Bros, 9 40539-2
?? FRACTAL = ZOOM [Brian Eno,=20 1992] UK 12", Opal/WEA, W0116T
?? FRACTAL ZOOM [Brian Eno, 1992] US = 12",=20 WEA, 9-40539-0
 
The CD has 12 tracks of which 7 are moby remixes(!) = The first=20 Moby mix is track 2, the
[Mary's Birthday Edit 3:49] It's the most commercial = mix on=20 the disc. It starts off with a nice bright =
piano tune. Then after about one measure = the beat, bassline, synths, and little bongo drums=20 like the ones used in ATINITBL (melodic mix) = all together kick in, before you've had a chance=20 to get familiar
with the piano tune. Then also = too=20 soon, the sampled voices start to sing. =
These are the main reasons why I like the = full version on track 12 [Mary's Birthday = Mix 7:07]=20 better.
The vocals are not like the original = vocoder-deformed, but are = normally sung,=20 which goes best with this mix I think. It is a very "rich" = mix,=20 rich in samples and=20 in different instruments. My general description
of the mix would be that it has the=20 moody, atmospheric feeling of Go combined with the = bright=20 piano sound of Next Is The E.
 
The next mix is on track 3, the [Up River mix 8:07] = It starts=20 with ambient synths and vocoder
vocals, then after about 30 secs there's a bongo = drum solo and=20 then the beat starts. The whole
mix has a typical Voodoo Child sound. I think this = is due to=20 the fact that this mix includes
exactly the same synth-sample = Moby uses=20 at the start of his song Voodoo Child [Poor In NY=20 Mix]
 
Track 6 is the [Naive Mix I  5:24]  Very = atmospheric=20 melodic trance with the same strings Moby uses
in Go. Moby kept the original vocoder vocals in this = mix,=20 which gives it a dreamy tone. This mix also
includes the same bongo drum sound as the mixes = above, only=20 with a bit more reverb. The mix has
no hi-hats or other drums besides the bongo and the = beat,=20 which makes it repetitive melodic trance
that I can only compare with the melodic mix of = ATINITBL I=20 mentioned before. A great mix for the "sun
peaking over the hills in the middle of summer" = kind of=20 mood!
 
Track 8: [Naive Mix II  5:55] Unlike the Naive = Mix I this=20 mix starts with hi-hats, all sorts of drums a
bassline and a beat. A creepy = sounding=20 synth in the beginning sets the tone for the rest of the = mix.
I think this = mix is called=20 Naive Mix II, because it includes some samples that are also used in Mix = I.
This mix is = more for the=20 "dark, threatening clouds moving over the city" kind of=20 mood....
 
And now for the strangest mix on the CD: track 9 = [Landed Mix=20 5:50] This is 'wallpaper music' the pu-
rest form of ambient. A base of a dark, low synth = carpet, from=20 which every now and then bubbles of
sound emerge. A very abstract description, but I = know no other=20 way to put it....really weird. It's the
type of music that, when you walk into a room, you = don't=20 really hear. But when it suddenly stops you
think it's awfully quiet.........like I said,=20 weird......
 
Then comes the [Bucolic Mix  4:44] on track 10. = Also=20 ambient music with bubbles of sound emerging
from a low synth carpet, but louder and with more = sounds.=20 There's a bright piano twinkle on the back-ground and some sampled = vocals (no=20 vocoder). After about 4 minutes the track slowly starts to=20 die 
away into silence. A nice mix.
 
The last track (12) is the [Mary's Birthday Mix = 7:07] which is=20 the same as the edited version on track 2, but has = more of a=20 structure. It slowly evolves, rather than the edited version, where you = get=20 thrown into
a porridge of all the instruments and vocals at = once. I love=20 this mix!
 
Bart van Eijck
 
(Thanx to D. Cerman for discography=20 info) 
        =
   
 
 
 
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