mego - S/D

also search their side project Opopop; their ep Juicio Final is a busier, crazier version of the final track on Potagia

i connect to his stuff in my gutt more than my head is all.
m.

anybody want to give me a brief description of the Nachtstrom records?

also destroy that EVOL 3" CD. Yawn.

are you talking about "The Disenchanted Forest x 1001", have you heard it yet? the description here looks pretty interesting, although it doesn't say how much different it is from all other Hecker CDs.

I like the Evol 3" ok, though it's just a warmup to juicio final & magia potagia.

the very first release, by General Magic & Pita and made from fridge sounds is a (cold!) classic; Source Records (German not French) also put out their Live and Final Fridge.

The second release also risked a concept/joke that could have fallen flat: Die Mondlandung by General Magic, fine ambient sub-bass & bleeps soundtracking of the Houston-Eagle-Tranquility conversation. Thankfully sounds much more corny on paper or screen than on record, was an ambient staple during the mid-90s. Could outmixmaster Mixmaster Morris and throw The Orb off course.

Both of these even sounded quite similar, what with constant wind-like hissing and sparse deep bass pulses.

The ending, or last three unnamed tracks, of the initial Farmers Manual (re-)release has some exceptionally hypnotic, downright catchy drumming and DSP/sound treatment. I understand these cats put out a DVD in 2003 with all they ever did on it.

Sluta Leta's "Whispers Special" on Fan Club, super-unhinged funked out digitally processed hip hop/downtempo break with mad vocal loop treatment on top. More by those mad Swedes: "Klocken Tjugosju" on Uptight, "You Know What I Mean!" on Chocolate Industries.. the rest is more dry/experimental. Mego also put out excellent homegrown hip hop with DJ DSL. And if you like Elin you're probably aware that he has some long-ass deep (deep-ass long? ew) techno/breaks out on Mego, instead of wild Autorepeat loops.

Liking the Quehenberger album. Yay neo-industrial clunkiness.

wow fridge trax is so sick, way more intersting than you'd expect a record made from samples of fridge noises to be

Kevin Drumm, Sheer Hellish Miasma (Mego, 053) CD

Oooh boy I just picked this one up yesterday and it's bowling me over with delightful tunes. What other stuff is similar, and also this good, either in Drumm's catalog, the Mego archives, or just other noize stuff?

Sheer Hellish Miasma is arguably the strong Kevin Drumm release IMHO, though far from typical of his output.

Also -- can someone please explain this?

hotel paral.el is one of the best glitch albums ever made, so that

oneohtrix point never new album arrival coming out on editions mego in june

did anyone hear the new fennoberg album?

oneohtrix point never new album arrival coming out on editions mego in june

^first thing I've heard by this guy but I'm pretty into it - starts off really gnarly and then settles down into dubby fuckedupness

the fennoberg album is very good but i rly love the previous one and may well come to think similarly

re kevin drumm his album w/ daniel menche (mego 88) has been my soundtrack to the uk election aftermath

any thoughts on russell haswell's recent stuff?

as for 'typical', k drumm has also done some more ambient stuff like 'imperial horizon'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBb2u3KqBEI&feature=related

is the oneohtrix album anything like "rifts"? the description makes it sound pretty different.

I have all the Fennesz-related Mego stuff, yes, it's pretty great...

i thought the new fennoberg was monotonous tbh only gave it a cursory couple of listens but nothing made me want to really reconsider my 1st impression

"the return of..." is up there w/ the best of mego tho

is the oneohtrix album anything like "rifts"? the description makes it sound pretty different.

lots of stuff like rifts but also stuff that almost sounds like fever ray:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiWjl9GPhM

Ooh nice!

Fridge Tracks.

General Magic.

i'd like to put a good word in for the popol vuh remix ep. mika vainio mix is stunning

Yeah, seconded. On red vinyl as well.

massimo - hello dirty

triffic album

admittedly i was reminded of it because my laptop's fan is being weird, jumping up and down frequencies and it reminded me of one of the tracks on here

but this album is srsly lol

sheer hellish miasma just got released on vinyl for the first time! landmark album for me. really excited for this.

and I gotta disagree with the notion that the typical idiom drumm works in is ambient music. dude has serious range and I would say, if anything, his ambient stuff is atypical.

have to admit to not being quite sold on Edtions Mego recent "chillwave" direction, but the Cindytalk vinyl reissue has totally regained my confidence. beautiful, chilling stuff

I hope Fennesz' Instrument Ep gets a repress, shit is expensive! would be cool to have Hotel Paral.lel on vinyl as well

speaking of Fennesz, did anyone check out those Fenno'berg Live in japan vinyls?

second fennoberg album is all time

seriously, those two Cindytalk albums are some of the best music on Mego. hypnotic, emotional noise. the recent split w/ Robert Hampson is pretty smart as well, all wind-clattered sheet metal and organic drones

second fennoberg album is all time

seriously im sure ive posted itt about it but this is one of the best releases they ever did

slightly disappointed in the bj nilsen release (esp considering the tape he released on ash int'l is astoundingly good) but im still really interested in the thymolphthalein release next week. has anyone heard this yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21vJDBNgxYA

srsly

:-D

re kevin drumm his album w/ daniel menche (mego 88) has been my soundtrack to the uk election aftermath

not mego but menche has a tape out on tapeworm called 'raw fall' that i think youd really vibe - mostly unprocessed field recordings of waterfalls & its powerful and mesmerizing. he also has a related lp out called 'kataract' thats on editions mego thats more processed and 'constructed' but i think 'raw fall' is superior

That track "Viennese Tragedy" is so-called because it was recorded live at this swanky jazz club in Vienna where Fenn O'Berg were booked for some reason. About 10 people showed up.

ha I just bumped that Tapeworm thread before reading this one. yeah that menche tape is deep. never heard the second Fenno'berg but I like the first one a lot -- it's next on my list

so nobody else feeling the Cindytalk record? Up Here In The Clouds is probably my fav album this year

another great Mego thing this year is the Hecker 12" he did for a Comme des Garcon show. really sick rhythmic noise loops, kinda a cross between early Boyd Rice and Profan Records, w/ a spacious digital static piece on the flip

http://www.cyrk.org/v2/?p=1763

anyone know the track playing at 19:40?

Enjoyed this mix today with favourites chosen by Mego associates:
https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-232-nik-colk-void

Pita – Get Out. The third track is one of the greatest pieces of electronic music ever made.

Agreed about Get Out, that's the place to start. His first CD ("Seven Tons For Free") is also great. And it's not a Mego record but Rehberg/Bauer is top notch laptop noise, particularly Passt.

Apart from those two Pita records, to me the essential Mego is (1) the first two Hecker CDs, (2). General Magic "Fridge Trax", (3) Kevin Drumm "Sheer Hellish Miasma", and (4) Russell Haswell "Live Salvage". That's more the noiser end of the Mego spectrum but there is also good melodic stuff like Tujiko Noriko.

Anthony Child's Electronic Recordings from Maui Jungle Vol. 1 is an absolute essential.

all great recs

my personal fave o'rourke releases are on mego too -- those two fenn o'berg dics and the solo I'm happy, And I'm singing... one

agree with nphominoid, and would add the two Farmersmanual albums, the Ilsa Gold retrospective and the Mori/Parkins duet

And, once you finish all those, check out Pure's Noonbugs and GCTTCATT's s/t