Re: Naruhisa Matsuoka- Hikari-Bright East / List Poll?


stephanie (nnine@yahoo.com)
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:58:23 -0800 (PST)



I'd like to second this...amazing. There's one or 2
tracks on here that kinda sound like they were put
there as a proof of concept...like "yeah yeah, we know
this is some weird shit, but we can do dark/techstep
too, and with more personality...listen..." but most
of this is just warped but logical skittery clangy
bliss that will send you into a coma.

My high school english teacher once said a "yo mama"
sort of thing to me...he said, "Your mother
hyperbolizes!" I think it runs in the family. Thusly,
this record may not put you into a coma, but it's
definitely worth a listen. It came out in May. Those
of you who don't like Takemura's new stuff will likely
not get into this, however.

hyperbolically yours,
stephanie

--- Michael Aregood <maregood@comcastpc.com> wrote:
> Hello. just writing to tell you about an amazing
> experimental jungle record.
> (however, I think it steps outside a jungle
> classification)
>
> Naruhisa Matsuoka- Hikari-Bright East
>
> I am assuming this is Dj Matsuoka that had that
> 'excellent bird' 12" on JCR?
> The records share the same production company.
> Anyway, this is definitely
> not for the squeamish or faint at heart! The best
> way to describe it is
> probably organic Amon Tobin. I like Amon Tobin but
> don't really get down
> with his stuff (and squarepusher's) on a regular
> basis, possibly because the
> sound is largely electronic. This is a bit
> different. At times, i have to
> second guess whether or not what i just heard could
> actually happen. The
> warm "Tech-9-esque" organs and xylophones combined
> with the raw snare hits
> and snappy hi-hat sounds do something for me that
> Amon Tobin never has. Yet
> it's completely surreal and unpredictable. Keep in
> mind that it's fairly
> varied and some of it is not 'organic' sounding at
> all. Some tracks sounds a
> bit like the darker stuff on the 4 hero Two Pages
> record. Dark and techy.
> But there is a really nice range on here, some
> tracks including female
> vocals. I had to sit with my headphones on and
> listen to the whole thing as
> soon as i got it home. If you don't like stuff that
> keeps you guessing every
> 3rd beat, this probably isn't for you. However, if
> you want to check out an
> exciting and fresh new direction in future soul i
> would definitely recommend
> a listen!
>
> peace,
> aRgo
>
> PS. Now that we are coming up on the close of the
> year i was wondering...
> are we going to have a year 2000 list poll? We all
> slept on it last year.
> I'd totally be down to help or do whatever to make
> it happen. I know it's
> still a bit early... just curious.
>
>
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