Friday, 11 April 2008

Add N to X - On The Wires of Our Nerves

Mute 9053-2 under licence from Satellite Records. 1998.

I'm a sucker for analogue synth sounds. I once borrowed RH's MonoPoly, which was a bit knackered, being covered in cat piss and dust. All the pots crackled. Half the switches simply didn't work. It weighed 3462 kilos. I got nothing but squelches and blips out of it. NF came round to my house and saw it, bought it on the spot. A bit of love and attention and it was good as new. It probably appears on one or two Vietgrove albums.

Anyways.... first track is a waste of time, but 'Murmur One' sets the tone nicely. Drum n bass-esque back-beat lovely.

Elements of Tomita and War of the Worlds all over this one.

Highlights: 'Murmur One' and the massive 'The Black Regent'

4 comments:

N_Phay said...

I just got another one the other week:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/Vietgrove/DSCF1202.jpg

I am restoring it, and am not going to sell this one, I was dumb to sell the one you refer to.

poodle said...

hey hey NF - been googling vietgrove perhaps? we should catch up over a cheeky beer or a bag of chips.

N_Phay said...

I still haven't finished restoring it :( It nees acouple of jrc4558s which aren't exactly hard to obtain, I should really get it finished.

I found your blog after googling "projectile afterbirth"!

YEah drink would be great, after a decade+ of cabin fever I feel the urge to start socialising also maybe start/join a band before I totally fall into decrepitude.

poodle said...

i probably have a bunch of 4558's upstairs. you can have a couple when we get that beer.