Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent (2009)

ARTIST`````Moritz Von Oswald Trio

ALBUM`````Vertical Ascent

GENRE`````Electronic, Experimental, Techno, Live

YEAR````````2009

Album review from RA

Round these parts Moritz Von Oswald is the proverbial no-intro needer. Not only did his '90s output have an almost inestimable influence on a generation of dub techno heads, but his continued public presence as an electronic music impresario keeps this from being forgotten. How many times have you read a dub techno review that references Basic Channel? Here in jazz-band leader form the man heads up own trio together with Max Loderbauer of NSI and Sun Electric, and Sasu Ripatti, AKA Luomo, AKA Vladislav Delay.

The culmination of several years of live shows, Vertical Ascent is an utterly compelling and complex release, seamlessly fusing organic free-flow improvisation with the pristine electronic palette you expect from von Oswald. The four "Patterns" here follow a generally dub-like structure, where a relentless patter of midtempo percussion provides the propulsive counterpoint to heady, diaphonous atmospherics. The languid churn makes for workday ambiance, the mesmerizing fluid textures make for a repeat-listening delight.Since the focus is on exploring a restrained set of sonic possibilities, it's perhaps best to view the four tracks here as a group of variants rather than discrete compositions.

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VITALIC - V LIVE (2008)

TECHNO CANNOT POSSIBLY SOUND BETTER, ORIGINAL AND MORE PERSONAL THAN THIS FURIOUS PERFORMANCE
ARTIST``````VITALIC
MIX```````````V LIVE
GENRE``````ELECTRO, TECHNO, GODDAMMIT!
YEAR````````2007

WHY:
I can't say anything better than this: "He’s been hailed as one of the finest techno producers of our time with the release of his debut effort with the Poney EP, fusing the most unthought-about sounds together in a schizophrenic cocktail of sounds that manage to both set dancefloors ablaze or double as the perfect stoner music to relax when tuned into at home. He weaves an intricate tapestry to become the soundtrack to our moods and life, without breaking so much as a sweat."

This was an excerpt from this interview



NICE ALBUM REVIEW:
BY SOUL SEDUCTION
Over the last five years, one man's music has become synonymous with the ultimate euphoric rock'n'roll meltdown. But he doesn't play guitar and he hardly ever listens to rock. Mention the name Vitalic to anyone who's heard his music or witnessed his blistering live show and they'll nod approvingly, hold their hands up and happily concede, "He is the master".

If you know Vitalic's records - the 2005 album ‘OK Cowboy’ and the killer singles ‘La Rock 01’ and ‘My Friend Dario’ spring to mind - then you'll be familiar with the emotional punch this producer can pack. Vitalic's muscular electronic disco powers through techno's canon, snaring the spirit of Giorgio Moroder, Aphex Twin, the Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk as it surges towards some untouched synth-pop nirvana that only Pascal can imagine. Now the master, Pascal Arbez-Nicolas, releases the album thousands of his fans are dying to hear - the first Vitalic live album: In his concerts he revamps his hits, road-tests new tracks, drops the odd cover version, and plays songs that will never make it onto vinyl. Unlike most laptop-prodding dance acts, each Vitalic show is live and unique. ‘V Live’, for example, was recorded at the AB venue in Brussels on October 27, 2006 before 2,000 people. This was Vitalic's first big sold-out show.

There are eight brand new unreleased Vitalic tracks on ‘V Live’. ‘Anatoles’ is a blissful highlight, while ‘Follow The Car’, ‘Rhythm In A Box’ and ‘Fast Lane’ blaze a trail from Dijon to Detroit. And ‘Bambalec’, which Pascal's been playing for some time. Then there are the hits, ‘La Rock 01’, ‘No Fun’, ‘Valletta Fanfares’, ‘My Friend Dario’, let's just flag it up as a major goosebump situation. ‘V Live’ is the finest document yet of France's glorious metal-disco warrior in action.

As live albums go, it's probably the best one that's ever been released in the history of the genre.

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BILL HICKS - DARK POET (1992)

THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS
ARTIST`````BILL HICKS
MIX``````````DARK POET
GENRE`````COMEDY, STAND-UP
YEAR````````1992

DESCRIPTION:
This is one of my favourite Bill Hicks performances. It is very rare and this is a bootleg recording, it was never officialy published.

Hicks is in one of his worst states here and this is one of his darkest performances.

TRACKLIST:
01 Human Fellowship
02 The Comedy Of Hate
03 Settle In For This One
04 Willy's Balance
05 It's All A Dream
06 Little Satan Boy
07 A Man Of Taste And Decency
08 Mystery In My Trousers
09 Cancer! Cancer!
10 The Irony Of Pure Hatred.mp3
11 Deep Hole Of Comedic Ineptitude
12 The God Of Comedy
13 I'm Talking to Myself
14 That is Cleverness

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DAVID CROSS - IT'S NOT FUNNY (STAND-UP COMEDY 2004)

HATING KIDS, HATING BUSH, HATING EVANESCENCE... DAVID CROSS LIVE AND NICELY RECORDED.
ARTIST`````````````DAVID CROSS
ALBUM`````````````IT'S NOT FUNNY
GENRE`````````````STAND-UP COMEDY
YEAR```````````````2004

MY VIEW:
One of his best performances. Good audio quality.

ALBUM INFO:
It's Not Funny is David Cross' 2004 stand-up comedy album, released on Sub Pop Records. The track titles, like those on his previous record Shut Up You Fucking Baby!, have no relevance to the bits Cross does on the album and are instead there to make fun of material performed by other comedians, either on the whole or targeted at specific comedians; e.g. the seventh track is probably a stab at comedians such as Margaret Cho, and track 4 is probably a stab at parody artists like "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Cross has said the album's title references children being laughed at by their friends while trying to tell them something important, only to reply, "Come on guys, it's not funny." Stand Up! Records also released a limited LP edition of 500 for this release, as they had for Shut Up You Fucking Baby!. Like the CD, it also contains a hidden track that plays from the label out to a locked groove. This edition is a single LP, unlike its predecessor.

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