Released
1997
Label
World Domination
Reviewed by
Mike Ramirez
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Last Edit/Update
06 February, 1998
Various Artists
INTO TOPOLOGICAL SPACE
Track Listing
Disc 1:
1. Perfume Tree - My Worst
Friend
2. Globo - Truly Independent
3. Loveflag - The Queen Of People's Hearts
4. White Girl - interlude
5. Lift Laboratories - Sub-Zero
6. Shriekback - Terribly Swollen
7. Shriekback - Bastard Sons Of Enoch
8. Orbitronik - Freedom Machine 2000
9. White Girl - interlude
10. Loop Guru - Soulus
11. Perfume Tree - Crystal Tips
Disc 2:
1. Sky Cries Mary - Every Iceberg Is Afire
(Steve Hillage 12" Mix)
2. Sky Cries Mary - The Movement Of Water
3. Sky Cries Mary - Death Of A Star
This is the latest offering from California's World
Domination Recordings. A 2-cd set featuring artists such as Loop Guru,
Perfume Tree, and Sky Cries Mary. The first disc is a collage of ambient and
techno tracks pieced together to form one enjoyable CD. Perfume Tree opens the CD
with "My Worst Friend (Flight Path Mix)" which is simply mesmerizing in its
lullaby vocals done by the singer, Jane. Perfume Tree also closes the cd
with "Crystal Tips." Loop Guru sneaks its previous 12" only remix of
"Soulus" onto the CD. The remix is more minimal than its original version, as a
simple drum pattern takes the place of the insane percussion, but very neat. Globo's
"Truly Independent (Jack Dangers Remix)" is very MBM-esque, as it has Jack's
trademark bass grooves all over it. Shriekback is killer with "Terribly
Swollen." Make sure you have energy when this song gets played in your local club!
Other artists such as White Girl, Loveflag, Orbitronik, and Lift
Laboratories also appear on the first disc.
The second disc is a 3-song disc
containing unreleased Sky Cries Mary material. The tracks remind me of Perfume
Tree, or would that be the other way around? The tracks are excellent, and
especially the third track, which is a 26 minute live jam that the band does entitled,
"Death of A Star." I plan to pick up some Sky Cries Mary in the near
future. Overall, it is a very good and low-priced disc. You can order "Into
Topological Space" directly through World Domination
by e-mail, their website, or telephone.
(Kim's Note : I bought Sky Cries Mary
a couple years ago. A nice blend of ambient/hippy/tek-logikal music with great females
vocals. Definitely get SCM if you have never heard them, from Seattle
area, SCM is great *chill* music...)
Kim Alexander
May 12, 1997
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