that there was a ful! Maori choir, an English brass band and some Cook Island drummers all playing at the same time with the chi Idren EUROPE ofthe Maori choir all running around outside. It was bizarre enough to make the local papers, but in reality this was just another day in the studio with an acid house producer, says Mr Weatherall. Next SABRES OF PARADISE releases will be 'Musical Science’ FINITRIBE are releasing their by MUSICAL SCIENCE (out first single for eight months on now) a new WAXWORTH their own label following a dispute INDUSTRIES called Take The Finitribe: unleashing a ‘Monster’ on their own label with record company One Little Book’, something choc-a-bloc full Indian, as told in last week's have a shot at putti ng out our own their product." of spoken samples from Suicide’s Flyers. records. That can’t be too much to Incidentally, 'Forevergreen'was Alan Vega entitled 'Vega God’ The house trio have clashed with ask.” the highest new entry on the US (mid-March) by "we don’t know the indie over the unreleased track It is not a permanent split, Billboardchart last week. what he’s gonna cal l himself yet" 'Meliowman', which One Little however, says Miller. Finitribe. You can hear DAVEY and another track entitled ‘Blue', Indian refused to release in its who are continuing to negotiate FINITRIBE discussing the issue “that’s all we know about it at the original form. They say the label with One Little Indian, simply want with a representative of One Little moment”. Nice to see the Sabres thinkstheirversion is not to re lease a record after such a Indian on Earshoton Radio 5 and office back up and running at its commercial enough and insist that long spell away, he says. Their last Radio Scotland on February 23 at normal efficient pace after their a remix by The Beatmasters be release was'Forevergreen', issued 10.10pm. They’ll also be hols BLACK DOG issued instead. lastJune. deliberating, with a delegate from PRODUCTIONS release an LP. Finitribe's David Miller told the The single ‘Monster In The ZTT, on the validity of convenient ‘Bytes’, on Warp on March 8 as the NME. “We hated The Beatmasters House’, the first release through remixes. . . third Instalment o f‘Artificial mix. But One Little Indian said to theirown Finiflex label, is issued A refreshed ANDREW Intelligence', the Sheffield label’s us. This record is a hit. Don’t you on Monday in a 'Catch The Whistle’ WEATHERALL is just back from series of electronic listening want to have a hit?' But that’s just mixon limited edition 12" vinyl. wowing them in New Zealand, albums. Comprised from the the same as RCA asking Pop Wi 11 One Little Indiansaid in a where he encountered YOUTH in extensive Black Dog collective, the Eat itself to write some songs with statement. “There are no plans to the studio completing his double LP features contributions EMF. release the 'Meliowman’ single production on the Crowded House from Plaid, IAO, Echo Mike, Balil “A lot of bands don’t mind until we resolve the differences album with the Pacific spread and Atypic amongst remixes, but we wouldjustliketo with Finitribe over the marketing of before him. Atone point it seems others. . .

Frankfurt&J Mark NRG: hefs never lost his hardcore^

h# DJs for life. He’s a anarcho-situationist pranksters communicator, no-one can towefe PCP - an acronym for Planet him. h e’s thebest. He s 3: d,” iCore Productions. Eschewing (publicity, they prefer to make ZafferanofDJ/prodyoer, whose Statements with their music. And mein gott!it speaks volumes. EF has just been released over „ Last year they released over here via the Harthouse/Rising 50 records, all recorded at their High axis, Casper’s Rising High studio located in a warehouse on now solely responsible for all of the outskirts of the city ..Under a the Harthouse product in the UK. variety of pseudonyms like Ace Marco, who spins at the Oz The Space (‘9 Is A Classic’) or Club in Stuttgartand who makes The Possessed, and perhaps andplays “sophisticated techno % about a dozen others, they for people who understand release tunes through their own techno, people who’ve grown up distfbi which Is Ijplh dance music,” was IJiriety of theirown labels- PCP. the 20 or so DJs and musicians Dance Ecstasy, No Mercy who nestle underhiswlng, and Records and the charmingly who, thanks to Sven's named Pretty Asshole records. encouragement and the two Talk about industrious* ^ 38-track studios he owns, are Taking anonymity to extremes bringing the bacon home to - when they D J they do so in Harthouse and along the way disguise, turning the tables like Baader Meinhof, in ski masks themselves. and bafaclavas-their music is harder thanthe erection some of ‘Never Lost His Hardcore’fame), you woke up withthis morning, tt currently slaying hipsters with pbild be said they’re the Crass of ‘Tribal Groovy’ under his 0erniaaitbphno, only Crassjfhd J Overboustmoniker, who thinks theright philosophy but made Harthouse stands out because --w or sell ^ “Each record is different, we’re not restricted in any way, so this the cranberries appeals not only to the DJs but to Iff! 5 the people. The music is always Super Special Corp(another of experimental.” t . . labels). Not only is the music Infamous fortheirisolationist experimental, argues label-mate attitJIR it’s unlikely you’d bump Pascalfrom respected into PCP at one of Frankfurt’s = rhythmists Resistance D happening nightspots, and even (responsible for‘T ransformation’ if you did, how could you be sure - top tune at Kinky Geriinky), but it was them ? But if you make it they’re also streets ahead of out there check out Dag Berlin. at the Dorian Grey (fantastic “If you look at the production music, shit people, but also from, say, Westbam or DJ Dick, I replete with Embargo Records- think they’re going the wrong a shop in-house where you can way. Berlin is more commercial, buy the tunes you have grooved it has a great raving scene, but to on the way out), The Omen, we make the music they dance (Sven’s techno heaven on earth) to. What’s happening now is the and XS (lovely people, laid-back whole world is hearing our stuff house, club owner Alex Azali has and they say ‘Wow! That’s the a tune called ‘Harmonic’ out on new way’.” Fax and is soon to release a And leading the way alongside Sound Of XSEP). labels like Harthouse, Overdrive, Futuristic Frankfurt, it’s firing. Pod, F—ing Loud! and Fax are Muff Fitzgerald

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