MUSIC RECORD REVIEWS
m _ | great effect. “For John Cage’, the last 5 ; of the four to be completed, has even : Alastair Mabbott rounds MICHAEL "YMA" i more beautifully conceived illl Ni! ii“ N'm- t instrumental voicings for the london Formatwise. Jellyfish’s "lilo Will Pillllilllllco ("90) I Brass, intricately wrought over a ‘New Mistake’ (Virgin) is Although it occupies a very different steady pug” rendered ineligible for sound'wo'ld to that 0‘ "I. "man has wowed “'8 ea,” music “View by Coming as pa" "W's" 33M: “is W's" 0" this disc ‘ vein before, and returns there with one a wretChed‘ Ppmer' [opmn‘s mom M a vaflauon "ha" a equal (and maybe even gfea‘er) profit gfoeg'fh‘mg: $33? change of tack. All four works were 5 in m sinking" effective ‘33" me blurb on the sleeve' written in a matter of six months last 1 Landau,” Hymn or manna And He, ‘ , year, and "n album, his fecal“ ' Omnipo‘ence” the i t . mom‘s” Guam '0' "‘9 “90"” haunting voice of counter-tenor James , 003M: is “steam. is his his Bowman and finds a musical 013039". 70"! Simons- vocabulary which perfectly integrates "is “"0 Floss is “‘3 hugs“, and is f the period instruments of Fretwork inspired by Joseph desiit’s Poem into the idiom. The final work, ‘The ‘Bosiilal' Tim” 3"" "'9 “mm Convertibility 0f lute Strings’, played “alight” “ms- ” is 3 WWW“, on harpischord by Virginia Black, is e i Sllbilf'iiiiiiiliiid '0'“ '0' Piano "'0’ the most conventionally liyman-esque The Fat lady Sings have t and Hyman manipulates his "arm (for which read ‘Minimalist’). (Kenny some similar scheme
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point south-west of his 3 chin (he sounds a lot like ,
Sinatra, Soul II Soul, a truckload of “Wan”, is 59‘9""! slswo'POP angels. This is Biork’s solo album, a "'3‘ 3 been 9m“ "'9 "9810'" 0'
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tin whistle to puppyfat ballad to no great effect , and Submarine. on 'Jodie
being, generally, as a whole, off their fife mm?“ m- , , chump), alone Biork pursues the cause “but “"93 '"u‘ Bl‘m‘ s ""9"! of fan, soul and swing and Biorkian “swing W'sona'mt is '9'" “"95 by
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Town, London NW1 astounding. everything "'0 cubes dill- Yes. even 9m. get into one of llight in the middle of ‘Debut’, she Birthday - A daniino display of im- rhose moody numbers whim“ and gum.” in that form, free-floating, divine inspiration.
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do“ 0f 3mm“ Punk 0" on. A new label, a double album. The
‘Lost‘ (incredible Shrinking Records). Finiflex asterisk points to five
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Attention is rabbed b ’ me first (my? and the y i the Flnitribe. (in. They have a mission; slow-buming ‘Undertow'. i but”: ism“, 33mm”: M an The llaked See's debut g trying to create a label identity. single. and the Human Taking a surprise early lead is Oar Condition label's founh» ‘ lo. 1, Robin llellaut. ‘Three Wheel 'Nothing's Lost‘ finds the l cmht '3 a "mung gmd piano Fauldhouse band in
detour. Io surprise, then, that he is
pensive mode. By the time it’s clattered to a hall, .33", own." by was. momma
it's grown into something i Fillith brothers. A8 UH SClOlltlStS (it quite stirring. Side AA, Sound and The PitStOP Boys: "'9' ‘Never So Near‘ could peddle three different versions at almost be The Fall ‘chug-a-Bllg’. With his version of ‘l playing Roxy Music. With want Mm’, Ego Ban Yasl, the Pied Dee Dee Ramone on bass mp" 01 mm, mm m. 10".
measum‘ 0f court of Iustlce as he stops to have an
m, ammo”. quick acid shag. Twelve penalty points. ‘Glastonbury Song’ Back ill the race, and a new leader, (Geffen) comes wrapped Peter Perfect. But what’s this? Peter’s in a Sleeve that's Pure enlisted the illegal help of Dr Justin Handel's Messiah 01' Paul u” ‘nd 0" of Horn Blows A Flute Up Glastonbury Tor For A :gmmll’g m a: Day A” A "slimd' car lo 4 lllr wllilame ile's been let perhaps surpnsmgly, . ' ! ° sounds nothing like either. '00” in a 303: ml“ “P "‘0 tank 'm' if you’re at all interested, m “800 “31's.”: "‘9" 3mm“ you’ll already have the off down Wet Ill an album. but get the single uncontrollable Techno rage. and you Set to hear Mike At the finish then it takes a photo to Scott reciting a daft rhyme mm” m tom 0' the PM“, and smging about com Torso ‘You a l’ and ‘Music Power’ are circles to the ' accompaniment of noises the most commercial, but without from me bridge of me doubt the most triumphant Xlt3i’s in Enterprise. Julian Cope'll this If.‘ Ille Oi alt album. (Philip be fuming . . . 0W)
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30 The List 16—29 July 1993