From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V5 #361 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Sunday, October 31 1999 Volume 05 : Number 361 Today's Subjects: ----------------- DJ Rap and the new ectophile, etc. etc. [Kay S Cleaves Subject: DJ Rap and the new ectophile, etc. etc. Hey-- Apologies that my posts are getting to be so random, but I just got four digests at once so I've got a lot to reply to. To whoever was asking about DJ Rap's disc (Learning Curve)--the first released song is very upbeat dancy stuff, but the disc mellows out a bit after that. She's still doing electrotechno, but it's not the grinding rave kind of keep your neighbors up all night kind of thing. I admire her more for her skill at layering and playing with tracks and loops than I do for her ability to keep a good beat going. The lyrics are fairly introspective for that kind of mechanical music, though, but I find her voice grating after five or so tracks. She does a neat little Enigma-type thing with some "ethnic" guy chanting to a beat on track 10. I'm kind of mixed on it, but it's fun every now and then. As for the new ectophile, welcome Mieu! I'll second Bill's suggestion (I think it was Bill) that you submit your site to the ecto webring. (I'm updating it soon, I promise!) Goddesses--Well, I may be alone here in stating that I've never really gotten the hang of Kristin Hersh solo, but I do dig Throwing Muses now and then. And some of the other TM splinter groups have been quite pleasant. My own little pantheon would probably include Indigo Girls and Dalbello, as well as seconding (thirding?) the nominations for Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro. Finally, I am pleased to announce that my show has been raved about in the Chicago Tribune, the Sun-Times (twice!), the Chicago Reader, the Free Press, and on NPR. I feel so...legitimate. It's a little creepy. Don't forget to set your clocks back, those of you who observe Daylight Savings... - --Kay, who has a secret crush on Posh Spice np: noise from a Halloween party upstairs nr: Kingdom of Earth, Tennessee Williams. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V5 #361 **************************