▄██████▄ ████ ██████ ████████████▄ ██ █████ ████▀ ▀███ ▄ ██ █████ ████▄ ▀ ▄█████▄ ██ █████ ████████▄ ▄████████▄ █████ L I F E I S T O O S H O R T █████████▄ ▄███ ██▄ █████ ████▄ ████████████■ ███████ F O R B O R I N G M U S I C ▄ ████ ███████████▀ █████ ██ ███▄ ▄████ ▀███ █████ ██ ████████████ ▀█████████▀ █████ ██ ▀██████▀ ▀█████▀ ██████ ████ ████ ████████ ████████ ███████████ ███ ███ ███ ████ ▄▄▄████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ▄████▄ ██████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███ ███ ██████████ ██████████ ██████ ▄▄ ███ ███ ███ █ ███ ███ ███ ███ █████ ███ ███▄███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████████▄ ███ █████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ██████████ ███ ███ ▄███ ████ ▄███ ████▄ ████ ██████████ ████████ ███ ██████████ █████ ███ █████████ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ███ ▀▀▀▀▀ Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'roll ███████████ █████ ████ ████████ ███ ████████ ██████████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ▀███ ▄██▄ ▄███▄ ███ ▄████■ ██████ ███ ███ ▄███████▄ █████████ ███ ████ ██████ ▄▄ ██████████ ██ ███ ███ █ ████████ ███ ███▄███ ████████ ███ ███ ███▀ ███████ ' N ' ROLL ███ █████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███▄ ████ ███ ███ ████ ███ ███ ███ ▄███ ███▄ ▄███ ███ ███ ██████████ ███ ████ ████████ █████████ ███ ██▄ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Planet Seven - Pleasurecraft Recovery Theme │ ├══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┤ │ Planet Seven's debut LP opens like a sonic bomb blast û serious │ │ rump-kickin', nitrous-oxide injected, can of whoop-ass styled surf-like │ │ instro. Think of a hardcore version of the Friends of Dean Martinez with │ │ complex rhythms and heavy on the atmospherics, with an other-worldly, almost │ │ desert-like sound. At times the music is western flavored, at others you're │ │ hit with straight heavy metal riffs that equal big time good stuff. A very │ │ nice platter to enjoy enchiladas to on the patio at sunset. │ │ │ │ The disc opens with thunderous uber-twang with the nerve-shattering instro │ │ overdrive of "Crimewave," a hard-edged tune that has the makings of a real │ │ classic. Without skipping a beat, the boys roar right into overdrive with │ │ "Satan's Handbag," a twangy western throbber, brings to mind Gunfight at the │ │ O.K. Corral imagery û only with machine guns this time. "Blindsided" has │ │ that grungy Link Wray feel initially, but soon veers into a Spanish-like │ │ punk/surf hybrid. │ │ │ │ │ │ "Powerstrip" is another story altogether. It has a hard-edged ferocity with │ │ a Ventures' "War of the Satellites" on tequila feel. A very cool version of │ │ "Lara's Theme" (which originally appeared on the "Mondo Drive-In" comp) from │ │ the two-hanky classic Dr. Zhivago begins with pulsating space-race theremin │ │ warblings. It then kicks into high gear in a very pleasing sped-up version │ │ of the normally ultra-laid back theme -- a masterful reworking. │ │ "Pleasurecraft Recovery Theme" is a dreamlike tune from another planet. │ │ Soft, slow, reflective and just plain hypnotic. "Cerveza," a grinding, boozy │ │ Spanish-language tune, is the lone vocal. I normally hate vocals on instro │ │ platters, but this is really quite good. I find myself repeating this tune │ │ often. As far as I can comprehend, I think it's something to do with a guy │ │ losing his girl and drinkin' lots of cerveza (beer for those up North). │ │ "Double the Medication" could be the opening theme for a neo-spaghetti │ │ western (If someone would hurry up and revive the genre, already! -- I │ │ definitely think it's time, and Planet Seven should be hired to score it.) │ │ "Spectragraph" is a brilliant, ever-changing progression to complement your │ │ next bank heist. It is utterly cinematic, final and absolute proof that │ │ music does not need words to convey strong emotion. │ │ │ │ Without saying, all the other tunes on this extraordinary disc are │ │ remarkable. I went gorilla-nuts when I first heard this show stopping debut │ │ album. A good nuts, mind you, a crazy drunken orgiastic nudie bar kinda │ │ nuts. Believe me, I've listened to a lot of freakin' surf platters this year │ │ and most made me nuts in a really lame kinda way. And that, friend, can mean │ │ only one thing: hands down, this is one of the top five instro feasts of │ │ 1998, and a future cult classic of contemporary instro. Buy it already, │ │ you'll be glad ya did. │ │ │ │ Eric Eidelbach │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ Date : 10-27-2002 │ │ Ripper : Rollmops │ │ Genre : Surf Instrumental │ │ Label : Default │ │ Size : 46,10 MB │ │ Bitrate : 192/44,1 │ ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ 01 Crimewave 02:19│ │ 02 Satan's Handbag 02:53│ │ 03 Blindsided 02:08│ │ 04 Powerstrip 02:12│ │ 05 Cerveza 02:08│ │ 06 Double The Medication 02:24│ │ 07 Lara's Theme 03:30│ │ 08 Pleasurecraft Recovery Theme 03:25│ │ 09 Spectragraph 03:15│ │ 10 Panic Button 02:18│ │ 11 Young And Useless 02:24│ │ 12 Hickey Beach 03:19│ │ 13 Whiteout 01:51│ ├══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┤ │ Join us today on EFnet in #SDR key assbag │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘