Reviews by markjazz

As everyone knows this song featured the sample from the Twin Peaks theme and I'd honestly say that this track is nothing without that sample. I was lucky enough to have not had the knowledge of knowing where the sample came from until I found out myself while watching Twin Peaks and was like; "Holy Shit, Moby took that sample from this show!!!"

My favourite remix is the Woodtick Mix. It's pretty much a 6+ minute version of the original. The Rainforest Mix is a pure mess and I don't like it at all. It's a faster track and doesn't feature that sample at all so what the hell's the point? It's just another tech track, but annoying one. The Subliminal Mix is nearly the same as the original but features some extra spacey type samples put it. An effective track. Soundtrack Mix is a soft version and starts out slow and sounds pretty haunting for the first minute. I love the start of this track. There's an extra piano riff put in this one as well and this is my second favourite mix on here. It doesn't feature the Twin Peaks sample but it's still a good track on it's own. This single ends with the Original Mix and I don't like it at all. It has some good bass but it's too acid sounding for my taste and I was never a fan of old school acid.

Overall this is a classic piece in techno history and must for any 90's techno mixtape!

To me this sounded like a pretty standard trio set from Metheny. Roy Haynes does play awesome drums though but the whole disc sounds like a night of rehersal, which is what it was pretty much. No stand out tracks really but a good listen.

If you own the Merzbox, or a lot of his earlier releases, than don't bother with this set. There's a lot of his earlier albums I don't like at all mainly because he just loops a 5-10 second sounds over light feedback. I'd hardly call that ambient...or noise for that matter. I'm also betting that you will hear a lot of the same sounds on this boxset as you would on his earlier official releases during the 80's. He likes to reuse his own sounds a lot. Also, Masami was experimenting with sounds and sampling his favorite rock n' roll records and that's what this sounds like, experimental music. This set should have been called ExperiMerzal, or some shit like that.

Omega 3 has to be one of the best power noise tracks out there and it's still my favorite from this genre and group. This whole album is filled with awesome pounding noise that'll tear the hearts out of any fan of agressive music. Show the ones you hate this album and they'll get the idea.

I recently rewatched this show after not seeing if for over 10 years and I must say it hasn't aged well at all. Most of the jokes are pretty lame but it was meant for kids so I can't fault it for that. I did still enjoy revisiting this show and I always was fond of Vincent Price's short poems on the show too. I think I would still want to recommend this show for kids now-a-days too that does say something about how much I like, even though I would hardly want to watch it now.

TRT: 1:34:21
First Death: 00:38:14
Last Death: 01:26:52
Critter Kills: 5
Total Kills: 7
Scenes with Blood: 4
Explosions: 5
Swears: 19
Tits: 0
Nude Scenes: 1
Music: 3/5

TRT: 1:24:41
First Death: 28:09
Last Death: 00:44:46
Critter Kills: 2
Total Kills: 2
Scenes with Blood: 3
Explosions: 5
Swears: 10
Tits: 0
Music: 3/5

Horror noise is something I’m a fan of and it’s not just the artwork that has to appeal to me but the sounds also have to evoke a horrific emotion as well. The new 16 Bitch Pile-Up disc does exactly that. When I saw the artwork, which I’ll explain a bit later, I had to own this. Listening to the sounds when I got the disc was something else. The artwork put me in the frame of mind I needed to be in and after hearing the experimental tones on the CD I was enthralled and ready to rate this as the best release of the year.

There’s a good mix of track lengths in this release. Ranging from 7 seconds to 18 minutes, all untitled and they all flow together well. The first track grabs you right away as a good introductory piece. Slow moving scraping sounds with muffled vocal hisses. If you’re a fan of Woman of the SS it’ll appeal to you for sure. Track #2 is probably my favorite and the one that sets the tone of this disc to a "T". It’s an 18 minute slow moving tonal synth piece. Not much variation but it’s a track to listen to with the lights off at the witching hour. I listened to it at noon with the Sun in my face and I was still creeped out! Track #3 is footsteps with a creaking door and SLAM! Seeing as how this disc is telling a story, this tracks fits well. Track #4 starts off with sounds of racing bikes and engines mix with tonal bass tabs. I see the inspiration in these bitches’ eyes while making this disc. The track is not what I call normal noise that I’m use to but again, it fits well with the rest of the disc. The track features more bike sounds however than noise, which some may get turned off from after 11 minutes of it. Track #5 is a 8 minute experimental sound piece with sounds of rubbing things together it sounds like, not sure what. Maybe symbolizing a poor boys torment? Who knows. After a minute more noises creep in. Echo sounds that sound like muffled vocals again. More of what we heard in the first track with more variation. Alarms ring and a nice heart beat pound to finish it off. Track #6 begins with a louder pounding of a heartbeat with pokes of metal sounding noises slowly finding it’s way in. The track then begins to more in a double heat beat with a bass loop. Started to shake my wall unit. There’s a great electrical sound in the track too that sounds like it’s right out of an old Frankenstein movie. A good 4 minute piece overall. Track #7, at 7 seconds, is pretty much a 1 second clip of a huff. Then track #8 hits you like a punch in the face. Wall noise of screaming to the extreme. Ear blistering vocals from the bitches’ come at you show you what it’s like to fucking die!!! Damn, they can sound good getting murdered. After almost 2 minutes of yelling a cheap ass happy tune plays in. Not sure where it’s from but it says, "This one’s for you" a few times so I think I get why they placed in on the CD. My second favorite track on the disc. The disc ends with a short 23 piece of a banged loop that fades out with a high pitched tone. Overall this disc was just grand in its performance, now, let’s talk about the artwork.

The layout, done by Damion Romero, is like something from a 80’s horror flick. Electric font in purple and little ads in print stating "from the band that brought you…They Went Extinct Because They Became Invisible…" and "The beaches were covered in blood…and so were the bitches!" Just love it and again, it sets this disc apart from 99% of the others out there. The photography, which features the cast of bitches murdered all blooded, was done by none other than David Lim of Tralphaz. Didn’t know he could take such good pictures and after seeing this release he’ll probably do some more. There’s three ladies, Sarah Bernat, Sarah Cathers, Shannon Walter and each of them gets sprawled out and left for dead on the beach. One, featured on the cover, is on a sacrificial rock. Poor girl. The insert even folds out to a poster. If you get one disc this year make sure it’s this one. I know there’s a lot of horror fans in noise and this one sets your mood 100%. Pure and perfect.

Stats:
TRT: 1:25:41
First Death: 23:56
Last Death: 1:13:05
Critter Kills: 6
Total Kills: 6
Scenes with Blood: 7
Explosions: 5
Swears: 18
Tits: 1
Music: 2.5/5

I've heard from a few people that the cast was awesome but the script sucked and it's hard for me to disagree with this. I wanted to love this movie but some of the alien jokes were so old and all the non-sense swearing got tiresome real quick. This is the worst of the Pegg/ Frost movies for sure.