Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 12:41:44 -0700 From: Jon Subject: Re: non-4AD recommendations sought > Ecstasy of St. Theresa > I discovered them a few years back with the "Fluidtrance Centauri" EP on Free records. It's a tasty mix of minimal low-hum guitar and bass which kinda morphs into a barrage of psychedelic effects. I would liken this EP to Lush meets Pink Flloys meets the first Moonshake e.p. (the Creation one). This EP was recorded at a Peel Session. They were kinda vague and hard to find info. on back in 93 when I found this release and when the full album was released I had a hard time finding it, I finally dug it up while in London. The full album is called "Free-D (original soundtrack), and whether is truly is a soundtrack to anything is up for answer. It does kind of have a "soundtrack" fell to it, sparse vocals, a bit more of a concet album with a spacy continuity to it. There is some produciton from Guy Fixsen if that lends any insight (Moonshake, Laika, MBV, Boo Radleys, Stereolab). I saw another EP "Astralvista" recently but have yet to pick it up, it looks like a remix from Free-D with help from Bandulu and Disco Inferno. I really liked the "Fluidtrance" EP when I got it, and seeing your inquiry prompted me to pop it in the CD player. Listening to it, I think it's still pretty great and wonder why I don't listen to it more? (expect I have too many other things in line waiting to be listened to). Recommended for any 4AD fan of Lush,MBV and the like. Jon ps- just found info on Hyperreal http://www.hyperreal.org/music/exclusive/discogs/ecstasy_of_st_theresa/ includes some wav files.