Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 00:25:20 -0800 
      From: "Gil Gershman (GuerillaG)" (gman2@SPRYNET.COM) 
      Subject: Asha Vida/Control Panel 02

CONTROL PANEL 02 - s/t 12" (Insignificant Records/Time Stereo)

Yo! This 'B' the Warren D flyboy posse, right?

if it is, it's the best thing DeFever's done since _Home Is In Your Head_=
!

Taking Goblin's electronic terror-film scores as a starting point (especi=
ally
_Suspense Transfer Hypnos_ (here known as _Beyond the Door 2_ and _Profon=
do
Rosso_), the a-side has beautifully Spoonfed Hybrid-like piano ripples, a=
 spare
snare skipping in the background, and sparse melting loops of one-fingere=
d
keyboard melody - reverbed from here to infinity. Bravo, Warren!
Closest analogue might be the HNIA track on _Ambient Extractions 2_ - wit=
h less
of a dance-beat. Though a very frail beat does emerge halfway through the=
 track.
Utterly enrapturing (adj - meaning 'would fit splendidly on the UK's Enra=
ptured
label).

 the
3-note piano phrase is retained, some Autechresque drum programming takes=
 the
forefront (the resulting shambolic construction is a dead-ringer for a 4-=
tracked
Disjecta!) - warbly Moog filaments intrude, bubbling away in perfectly co=
ntented
oblivion. The beats get more complex (music-box versions of Polygon Windo=
w?!),
some fuzz-noise (what would a DeFever production be without fuzz-noise???=
?) is
stirred in - dem beats start fibrillatin' like mofos, approach spacy Howi=
e B
territory, and finally burn themselves out... exiting 'stage-left' along =
with
that nagging and insistent piano loop.

sure restores my faith in the D-man after that lackluster HNIA album!
anyone else have thoughts on this.

GuerillaG
on now: 14 Iced Bears - _Wonder_