Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:31:15 -0600 From: Jason Morehead Subject: new goodies hey all... just got a couple of tasty items in the mail. got a 7" by low, transient waves, and piano magic. if the stuff on this 7" is any indicator, then low's new album is going to be one of the most beautiful releases in 1999. also got "the hospital people," a low side project. kind of wierd electronic stuff, similar to some of the more ambient pieces on bowie's "low" album. Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:53:40 EST From: Riouxs@aol.com Subject: Week 7 pre-orders from rioux's records LOW - Secret Name CD/2xLP (Kranky) $11.50 CD / $14.75 2xLP "Perhaps it is best to describe Low's approach as essentialism -- allowing each musical gesture to make maximum impact. This is their fifth studio album and first for Kranky. Low remains tied to the simple grace of the voices Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. Instrumentally they have stretched out, but each song continues to be based on deceptively simple patterns of voice, bass, guitar and skeletal percussion."