Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 22:10:47 -0700 
      From: vilexile (einexile@NETCOM.COM) 
      Subject: The Sabres of Paradise


On Fri, 26 May 1995, Paul W. Francisco wrote:

> > Does our little In the Nursery wing still exist? I thought I might call
> > attention to their track on the new Sabres of Paradise mini-album.
>
> At least some of the ItN wing still exists.  What is Sabres of
> Paradise, though?  Is it a band, a project, or something else
> entirely?

Sorry. Tunnelvision strikes again. :) The Sabres of Paradise are Andy
Weatherall and two other guys, a very weird and dubby techno project on
Warp. Funky stuff with lots of cymbals, flange, spooky melodies and cool,
catchy basslines. There is really no one else I could compare them to
except maybe a twisted cross between Renegade Soundwave and Autechre, but
that's pushing it. Weatherall (along with a hundred other people) is
wrongly credited with 'saving techno'. He produced some of Screamadelica
and the awful One Dove album, neither of which are anything like the
Sabres. The other two characters in the band are not known to me. The
stuff is very hip and weird, the second album is not very musical and my
descriptions are largely of the first album. They are not one of my
favorite artists but they are one of the most innovative and unique bands
around, and no one has a similar feel.

They also sound nothing like In the Nursery...anyway I hope this is
helpful. If you want to sample something of theirs I recommend Sabresonic
rather than Haunted Dancehall.

 einexile