Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 03:03:50 -0800 From: Jeff Keibel (redshift@INTERLOG.COM) Subject: Tokyo Sex Whale Detoxification... I managed to aquire a copy of the 12" single from Aeroplane today. It's one of the first releases from the Detox label run by Colin and Lewis at 4AD's London office. The single is called "Signs Of Life" and features three different versions of the song. The artwork is strikingly cool, which is not as a surprise as it was designed by Chris Bigg and Timothy O'Donnell at v23. I'm not sure if the CD version has different tracks but I'll be looking out for it as well as other Detox releases at local stores in the coming weeks... AEROPLANE "Signs Of Life" 3-Track 12" Detox Artifacts UK p & c 1996 Detox DTX 9603 1. Signs Of Life aerodrome mix 2. Signs Of Life original 3. Signs Of Life tokyosexwhale mix written by h. berry/ross/fitzpatrick published by momentum music produced by ronnie and clyde engineered by neil simons, assisted by liam molloy mastered by jacko at masterpiece with special thanks to protocol studios Track one, the Aerodrome Mix, is a longer extended take of this soothingly enticing song while the interestingly named Tokyosexwhale Mix is a weirded-out trippy adventure featuring sampled voice work from the gifted and most definitely 4AD-sounding female vocalist. My fave is the Original mix, which is quite catchy and leaves me wondering if this is just a one-off or will there be more from the mysterious Aeroplane... Jeff Keibel Scarborough, ON CANADA redshift@interlog.com Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:32:54 +0000 From: Andrew Norman (nja@LEICESTER.AC.UK) Subject: Aeroplane Found the Aeroplane single (CD version) yesterday - I haven't been following the discussion too closely, but I got the impression this was supposed to be some sort of limited/promo thing. Obvious v23 sleeve, with the lyrics printed in that tiny space behind the CD clip (just about readable with a magnifying glass). Everything But The Girl are quite popular, aren't they? This is Heidi Berry and a couple of chaps doing their version of EBTG's jungle renaissance. The couple of chaps are the same two responsible for one of the tracks on Leaf's "Invisible Soundtracks 2", and the Basilica 12" on Domino (the only flaw in an otherwise great set of singles). Anyone know more about them? Also bought a 12" on i/Che by Piano Magic, which was advertised as "experimental drone/noise", but is actually experimental farting around with irritating girly poetry, so bad I took it off halfway through to play the Durutti Column instead. -- Andrew Norman, Leicester, England nja@le.ac.uk