From: mjbrown@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mike J. Brown)
Subject: New Moby releases
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 00:24:58 GMT

Here is some new Moby info I will include in the next version of the Moby
FAQ.  X-tra special Thanks to Andrew Bennett for his contributions...

Andromeda: "Gazza"
  - Moby does the "Disco 20000" mix.  Available on 12", cd5

Brian Eno: "Fractal Zoom"
  - someone somewhere said that there are 4 Moby mixes on the 12" (UK?)
    but only one on the cd.

  - The US 12" and CD5 have been released.  The CD is over 70 minutes long
    (ha ha ha UK) and contains 7 Moby mixes, 4 Markus Draws mixes, and one
    b-side.  The Draws mixes are all about the same instrumentally, while
    the Moby mixes are somewhat different and well worth buying the CD for.

  - The CD5 tracks are (not in this order):
     5:00 The Roil, The Choke
               Pretty good, better than other recent Eno stuff.  He makes
               use of old analog synths.  Kind of spooky.
     6:58 Fractal Zoom (Small Country)
     6:24 Fractal Zoom (Separate Time full length)
     4:13 Fractal Zoom (Separate Time edit)
     6:14 Fractal Zoom (Zaire mix)
               These are the Draws mixes, which I assume are not much
               different than the album version.  Small Country features
               a very interesting bit of spoken word by Eno, and the Zaire
               mix features Robert Fripp on guitar.  Overall, these mixes
               are quite samey.  Should work well on 'modern rock' radio.
               It's not a rocky sounding  song, though, don't get me wrong.
               It's well on the ambient side, which is a plus in my book.
     7:07 Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday mix)
     3:49 Fractal Zoom (Mary's Birthday edit)
               Oooo these are nice Moby mixes, not overdone but reworked
               tastefully into catchy, appealing songs.  Piano and organ
               house breaks sound great, believe it or not... all of the
               haunting sounds are preserved and the character of the song
               remains intact.  Genre?  Ummm pop ambient deep house.  Yeah.
     8:07 Fractal Zoom (Up River mix)
               Apparently an attempt to make a rave-friendly version, this
               mix would work if it weren't for the vocals.  They were left
               untreated, unlike the in the other Moby mixes where they are
               reduced to unrecognizable vocoded whimpers a la 'Possible
               Worlds' by the Shamen.  Reminiscent of the original 'Go'.
     5:55 Fractal Zoom (Naive mix II)
               Sounds like a dub version of a mix we didn't get to hear.
               Different bass line but basically boring dance mix.
     5:24 Fractal Zoom (Naive mix I)
     4:42 Fractal Zoom (Bucolic mix)
     5:50 Fractal Zoom (Landed mix)
               Here we go... these are totally different.  I listed them
               in order of increasing ambience.  All three of these are
               *superb* ambient mixes.  There are no sound effects, but
               Moby went all out with 'Laura Palmer's Theme'-like synths,
               deep bass rumblings, barely-discernable voices, and echoes.
               If you're looking for another 'Drop A Beat' or
               'Go (Rainforest mix)' you won't find it on this disc, but
               I'd recommend it if you like the Woodtick or Soundtrack
               mixes of 'Go'.  If you like The Hafler Trio, the Landed mix
               will probably appeal to you.  Go for it.  :-)

Var: Give Peace a Dance, Vol 3
  - has the Rainforest Mix of "Go", remastered to B.A.S.E. engineering
    (aka that wonderful Orbital album).

- "Go" was recently remixed by Razormaid! records.  It's cool they
combine a couple of the different mixes of it.  You can find it on Seismic
Sound CD2 which also includes the jams "It's grim up north" and a bunch of
other cool stuff.    [thanks to Kyle Farrell for this info]

- "Go" has just been re-released on a limited edition double 12" which
  supposedly features all the previous mixes plus some new ones.  I'll
  have it tomorrow and will verify the info then.

Mike
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