Slag Boom Van Loon in June

Note to all: Yesterday I was able to stop by for the first time since Monday. I saw all the comments & posted them Up. I had every intention of writting a response but after ten minutes I had one sentence done & had to Call it. Will explain as soon as I can. Fear not, all will be well at NSS in the near future. W are all one. I love you all. Keep the music alive.

Previously prepared for the waning days of June... 

 

Slag Boom Van Loon 

Slag Boom Van Loon was an experimental IDM duo recording for the influencial Planet Mu label in the late 90s-early 00s, made up of Jochem Paap & Mike Paradinas. Mike "Mu-ziq" Paradinas had previously teamed up with Rephlex co-owner & experimental music maverick Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) to less than stellar results. He then hooked up with breakbeat convert Jochem "Speedy J" Paap. This time the pairing was much more successful, creating music that consistently balances playfulness with gravity & innovation with structure. Serene washes of melody float atop fidgety, yet subdued rhythms. Ambient, world music, & musique concrete exert equal influences. There’s nothing really new about crunchy beats playing off pretty synths, but here the Roland System 100, SH-101, & EMS Synthi unsettle just as often as the sampled & sliced-up percussion, leaving tightly concocted hypnotic reverie.

Couldn’t help sharing both of their releases. Their self-titled came out in 1998..

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Slag Boon Van Loon - Slag Boom Van Loon, Planet Mu ZIQ005CD, 1998.
decryption codes in comments

Light of India    
Spc-Ch-Pn    
Casual    
Butch    
Broccoli    
Bromtollen    
Poppy Seed    
Mooshy    
Sutedja    
Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium    
Pedals 

 

 

Three years on came this tasty remix version, entitled tongue-in-cheekly So Soon... 

 

 

Slag Boom Van Loon - So Soon, Planet Mu ZIQ007CD, 2001.

Poppy Seed (Boards of Canada remix)
SPC-CH-PN (µ-Ziq remix)
Broccoli (Leafcutter John remix)
Butch (Tipper remix)
Pedals (Horse Opera remix)
Sutedja (Four Tet remix)
Casual (Pole remix)
Moon Base Alpha (Matmos remix)
Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium (Coil remix)
Poppy Seed reprise (Boards of Canada remix)

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ