Jodey Kendrick - Steel Erector

This release makes me think there simply can't be many good tracks lying around the Rephlex office waiting to be released.

First of all, half of these tracks don't really cut it, do they?

Secondly, what seems like a single body of work (40 odd tracks from the same period, with similar approach and feel) has now been spread out over five (5!) different releases with quite a few overlaps between them, over a three year period. Some critical selection and a decisive release plan on Rephlex's behalf would have benefited JK's career, I'm sure.

ISC is my favourite record of his so far and i lost my 12" somehow :(

it's all about CAT219

  On 11/9/2012 at 3:05 PM, LUDD said:

it's all about CAT219

whats it gonna be?

  On 11/9/2012 at 2:11 PM, psn said:

This release makes me think there simply can't be many good tracks lying around the Rephlex office waiting to be released.

 

 

First of all, half of these tracks don't really cut it, do they?

 

 

Secondly, what seems like a single body of work (40 odd tracks from the same period, with similar approach and feel) has now been spread out over five (5!) different releases with quite a few overlaps between them, over a three year period. Some critical selection and a decisive release plan on Rephlex's behalf would have benefited JK's career, I'm sure.

Exactly my thoughts. There's a few good tracks on these releases, but it seems like there has been absolutely no quality control. A lot of this stuff is just... boring.

The reason why the track titles are muddled is because Juno have got them mixed up according to Jodey, hopefully someone with the correct tracklist will update Discogs.

  On 11/9/2012 at 3:15 PM, vincentvc said:

  On 11/9/2012 at 3:05 PM, LUDD said:

it's all about CAT219

 

 

whats it gonna be?

EOD 219 EP

well, there are some good tracks at rephlex, mental union was great.

  On 11/9/2012 at 2:11 PM, psn said:

This release makes me think there simply can't be many good tracks lying around the Rephlex office waiting to be released.

i agree. mental union part 2 is brilliant but the rest of the new "catalogue" is pretty shitty. most people make pretty shitty music these days. things have been like that for quite a while. electronic musicians are uninspired. or to be precise, the new releases on rephlex mostly suck. the contrast between the tuss and those new releases is ridiculous. ok, mental union part 2 is very good. fuck rephlex lol

u trolling right? i can't seem to wrap my head around that comment..

  On 11/9/2012 at 12:58 PM, YO303 said:

  On 11/7/2012 at 10:39 AM, Awepittance said:

not really digging the samples, sounds too much like Analord - the 'ord

 

why is that a bad thing?

not entirely, i've grown to like analord quite a bit. but since at least me this doesnt sound like it was made on analog equipment and is very very similar in execution it doesn't compare. If you want to emulate a style this closely, but using a laptop (again just a suspicion) i think it needs to have something extra or with a slightly different spin to make it worthwhile. I just got an EOD 12" i forgot the title but to me it's sort of in the spirit of analord but very different sounding overall

  On 11/9/2012 at 8:58 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

the contrast between the tuss and those new releases is ridiculous.

i do agree with this, but then if all music was on the same level as rushup edge my mind would asplode

The Tuss release is at my top of past releases as well, but to call everything else uninspired or irrelevant is just silly. Also if everything be at that "level", it'd would just mean it's casual/standard/etc, making it not special at all..

here's the correct tracklist, from the man himself:

Disc 1

1.My Mate Aelfric

2.Wind of Jack

3.Heidi Funk

4.DAF

5.Mind Sine Channel

6.Drew Funk

7.Heels

8.Baffle

9.15 Vac

Disc 2

1.C

2.PH

3.Carpet Wrong

4.Yeah Yeah

5.Crop Groove

6.Iluvronhardydisco

7.Dial

8.Goniometer

9.E.TON

whats the synth keyboard behind him on the upper right picture?

  On 11/10/2012 at 2:11 PM, vincentvc said:

The Tuss release is at my top of past releases as well, but to call everything else uninspired or irrelevant is just silly. Also if everything be at that "level", it'd would just mean it's casual/standard/etc, making it not special at all..

dumbing down

  On 11/10/2012 at 5:51 PM, o00o said:

whats the synth keyboard behind him on the upper right picture?

 

 

Prophet 08?

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  On 11/10/2012 at 7:04 PM, DerWaschbar said:

  On 11/10/2012 at 5:51 PM, o00o said:

whats the synth keyboard behind him on the upper right picture?

 

 

 

Prophet 08?

Looks like he has a Prophet 08 in the mirror.

ok, well the tracklist that vincentvc posted fixed the mistitled tracks

and a random thought, if J Kendrick is Jidomatix, then why wouldn't he release any of the Jido tracks on this release?

Prophet 08 IN THE MIRROR, nice catch. I was man, what synth starts with a low E?

maybe there is a gx1 somewhere in the background

  On 11/9/2012 at 8:58 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

  On 11/9/2012 at 2:11 PM, psn said:

This release makes me think there simply can't be many good tracks lying around the Rephlex office waiting to be released.

 

i agree. mental union part 2 is brilliant but the rest of the new "catalogue" is pretty shitty. most people make pretty shitty music these days. things have been like that for quite a while. electronic musicians are uninspired. or to be precise, the new releases on rephlex mostly suck. the contrast between the tuss and those new releases is ridiculous. ok, mental union part 2 is very good. fuck rephlex lol

better get on and start making more inspired music then lads ;) it's easy to sit at the sidelines and criticize rather than construct!

  On 11/13/2012 at 7:59 PM, B1000 said:

ok, well the tracklist that vincentvc posted fixed the mistitled tracks

 

and a random thought, if J Kendrick is Jidomatix, then why wouldn't he release any of the Jido tracks on this release?

Damn, i wish he would do that, i was so fucking pissed about this new album : where are the fucked up 240 BPM Druqks-like tracks ?

I think rephlex are damned if they do, damned if they don't... they get slagged off for not releasing stuff very often, then release 2 albums in quick succession and get slagged off for lack of quality control...

  On 11/14/2012 at 3:03 PM, Macca said:

  On 11/9/2012 at 8:58 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

  On 11/9/2012 at 2:11 PM, psn said:

This release makes me think there simply can't be many good tracks lying around the Rephlex office waiting to be released.

 

i agree. mental union part 2 is brilliant but the rest of the new "catalogue" is pretty shitty. most people make pretty shitty music these days. things have been like that for quite a while. electronic musicians are uninspired. or to be precise, the new releases on rephlex mostly suck. the contrast between the tuss and those new releases is ridiculous. ok, mental union part 2 is very good. fuck rephlex lol

 

better get on and start making more inspired music then lads ;) it's easy to sit at the sidelines and criticize rather than construct!

agreed! i'm personnally not good enough to do better than those people, but i'm surprised at the general mediocre standard we're having these days. the only recent electronic stuff that stimulated me were aleksi perala's MU cd2, polysick's digital native and photodementia. the rest was pretty boring to me. i haven't really been into music lately so maybe there's been some really interesting new stuff i'm not aware of, in which case i'd like to be pointed to it.

what about CN - Ra?

http://eodtracks.bandcamp.com/album/ra

edit nvm u commented on the topic here on watmm :)

well its been playing in my car for a good week now.