• 12inch


Ask Isadora

  • Cat No: FIT-023
  • 2000-01-01

Format

12inch ---- JPY

90sNYCのレイヴ黎明期のアンダーグラウンド・ヒーローKhan(Can Opal)が90年代に〈Mille Plateaux/Force Inc.〉からリリースしていた別名義4Eの96年の「Ask Isadora」を含む12インチ再発。RAW & ダーティーなテクノ・ブレイクビート。

フィンランドからジミー・テナーとバンドを始めるためにNYCに移住したKhan(Can Opal)が、当時住んでいたイーストビレッジにあった小さなアパートの部屋番号から取ったという4E名義。Aaron FitのFit Soundからアナログ再発。ディストーテッドなエレクトロニック、エレクトロビート。ダビーにスピーカーを揺らす。最高すぎる4 Tracks。A-sideは、NYCにアンダーグラウンドなレイヴ、ダンスカルチャーが芽生えた初期、DJ Soul Slingerの〈Liquid Sky/Jungle Sky〉のサブレーベル〈Home Entertainment〉からリリースされた1996年のアルバム「Blue Note」からの2曲。B1は、Matadorから2000年にリリースしたkhan名義の「Middle Eastern Cooking」と出典元不明ですが「Mode」というエレクトロ。これもかっこいい!全ての曲をFITがエディットを施しています。 (サイトウ)

Under the alias 4E, producer Can Oral created his own unique sound of raw, futuristic acid-electro. The A-Side tracks "Ask Isadora" and "Conga Banana" first appeared on the album, Blue Note, released on Home Entertainment in 1996. On the flip are two unreleased tracks picked from his extensive archive and edited by FIT Siegel. These were also recorded during this era, which Can describes below:

"In the 90s I moved to NYC to start a band with Jimi Tenor. I had a small flat in the East Village with the apartment number 4E and that became my artist name for the downtempo and electro material I was working on. The style I called Futuristic Electro because I didn't want to relate to the old school with this. I had my studio on the kitchen floor and pretty much only used EMU SP-1200, TB-303, TR-808 and SH-101 by good ol’ Roland. In a way NYC was still developing because it was all about house music. In 1995, I opened Temple Records in Manhattan with Dr Walker from Air Liquide and DJ DB from Smile Communications. The record shop was inside the Liquid Sky clothing store. After a fire in the shop, along with a falling out with the owner I decided to talk to a fortune teller to find out what the future held. Her name was Isadora, and she had a TV show called "Ask Isadora." She told me on live television to move out, have my own shop and be independent, so I did. Thanks Isadora!"

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