BEST MEGO RELEASE

Will the Fenessz Endless Summer T-Shirt get a vote?

Tempted to vote for that Massimo album for the cover alone, but went for Sheer Hellish Miasma.

Hey Baby..., I mean.

I voted for "Phantom Orchard" since it's one of my favorite duo improv recordings. At least I think it's mostly improv. Totally superb electronics. Never fails to please.

return of FOB then shojo toshi (out of the whole six that i've heard)

i went with endless summer, obivious since it's the best electronic album ever. (only 12 releases heard)

either sheer hellish miasma, or the pita/schmickler record I'm releasing this fall on erstwhile.

Tujiko Noriko FTW

i'm happy & i'm singing & a 1 2 3 4

Endless Summer is gonna win this by a landslide.

I'm voting for Mego 777 just on a value for money basis. It's got about three months of music on it! Of course, I've barely listened to the thing.

Fennesz Plays.

I have it on mp3, 7", CD and 10" = I am in love.

Do you get to hear subliminal messages when you play all formats simultaneously? But yes, it is indeed beautiful. Bought the 10" reissue last year.

i went with plays

runners up:

mego 001 - Fridge Trax - General Magic + Pita
mego 004 - Instrument - Fennesz
mego 008 - No Backup - Farmers Manual
mego 009 - Seven Tons For Free - Pita
mego 015 - The End Of Vinyl - Pure
mego 016 - Hotel Paral.lel - Fennesz
mego 029 - Get Out - Pita
mego 031 - The Magic Sound of Fenn O' Berg - Fennesz / O' Rourke / Rehberg
mego 034 - untitled #92 - Francisco López
mego 035 - Endless Summer - Fennesz
mego 050 - I´m Happy, And I´m Singing, And a 1,2,3,4 - Jim O'Rourke
mego 053 - Sheer Hellish Miasma - Kevin Drumm

or the pita/schmickler record I'm releasing this fall on erstwhile.

oh my

it's going to be one of these but not sure which one yet

mego 001 - Fridge Trax - General Magic + Pita
mego 008 - No Backup - Farmers Manual
mego 009 - Seven Tons For Free - Pita
mego 016 - Hotel Paral.lel - Fennesz
mego 020 - Plays - Fennesz
mego 029 - Get Out - Pita
mego 038 - Magia Potagia - Evol
mego 044 - Sun Pandämonium - Hecker
mego 777 - rla - Farmers Manual
mego 049 - Get Down - Pita
mego 053 - Sheer Hellish Miasma - Kevin Drumm
mego 064 - 2 Track 12" - Hecker
mego 071 - Phantom Orchard - Zeena Parkins + Ikue Mori
mego 076 - 0397POST-POP - COH

Hecker or Pita

Hotel Paral.lel but no Endless Summer??

Speaking of, Hotel Paral.lel >>>>> Endless Summer.

It's really hard to underestimate how important H.P. was when it came out in terms of its aesthetic of digital noise (even though it was not recorded using a computer, but a sampler) meets guitar rock. In my mind, Endless Summer is a refinement of the ideas of H.P., but using the computer-based technology that was available four years later. H.P. is the real trailblazer.

I personally think HP sucks aside from "Aus".

But to your credit, it sounds like you are discussing Instrument, in which case I would 1000% agree OTM 8080 &c.

I forgot to include 'Instrument', that's a good one. But I only heard that one later and at the time H.P. was the one to turn on the new lightbulb. E.S. was one step too Spielberg at the time but I should listen again, I'd probably like it fine now

it sounds like you are discussing Instrument

Actually, all the early Mego releases are sample-heavy and dance oriented and not anything of the digital noise moves that became their trademark. It wasn't until Seven Tons for Free that they started making and releasing that sort of thing.

Speaking of the early stuff, if you can track down Live and Final Fridge by General Magic and Pita on Source records, it's totally awesome.

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Actually, all the early Mego releases are sample-heavy and dance oriented and not anything of the digital noise moves that became their trademark.

Actually, no

Bill in Chicago OTM. The correct answer is Frantz!

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had i voted in this, i would've voted for the magic sound of fenn 'o berg. i think plays was the first mego i bought and it was definitely a throwing down of the gauntlet. what a label.

Sad to see Farmers Manual get zero votes.

Told you so

Kudos whoever else voted for Hard ni sasete. Unless I did it twice and forgot.