THE KEYPROCESSOR
TV-99-AD

(Eevolute/Holland) Five tracks per artist. Highly recommended experimental techno and ambient CD out of the Dutch underground. All sorts of words help describe this disc including Detroit, old school, tribal, electro, etc. Tracks for chillout and dancefloor make this CD most versitile. Get it!

Poised to roll out of the Eevo Lute hanger and join the Dutch Electronic Air Force (D.E.A.F.) is a classy new Twin-Prop stunt plane code named Eevo CD3. YIKES! You might ask, what does such imagery suggest? Well let's think this one over. The props (read: propellers) could allude to the heavy usage of analogue gear. Stunts (read: live jams) are by nature one part improvisation and all timing. As a spectator, they appear simple and entrancingly beautiful. From the vantage of the cockpit, it's a flurry of talent, skill and immaculate precision, which leads to your blissful deception.

D.E.A.F. pilots represented here are, the seasoned ace, the Keyprocessor and the rookie top gun trio, TV-99-AD. Both efforts display well rounded multi-tempo capabilities with a forte in 110% original rhythms intricately woven through thought provoking melodies.

Upper echelon is an understatement.

The Keyprocessor works stealthily to build up fancy percussive trance tinged tribal electronics. Plenty of engaging beats and superb lush sustains. Dare I say this could be deeper then Namlook? I offer 'The mighty midget' as proof. As biorhythmic as the mid-life Cabaret, his 'little guy' has got some legs. Wilco is blessed with a rhythmical sense equivalent to that of the Dutch Master at Work. (Read: Stefan 'Eevo' Robbers). The Keyprocessor concoction moves your body and keeps fresh your mind. Zip lock Dance Musique.

My pick o' the tricks in Wilco repertoire is the one he calls 'In the beginning.' Of course, it's low end saturated, scrappy distorted polyrhythm. Intuitively tribal (read: marimbas?) and brutal enough to shame the Bantha. "This is how it should be done."

The TV-99-AD trio are another masterful example of the underground sound of the Lowlands. Live, alive and well i s the classic TV spell from the brothers Juno, Roland, and Korg. (And cousin Oberheim Matrix and a few others I've yet to meet.) Again, might I suggest they navigate sky scapes combining the sequence smarts of say, Richard Kirk and the ambient senses of a non indulgent Schulze or relaxed Ishii.

Their trade mark sound is characterized by minimal, but not thin, 'live' feeling 'techno bop' complete with wah wah funky organ riffs. The pacing here is reminiscent of the Rephlex forays by Vibert/Simmonds. Steady sounds from a 707 packing a firm punch. A hacked up 303 threading tight rhythmical passages that don't sacrifice that all important room to breath. (which is essential when maneuvering electronics in threefold.)

During their most successful moments, there is apparent, an undeniable knack for timing that comes from perpetual practice. TV works. After all, in the Lowland, there are no lazy days at the keyboards. This is strictly onward and upward bizness.

And that's Musique bizness as usual.

I'm pleased to also say that progress is a constantly on the TV itinerary. As much as this band practices, they are careful not to get hung up in the same jams. I've had the pleasure of digesting many out-takes and alternate cuts that each have their own special moments. Most recently, I've been enjoying an unsigned "one off" jam, "Mother G", that would have 'Clear' fans lining up at the register and 'Clear' critics changing their tune out of respect. It's no wonder they caught the ear of EEVO mastermind Stefan Robbers.