Category: Mistress Nine

Artist: Mistress Nine
Title: Not Gonna Happen
Label: monoRAVEik
Catalog #: mrv009
Release Date: 2002/07/29

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We got our Nine. Mistress that is, not millimetre. Here’s a joke: What do you get if you put a vaguely gothic D&B chick, a 303, a female voice choir, the complete Macross saga on DVD and the rhythm section of the Cardiff Turntable Orchestra in the same room for four months? You give up? Well, I don’t know either, but there’s one crawling down your ‘net connection.

Love her or hate her, and believe me we do both when it’s her turn to do the washing up, Nine knocks out the funky beats once more. A bit of choppy choral to add to the mystery, but mostly this track is down the subterranean end of the spectrum with a deep growling bassline and drums just not audible on normal speakers. Zentradi commanders discussing the merits of invading 21st century Earth merely add a barely needed surreal element to the proceedings.

Be sure to listen for the KCORKIRVARONOM Satanic messages.

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Credits:
cover by subi

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Tracklist:
01 – Not Gonna Happen

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Artist: Mistress Nine
Title: As I’ll Ever Be
Label: monoRAVEik
Catalog #: mrv006
Release Date: 2002/01/18

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As if to prove that the first release wasn’t a flash in the pan, monoRAVEik’s new find Mistress Nine returnz with something just a little sparser than the last time, but no less effective nonetheless.

Stripped-down industrial jump-up is the name of the game, and our Welsh siren is more than equal to the task. Harsh snares and a commanding vocal sample covered by an all-conquering bassline make this track one to be played loud, for there is no other way.

Apart from her DJing antics amongst the valleys, Nine fills her time in being worshipped as a fertility goddess by a tribe living in secret solar-powered homes on Natural Trust land. We’re not making this up, we swear. We believe what we’re told. Nine? Are you lying to us?

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Credits:
cover by subi

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Tracklist:
01 – As I’ll Ever Be

Artwork:
Front Cover

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Artist: Mistress Nine
Title: State Of Anxiety
Label: monoRAVEik
Catalog #: mrv004
Release Date: 2001/09/22

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There’s nothing like a little monoRAVEik action to mash the place up a little, and surprisingly enough, this time it’s from a newcomer, Mistress Nine, busting out the proto-breakbeat moves so smoothly, you’d believe it was the lord Subi himself at the keys.

You might know Mistress Nine as one of the leading lights in the DJ scene at ‘The Village’, Portmeiron’s own special gated community. It’s fortunate for us that she managed to get this mp3 unimprisoned, and we’re now able to enjoy the blend of breathy vocals, crunching beats, and rasping analog synths. What with Public Domain shooting back up the charts in the UK, is it time for monoRAVEik to enjoy a critical renaissance? We think so, but then, we’re still Acen fans at heart.

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Credits:
cover by subi

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Tracklist:
01 – State Of Anxiety

Artwork:
Front Cover

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