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um... "JIM" ...?

2008-09-20T06:00:46Z

Awesome?

...your thoughts.

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Top 3 IDM cds since 2001?

2007-04-24T19:05:00Z

Top 3 IDM cds since 2001?

Hello. I've been out of the loop since 2001. Have I missed out on anything mind blowing? Any recommendations? The only releases that I've bought since 2001 are the following:

Autechre-Confeld (2001)
I listened to Draft 7.0 and Untitled and didn't care for them. I prefer melodic idm which Ae used to do very well. Seems like they're bored with melody on all of their new stuff.

Squarepusher-Go Plastic (2001)
Also listened to Ultravisitor, which was decent in spots, but not as consistently enjoyable as Go Plastic seemed to me. Can't put my finger on just why. To me, the only track on Ultravisitor that measured up to The Exploding Psychology and I Wish You Could Talk from Go Plastic was the title track Ultravisitor. Nothing on Ultravisitor rivals the sublime ambience of Tommib.

Mu-Ziq-Bilous Paths (2003)
Liked it.

Pan Sonic-Kesto (2004)
Their best to date IMO.

Plaid-Spokes (200?)
Liked it.

Like I said. Definitely out of the loop. So can anyone bring me up to date with a list of three or more noteworthy IDM cds since 2001? As I mentioned, my tastes lean toward the melodic side (like Arovane's atol_scrap), but I'm open to checking anything out. Thanks.

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Friday 4/13: Plaid, Telefon Tel Aviv, Bluetech and more at Yuri's Night Bay Area 2007

2007-04-08T11:46:10Z

Main stage lineup for next friday, near San Francisco...

PLAID - Warp Records, UK
TELEFON TEL AVIV - Hefty Records, Chicago (special early evening set)
BLUETECH - Aleph Zero, Native State, Portland
OOAH + BORETA - Glitch Mob, LA/SF
SUTEKH - Context, Soul Jazz, Leaf
MR. PROJECTILE & JONAH SHARP (aka SPACETIME CONTINUUM) - Merck, Reflective, Astralwerks
RD - Designed Disorder, Glitch Mob, LA
WELDER - Cyberset
MOZAIC - Nexus
DR. TOAST - False Profit

See below for the whole promo or try worldspaceparty.com/promo1.html for a version with links etc.

Prepare for Liftoff!
http://www.worldspaceparty.org

Get ready for something entirely different.

On April 13th the Bay Area joins the world in celebration of space exploration in a unique convergence of artists, scientists, astronauts, performers and musicians.

Yuri's Night is a commemoration of humankind’s first venture into space, by Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. This gathering bridges national, cultural, generational and social barriers to ignite excitement about what is new on the horizon in space exploration and to remind us of the magnificent feats humanity is capable of.

Yuri's Night Bay Area will be held at Moffett Field in the NASA Ames Research Center's massive SOFIA hangar, home to the world's largest aerial observatory. Our host for the evening is pioneering space traveler Anousheh Anasari, the first privately funded female to reach orbit. She is joined by Dr. Chris McKay, world renowned expert in astrobiology and terraformation with the Space Science Division of NASA Ames Research Center, as they welcome you to a dazzling array of interactive art installations and science demos, interwoven with musical and acrobatic performances by some of the world's finest entertainers.

Cutting-edge interactive technology and live demos will include:

* Neuro feedback games and visualizations including Telekinetic Asteroids and Mind Ripples
* Explorations of the world through NASA World Wind and Gigapan, the high-resolution panorama project
* Portals into Second Life and Burning Man Earth, Google's Black Rock City browser
* A roofless stargazing lounge, with an exceptional telescope provided by NASA
* Squidlabs' Instructables and ground-breaking kite technology

Science demonstrations and innovations from the worlds of robotics, engineering, biology and astronomy, will also be on display:

* A talk and interactive demos from a senior SETI scientist on efforts to detect earthquakes from space
* Explorations of Techgnosis by Erik Davis
* Interactive next-generation science data visualization software from NASA Ames' Astrophysics Division
* Robots from Justin Gray, Carnegie Mellon University, and NASA, including the next generation of rovers
* Exclusive heavenly imagery from Slooh
* Displays of microbial fossils, live microbial mats, and magnetic and fluorescent bacteria
* ASME's human-powered vehicles

Engage with space-inspired and technology-infused art installations, including:

* StarZipper, the 200 foot high installation powered by LEDs and Helium created by internationally renowned artist Michael Light and collaborator Dave Rattray
* Peter Foucault's self-propelled motion sensor Drawing Robots
* Spot Draves' collaborative evolutionary high-definition visual algorithm generator, Electric Sheep
* Dynamically inflating sculptures by AKAirways
* HypKnowTron and ChakraTron, the interactive light sculptures by Gaspo

Experience rare video works documenting art in space:

* Matières Chorégraphiques by Kitsou Dubois, celebrated French dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Ki Productions
* Projects from the Zero Gravity Arts Consortium, Lowry Burgess's monumental project The Seed of the Infinite Absolute, Lorelei Lisowsky, and Frank Pietronigro's 'Drift Painting' in microgravity
* Meet Japan's space artist Ayako Ono and watch Jean Luc Soret's Space Art videos, direct from Paris's International @rt Outsiders Festival.
* The Documentary Dome, featuring our planet's greatest space documentaries

Witness awe-inspiring space-themed performances by an armada of acrobats and dancers, featuring:

* KC Bella Fuega and Spiral Hoop Dance (orbital hooping and bellydance)
* Flowtoys (celestial light performance and UFO flowplanes)
* VigilAntiUP (intergalactic stilting)
* A Parade from the Future (with cutting edge Bay Area circuit benders and other worldly creatures).

Live dance and acrobatics fused with audiovisual performances, will be coordinated with a world-class lineup of live electronic music:

PLAID - Warp Records, UK
TELEFON TEL AVIV - Hefty Records, Chicago (special early evening set)
BLUETECH - Aleph Zero, Native State, Portland
OOAH + BORETA - Glitch Mob, LA/SF
SUTEKH - Context, Soul Jazz, Leaf
MR. PROJECTILE & JONAH SHARP (aka SPACETIME CONTINUUM) - Merck, Reflective, Astralwerks
RD - Designed Disorder, Glitch Mob, LA
WELDER - Cyberset
MOZAIC - Nexus
DR. TOAST - False Profit

Music environs will be complimented by a team of visual artists -- including KOSHO, CELESTINESTAR, RECURSIVEVIDEOLAB and VIBERATION -- spinning light into space throughout the night.

Meanwhile, outside on the tarmac, the SPACE COWBOYS will have their own dynamic lineup of djs aboard their interstellar party transporter, the UNIMOG. Also on the tarmac will be Playaflies and Rabbit in the Moon's outside VJ set PLUS large scale sculpture and multimedia installations from the bay area's finest and beyond.

This year’s theme is the greenification of space. The event is bio-diesel powered, a variety of organic food and drink will be available, waste products will be composted and recycled, and one tree will be planted for every ticket sold in an effort to offset the event's carbon emissions.

Come join us in celebrating the accomplishments of mankind on a collective cosmic journey to the depths of space and beyond.

Brought to you by Nexus, Symbiosis and so many others.

***********************
Friday, April 13th, 2007
Event opens at 6:30pm
NASA Ames Research Center* Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA, 94035

Tickets are on sale now. Limited $30 presale tickets still available, but not for long! Purchase advance tickets at: http://www.worldspaceparty.com/tickets.php

Limited VIP tickets available. Privileges include: VIP room overlooking the main floor, open bar and food throughout the evening, a chance to meet silicon valley innovators and dynamic thinkers, exclusive Bay Area Yuri's Night memorabilia and much more to be announced.

PLUS! Space Cadets are invited to go weightless and experience zero-gravity on Sunday, April 22, 2007! This unique VIP experience will provide you with a ZeroG flight flown from San Jose International Airport PLUS exclusive access to all Yuri's Night Bay Area 2007 events. 3-2-1 Liftoff! VIP Flight Tickets $5,000.00 each. Email zerogartists@mac.com to reserve your seat today. Don't let this zero gravity opportunity to fly float by!

As always, please check www.worldspaceparty.com for the latest…

Yuri's Night Bay Area Crew, Over and Out.

End Transmission.++++++

Any special requirements for individuals with disabilities should be related to the event staff or security, and reasonable arrangements will promptly be made. An ADA/Handicap parking lot will be available and marked with signs.

References to NASA Ames shall not be construed as official NASA approval or endorsement of any non-Governmental or commercial entity or activity.

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Hathors Sister

2006-10-27T18:48:32Z

Dear Friends, we have a new tribe
You are welcome to join us:
http://tribes.tribe.net/hathorssister

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m:cast radio

2006-09-08T18:28:31Z

For the finest in ambient, chill and electronica tune into http://www.live365.com/stations/macornley

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Warp News: New Squarepusher!!!

2006-07-10T21:52:33Z

www.warprecords.com

There's a sample track that plays when you hit the site. It's a sweet ride!!! YEEEHAAA!

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nyc virgin

2006-06-21T21:34:10Z

so i am planning a solo trip to new york from the 18th-28th of july and i am looking for some help finding some good shows... so whats goin on? as its my first time in nyc... i'm not so familiar with what happens where, or where i should go to dance. does anyone have any suggestions?

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easy question for some/all of you

2006-06-09T05:53:28Z

how do you pronounce "Autechre"

(Ow Tech Urr, Ah Tech Urr, Outta Kurr, ah-oo-tetch-ree, etc)

ok that last one is bullshit, but I've heard many people say it many ways.

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Jamie Lidell in BELGRADE, Serbia 7th May , club Plastic

2006-04-26T10:05:31Z

Hi to everyone!!!

Im proud to anounce that Jamie Lidell is going to play live in club Plastic in Belgrade on 7th of May. This is a part of the REFRACT festival of electronic music.
www.refractnet.net

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jamie lidel at the trubador april 11

2006-03-28T19:55:05Z

http://www.troubadour.com/

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U.N.K.L.E. videos

2006-02-19T04:09:56Z

Reign
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/musicvideos/1398/

Rabbit In Your Headlights (Dir. Jonathan Glazer)
http://netsoc.ucd.ie/%7Ecoma/other%20-%20nothing/Unkle%20-%20Rabbit%20In%20Your%20Headlights.mpg

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Rubber Johnny

2006-02-19T04:03:33Z

http://www.rubberjohnny.tv/

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JAMIE LIDELL

2005-11-04T18:47:11Z

Anyone coming to chibuku thid friday?

should be quite fucking intence, haven't heard any of his new stuff at all, muddlin gear i found quite muddled, nice visuals but noodles a bit too much...

what should i expect?

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WRONG ! we are actually off our fuckin tits mate !

2005-10-15T16:42:17Z

pictures from wrong music at the northern light.
tim exile, by far the star of the show, only 25 % of the people there were still alive and squirming like bugs for shitmat to squish at 4 in the morning.
owch!*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/yahee/PA150084.jpg
for more geeky indepth shots of equipment and general fanboyness try the music creators tribe. laptop army at the ready.

not even a review? how cheap of me.

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Broadcast in SF

2005-09-27T01:51:58Z

Who's going to the Broadcast show at the GAMH on October 28?

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not warp, but

2005-09-25T08:50:04Z

tell me what you think
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=8088380&Mytoken=20050327231639

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Warp News:: Boards of Canada!

2005-07-15T22:28:20Z

Boards Of Canada

We are extremely proud to announce that Boards of Canada have finished and mastered their new album, to be released in October - their first release since 2002's Geogaddi! The album is very much classic Boards, building on themes and sounds that can can be heard in their intervening remix work for Beck, cLOUDDEAD and Boom Bip.

Prefuse73 New EP

Prefuse73 Reads The Books is out now, an 8 track collaboration with Massachusetts' The Books that follows on from the superb Pagina Dos track on the last album Surrounded By Silence. After reaching instant-classic status with their second album The Lemon Of Pink, and further solidifying this reputation with Lost and Safe, The Books have been much lauded for the astronomical quality of their carefully crafted songs complimented with their mysterious, withdrawn personas. The EP continues Scott Herren's evolution into one of the most versatile and visionary producers in the world, with the clash of The Books' cellos, banjos, clavinets and other traditional instrumentation against the digital stutter of Prefuse's MPC and synths creating the feeling of a musical lover's quarrel.

Jamie Lidell

The press continue to wet themselves over Jamie's new album! The reactions to the record and his extensive live tour have been incredible across the board, from Glastonbury to Athens to Sonar. Jamie has a stack more live dates this summer, so make sure to catch him if you can.

Jamie's own direct mailing list is up and running, where subscribers receive free audio oddments and acapellas from the Lidellian sound archive, plus first notice of one-off and secret shows. You can subscribe at Jamie's website here or just send a mail now to jamielidellinfo-on@warprecords.com

Jamie Live at Futuresonic Manchester: 22-24th July, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Jamie Lidell, Robert Lippok (To Rococo Rot), A Guy Called Gerald, Susanna and the Magic Orchestra. Info Info

Maximo Park

The new single Going Missing is released on Monday 18th July on rather spiffy 7” etched vinyl for the collectors, and 2CD formats with accoustic versions and extra tracks.

!!!

The double A side single Take Ecstasy With Me/Get Up is out on July 25th, with an eyecatching sleeve that is worth a peek. Image here The super-baggy swaggering main track “…improves upon the Magnetic Fields original with shoegazer-mists of strings, chants, and Kraftwerkian synths” (Pitchfork)

Plaid

On Wed 20th July Plaid and video artist Bob Jaroc premiere their long-awaited surround-sound AV project Greedy Baby at the BFI London IMAX. With the IMAX's amazing surround sound PA and the biggest cinema screen in Europe, this is unmissable. Info and Tickets at the
Optronica Site

Broadcast

Broadcast are back with a new album Tender Buttons to be released on 19th September. The new music has a darker and more psychedelic feel than the last album (the title track in particular being very Velvets-inspired), with sparse drumloops and tape manipulations underpinning Trish's vocals. A limited and highly collectable 7" single America's Boy/Tender Buttons is released on 15th August, also downloadable from Bleep.

Jackson

A new 3 track single Rock On from 25yr old French electronic superstar and new Warp signing Jackson will be released on 22nd August; with his hotly-anticipated debut album Smash due on 19th September featuring contributions from Mr Oizo, Mike Ladd and Jackson's mum.

WARP LIVE

Jamie Lidell

July
14 Stuttgart Jazz Open
15 Ghent 10 Days Off
17 Dourfestival Belgium
22 Molde Jazz Festival Norway
23 Koln Isle of MTV
24 Manchester Futuresonic Festival
28 Paris Theatre de la Bastille (w gonzales, feist, mocky)
29 Paris Theatre de la Bastille (w gonzales, feist, mocky)
30 Paris Theatre de la Bastille (w gonzales, feist, mocky)
31 London Old Truman Brewery

August

18 Pukkelpop Belgium
20 Lowlands Holland
21 Lowlands Holland
26 Stavanger Numusic Festival
27 London TDK Cross Central

September

10 Warsaw 1955
16 Vienna Künstlerhauspassage
17 Zurich Moods
20 Offenbach Hafen 2
21 Stuttgart Schorndorf Manufaktur
22 Innsbruck Pmk
23 Graz Postgarage
24 Munchen Rote Sonne
26 Salzburg Jazzit

!!!
August

Fri 05 Eastnor big chill festival
Sat 06 Valencia benacassim festival
Mon 08 Brighton concorde II
Tue 09 London 100 Club SOLD OUT

Wed 10 London 100 Club Oxford St, London, 7.30pm
Tickets £12 from stargreen.com seetickets.com
Rough Trade Covent Garden 0207-240-0105

Thu 11 Amsterdam melkweg
Fri 12 Luxembourg den atelier
Sat 13 St Malo Route du rock festival
Sun 14 Aulnoye aymeries festival
Wed 17 Oporto paredes du coura festival
fri 19 Vallodolid sonorama festival
Sat 20 Hasselt pukkelpop festival
Sun 21 Laandraaf Lowlands festival

Autechre
July 14 Amsterdam 5 Days Off
Sep 17 London Koko

Plaid
July
Fri 15 Glade Festival, UK (DJ)
Sat 16 Monegros Desert Festival, Spain (DJ)
Wed 20 London IMAX Live with Bob.

Maximo Park

July 2005
15 Berlin Melt Festival
16 Meschede Heimspiel Open Air
19 Brighton The Old Market
20 Rocket London
21 Scarborough Vivaz
22 Ibiza Ibiza Rocks
30 Japan Fuji Festival

August 2005

05 Odemira Sudoeste Festival
07 Valencia Benicassim
11 Oslo OYA Festival
12 Copenhagen Vega
13 Aulnoye Aymeries Festival Les Nuits Secretes
14 Saint-Malo La Route Du Rock
17 Cannes Festival Pantiero
19 Hasselt Pukkelpopfestival
20 Biddinghuizen Lowlands
26 Leeds Carling Festival
27 Cologne Spex Festival
28 Reading Carling Festival

September 2005

04 Bologna Independent Days Festival

The Poke Fri 15th July
B12 Live, Unique3, Stasis, Exile, Dub Kult, AI Records, London Electrics
Tickets and info

Battles Live & Charlottefield Live

Bardens, Sun 17th July, London
Sat 27 Brancaleone, Rome ItalyTickets and info

Futuresonic Manchester
22-24th July, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Jamie Lidell, Robert Lippok (To Rococo Rot), A Guy Called Gerald, Susanna and the Magic Orchestra.
Info

Norberg 30th July
B12, Brothomstates, Milanese, Warp DJ
29-30 July, Stockholm, Sweden
Info

Vincent Gallo
Aug 17 London, Koko Camden
Tickets More dates TBC

Acid On Sea MkII : Acid Boat Party
Saturday August 27th, The Dutch Master, River Thames.
Marco Passarani, Mark Pritchard, Ceephax, Rob Hall, Jonathan SoulJazz
More Info And Tickets Here Lex Records : Boom Bip Shows
15th July Mezzanine, San Francisco
Also performing : Carlos D from Interpol (DJ set).

16th July Tonic Lounge, Reno, Nevada
Boom Bip's first DJ set in a while...

14th Aug
La Route Du Rock , FR
Also performing : Maximo Park, The Polyphonic Spree, Sonic Youth

18th Aug Pukkelpop Festival, Pukkelpop, ,BE
Also performing : The Pixies, Nick Cave, Franz Ferdinand, The Prodigy, The Hives

19th Aug
Cannes Festival Palais des Congres, Pantiero, FR
Also performing : Fog, M83, Yo La Tengo

21st Aug
Festival Sous La Plage Parc Andre Citroen Paris, Paris, FR
Also performing : Home Video, Tarwater, Piano Magic, Hood

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i wish i was at glade festival

2005-07-14T22:34:27Z

http://www.megamind.dk/page.php?id=949

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'Warp Vision : The Videos '89-'04' DVD

2005-07-12T00:31:28Z

The 'Warp Vision' DVD is available to preorder from Warpmart now!

http://www.warprecords.com/?mart=WARPD122

The first ever Warp DVD collection, 'Warp Vision' features the best of all the Warp videos from 1989 to the present day, many of which have never seen a DVD release until now.

Along with a 55 minute Warp Music mix CD, all Warpmart customers will receive an exclusive set of high-quality stills prints with their DVDs.

Along with a random selection of 2 images from a possible 6, everyone will receive a print of the illustration that Chris Cunningham penned especially for Warpmart! You can sneak a preview of the prints by following the link in the article here:

http://www.warprecords.com/image.php?id=8636/

To add to this maelstrom of free goodness, we are also offering all of our customers, in the UK, USA, Europe and beyond, FREE POSTAGE on all orders of the DVD.

The official release date of the DVD is Monday 27th of September: Warpmart orders will ship to reach you on this date.

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Great 'Milanese' Mix

2005-07-05T19:44:29Z

55mins 126mb of pure dope digital mayhem!

direct link: http://www.percussionlab.com/Audio/MilaneseLive.mp3

Check this mix out and crank it up loud, you won't be disappointed.

Info on him:
From Warp Records, Milanese, sharp and dangerous, drops an ill set featuring his "mashed up robot music" sound. Elements of jungle, garage, ragga, house and techno mix with nostalgic old school video game vibes to create the sound of "a video game gone horribly wrong that is trying to eat you." For real. Be sure to check out Milanese's mini album, "1up," on Warp Records, and his upcoming remix of "So Malleable" on the MG77 label.

Other sets also on the site www.percussionlab.com

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Autechre: Pitchfork Interview

2005-06-07T22:56:33Z

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/a/autechre-05/

Interview: Autechre
Story by Drew Daniel

It seems as if there are two schools of thought about Autechre. One says that what they do is abstract: they make highly formalist electronic music that eschews reference in favor of an absolute, sui generis creativity that is about nothing other than its own shape. The other school of thought insists that they are not all that abstract, but instead should be thought of as translators and manipulators of a rich, and richly musical, culture, one that they respond to and deform and mutate in a personal way.

The first school turns them into cryptic wizards who cannot be understood, only enjoyed or ignored. The second school connects what they do to the history of hip-hop, electro, musique-concrete, dance music, and "industrial" culture, and drags them back to the real world around them. The first school stresses (maybe fetishizes) the primacy of the tools/techniques/customized gear and software environments used to make the music. The second school says that it's really about an open relationship with genres, tempos, patterns, and habits that are shared and ongoing. Over the years, I've flickered between these two ways of experiencing their work. There's truth in both views, but neither is the whole story.

We spoke with Sean Booth, one half of Autechre, about both schools of thought, Russell Haswell's hair, the Human League, and wildstyle graffiti:

Pitchfork: Why do you agree to do interviews?

Autechre: You never know, you might get asked something decent. It might prompt you to think of something that you're happy thinking about. I don't come out of them thinking that anything negative went down, even if I'm not understood. I mean there's a not a lot you can do about that is there, really? It's nice when you can understand people as well, if they seem to get a handle on what you're doing, which is difficult to gauge from what they're saying, but if you feel it or think that they are getting it for some reason, then that's a good thing.

Pitchfork: The standard interview dynamic is to draw out the musican's or artist's personality and to get them to reveal themselves-- but it seems like that might get in the way of people experiencing your art.

Autechre: It might. I don't know if it would or wouldn't. I mean, I don't mind. People seem to think we don't do interviews even though we do loads. Probably because we don't really say all that much. Maybe we just don't get asked questions that we can answer. I think that's more the case. To be honest, I don't know if musicians normally have an easy time answering the kinds of questions that we get asked.

Pitchfork: It seems like people have a cartoonish cliché of what you do in mind and they are interviewing that rather than the actual person in front of them.

Autechre: Yeah. I mean, we don't go out of our way to be any of the things that we are described as...and the descriptions usually run contrary to each other anyway.

Pitchfork: What about the perception that what you are doing is abstract?

Autechre: Some people have this habit of projecting what they perceive your attitude to be onto what you are doing. We fall into that.

Pitchfork: It reminds me of a psychoanalytic encounter-- the less the analyst says, the more the patient wants to know what they are thinking.

Autechre: Yeah, yeah, you're right, it is a bit like that. I mean, when you read a review-- I'm sure it's the same for you-- you don't really learn anything. You learn shit all about the actual music, it's just all about the reviewer, isn't it?

Pitchfork: There's a kind of loneliness to that, when you realize that no one else will ever care as much as you about your art.

Autechre: Yeah, totally, though we're lucky because there's two of us, so we can kind of chuff each other up about the tracks.

Pitchfork: Although you guys probably have a few lone over-interpreters, people with stalkerish tendencies that feel that you're speaking to them in a very particular way...

Autechre: When you leave people to make their minds up about what it is that you're saying then some people can just infer so much-- because it's so easy for them to do, you've left it open. But then those are the kind of people that think that news readers are smiling at them.

Pitchfork: It's like that question of whether Charles Manson was the wrong listener to the Beatles White Album or the greatest listener ever...

Autechre: He had things upside down, didn't he, Charles Manson? He really could have done something incredible but he just went down the wrong path.

Pitchfork: Once you guys were asked about progress and you said that every record was an asymptotic approach to something-- that there wasn't a perfect Autechre record, just a series of tangential curves towards and away from the same point.

Autechre: Yeah.

Pitchfork: Maybe Manson was asymptotically approaching pop stardom but just curved off. So I was wondering about that metaphor, and tell me if I am just being a Charles Manson and reading too much into it, but about that point that you guys are approaching over and over-- is that point itself in motion? Is it changing?

Autechre: We're kind of following it, so yeah, it's traveling but not with any given trajectory. It's bouncing around. It's confined by moving walls.

Pitchfork: Is it moving in response to music outside of what you two make in your room? Or do you shut out what happens around you?

Autechre: I live in the middle of nowhere, which does help. There isn't any cultural influence aside from what I decide to let in. There's not a great deal that's just on the plate here. I mean, I have a lot of mates who buy hip-hop and garage and grime and what have you. Occasionally I buy hip-hop, but almost all of the hip-hop I buy is from my childhood, reallyÑmid-80s stuff y'know.

Pitchfork: I assume people will think from the title "Sublimit" that you are engaging with sublow at some level.

Autechre: (laughs) Let's just let them get on with that...

Pitchfork: This is nice because we can talk about people interpreting you as if I'm not doing that too.

Autechre: Well, but it's different with another musician, isn't it? You don't feel that you have to explain too much, because you know that they're doing similar things to you. When you get down to it, no one ever really sits down and has a given routine for making a tune, unless they're some programmer that's being told by a songwriter what to do. I mean, listening to your stuff it does seem like you guys are quite open in terms of who's doing what.

Pitchfork: Now you're projecting! Now you are Charles Manson! Anyway, about "Sublimit", I was interested in that moment five minutes in or so when that super ridiculous horn-like stab comes in and some very old school claps rise up in the mix-- it reminded me of, say, your song "Pen Expers"-- it seemed really funny. I was wondering, do you find what you do funny? Because it seems like no one is laughing out there in Autechre Consumption Land. People think what you're doing is very churchy and austere but sometimes it's kind of ridiculous.

Autechre: Yeah, I think there are loads of moments like that in our stuff, but I don't think every body sees it like that. Some do. There's a mate who mentioned one of the starts of another tune off this album, and he said "Now you're really taking the piss" but I said "No, no, I really did it, it's all modeling, it's not a sample, it's acid and it took ages to make". You know, we really get into the craft of it. But I don't feel that any of our stuff is particularly serious-- maybe it's just that a lot of serious people are into it.

Pitchfork: But after that moment everything in the mix gets quiet and muted and kind of shrinks down-- I was wondering if that was a register of some kind of embarrassment at it being so over the top?

Autechre: No, it just got pulled off into another direction. When we did that, we thought it was pretty ripping. It wasn't set up like a comedy, like "here's the gag," if you know what I mean. I think the bit after it is actually more humorous.

Pitchfork: That's really perverse. Is that piece a document of live choices?

Autechre: No, it was recorded using a couple of drum machines and a MIDI sequencer but it was all composed, nothing was done live. There are moments that have been captured that happened in real time but they've been contoured and worked on afterwards. We have been getting into space more, recently, little production tricks that help you use space.

Pitchfork: The timing on that "Iera" track is pretty disgusting-- were you using fader controllers to manipulate MIDI data?

Autechre: No, that was purely programmed, grid-programmed, all onscreen, just nudging MIDI events around. That track is totally just mousin' it-- but there are other tracks, as on "Sublimit", that are just a drum machine up and running, 16-grid style, no swing or anything, everything just completely straight. On this record there's no generative work or fader based MIDI stuff.

Pitchfork: What do you think is going on with people's kinda obsessive focus on what software you guys use, and the "how?" question in general?

Autechre: But the "how?" question is actually about loads of things, isn't it? There's a when and a why, and yet you don't know the answer because you were just in there doing the track maybe not giving anything any particular thought, just trying to form what is in front of you into a slightly better version of what it is already. You get a sound and then refine it until it is as good as it can be and you don't give it any other thought-- all these questions such as "why did you decide to do this track like this? Why put a heavy sound here?" I just have to say honestly, I don't know. I have no idea why, fucking hell.

We work for about a year, usually a bit longer, on an album, and then pick out tracks from what we've done that seem to have a thread, and then put them into an order. Then if there's any changes that need making, a snip here and there, then we make them and there you go, that's the album.

Pitchfork: but people want to know what is that thread and then they ask you to define it in language...

Autechre: But it never gets defined in language up until the point that we start doing interviews. Not by us, certainly. And only by inference and conversation, you know, some journalist saying "these tracks feel really.... whatever" and you just sit there saying "Okay". [laughs]

Pitchfork: I know you guys archive to tape-- were you sad when you heard the news that Quantegy went out of business?

Autechre: Tape is beautiful. I love it. I still record stuff to cassette even now. We'll put things out [that were done with tape] and people will say, oh this is brilliant, such DSP blah blah just because the quality of it is superior and I think people are unaccustomed to it these days. A lot of kids don't even know what a cassette sounds like. It's weird. You can do amazing things with tape, as soon as you get into using half inch and stuff it's just a laugh basically, it's really good. It's probably the best format that was ever made, it's just a shame that they stopped the development of it as a medium because it could have become really techno by now. With the way that they are developing substrates for producing CDs and harddrives-- they could be making the best tape ever just with what they use for harddrives. Maybe you could turn a harddrive into a tape machine, maybe somebody could do it, I'm not sure.

Pitchfork: It would be spinning pretty fucking fast. So, the last time I saw Rob [other half of Autechre] was at the Throbbing Gristle show in London, and it got me to thinking, between the Hafler Trio collaboration and the way you guys used to namecheck Coil tracks back in the day, it seems that there is a link with what you guys do and what gets called "industrial" music that's just as important as the link with hip-hop, which everyone notices.

Autechre: Yeah, there is.

Pitchfork: I was wondering if this is because that scene was more of a Manchester and Sheffield scene rather than a London thing?

Autechre: Yeah, it was just, you know, around. It's just been around for ages and it's stuff that we're well into. We really like Hafler stuff, I think it's fantastic. It's got a rare humour. I think he's another one where people think that it's godlike but he's actually just having a laugh really. We have long extended dialogues with Andrew, he's really smart. We've done stuff with Zoviet France as well, a load of live sets back in 1994.

Pitchfork: If you compare the collaborative EPs with Hafler Trio to your new remix of "Earth" [on the Earth remixes CD on No Quarter records], it seems like lately you are really careful and respectful with other people's material.

Autechre: The "Earth" remix is something we've wanted to do for ages.

Pitchfork: I listened to it and I could barely tell it was you-- it's like you've disappeared into it.

Autechre: We wanted it to just sound like an alternative recording of the same song. We did the mix, we went in there and we did, well, I wouldn't call it a dub-- I mean I'm sure there's people that feel that it's not a dub unless you do a wild parametric sweep or something...

Pitchfork: Yeah, but they don't read Pitchfork.

Autechre: Okay, well anyway. There's what I think of as dub as a genre and then there's the actual process.

Pitchfork: That snare was the only part that sounded like you.

Autechre: Yeah. It's their snare but it's been gated and compressed and mixed differently, and messed around with. We almost could have done all of "Phase III", which would have been amazing. Having the opportunity to do that is just killer basically. I mean, I don't care about how it's viewed as an operation. It's something I've wanted to do for ages.

Pitchfork: It's at the opposite extreme from, say, your Skinny Puppy Remix.

Autechre: Well, it's the source material, what can I say? I mean, Skinny Puppy, don't get me wrong, they've done some good tracks, but when we got the source material we were like, what are we going to do with this? Those vocals...

Pitchfork: Did you do that in SoundEdit? I thought I heard the bender function being used there...

Autechre: Completely. The whole thing is SoundEdit. I've still got that on my computer.

Pitchfork: Sorry, I'm being a nerd now. It seems like the standard narrative is that when listeners are younger they want it hard and tough because they are full of hormones and as they get older and have a wife and kids and a job they just want novocaine. It seems like you are working to avoid that narrative. You guys have been at it forever, and you have a set of listeners who have kind of grown up with your music, but instead of getting softer with time you seem to be getting harsher. Are you just being difficult bastards who don't want to give people an easy ride? Or are you assuming that the people who are listening to you now have heard all the earlier records so you don't need to give them any traning wheels or handles?

Autechre: Those albums are out there already. If people want to listen to them, they can. We insist that Warp keep them in print, that's part of our relationship with them-- it is based on that.

Pitchfork: But what about this perception that you are getting harsher with time? Or that you've given up melody? It seems like your work tends to fuse together things that people like to oppose-- patterns that are both beats AND melodies at the same time-- but when you get comments like "well I hear all these beats but where are the melodies?" it must be frustrating, like they aren't really getting the point...

Autechre: Hmm, the trend of people saying it's hard, I don't know, I don't hear that. I mean, certainly it's more dynamic now, but [sighs]...hmm, how can I say this? People's focus-- you can't ever take it for granted. It's absolute. It's essential. When you listen to a track your focus shifts and moves around within it; obviously, we're really aware of that, and that's a big part of what we do. [the track itself] is often not that complex, it's just that the way that you listen to it is, the way that you are guided through it as you listen.

Do you know about wildstyle graffiti? Kids battling to get the least legible but the most fly interpretation that you can get. That's how we see it, really. It's that kind of abstraction-- it's not a disregard for the form-- you still totally, totally admire and respect what it is that you've got to work with-- and by that I mean traditional patterns that are recognizable to some extent. So, we're kind of flirting with available formats. What we're doing, we don't see it as any different from DJing or doing a cut-up or an edit mix. A re-application of rules and ideas and twists on them, with new moves if you like. Like popping or breaking, it's trying to come up with slight variations and new moves, variations on subsets of other moves.

Pitchfork: I was listening to "Pro Radii" on my iPod at the gym while doing stretches and that song goes really well with the sound of lesbians boxing in the background. But then I tried to read Shakespeare criticism, ride an exercise bicycle, watch CNN out of the corner of my eye, and listen to Autechre at the same time...

Autechre: how did that go?

Pitchfork: It didn't work well at all. It was a disaster. Do you feel that the world now is less receptive to the kind of detail-oriented complexity of your music because people are often listening with only an eighth of their attention?

Autechre: That's definitely the case. But we listen with so much attention, that we're probably absurdly interested in what we do.

Pitchfork: What about listening stations or the iTunes store, where people don't listen to more than 30 seconds of a given song? Your songs change all the time within a single piece-- do you think you're a bit too demanding for Ye Average Consumer?

Autechre: I think we've got the clout to operate in a way that makes that irrelevant. Well, sorry, that's a crap way of saying it, but really, I think it doesn't matter. We'll just have to figure out a way around it, rather than just submit to it. Imagine what it would do to your music...

Pitchfork: ...If you wrote every song so that it covered the listener in maple syrup and sprinted into a chorus within the first 30 seconds.

Autechre: Maybe we could just start songs like that, and then take them off somewhere. Make songs that start like Britney for the first 30 seconds and then turn into Hecker or Yasunao Tone.

Pitchfork: So, what's up with Russell Haswell's hair?

Autechre: Yeah, it's growing, isn't it?

Pitchfork: What the fuck? I was just in London at this Melvins show and I saw him and damn, he looks like Aragorn in Lord of the Rings or something. Totally cute. Is it a girlfriend thing?

Autechre: It is, yeah.

Pitchfork: So you're bringing SND with you guys on tour. What do you think of that "Reproduction" record? [Mark Fell, one half of SND, has done a freaky mutant rendition of the entirety of the Human League's Reproduction LP under the name Secular Musics of South Yorkshire on the Bottrop Boy label.]

Autechre: I love it-- but have you heard that new one, "Ten Types of Elsewhere"? That's the one. It's really good. It's the best thing he's done, I think. I sent him shitloads of externals as well, he's really going mad, it's getting really intense and brutal. We are maybe going to do some work together. We've been discussing doing some remixes of "The Dignity of Labour" and calling it "The InDignity of New Labour".

Pitchfork: So you're talking to the Human League about that?

Autechre: No. [laughs] I keep saying to Mark that he should approach them as they live in the same city. He still hasn't shown them his Reproduction project, which is mad, I mean, if it was me I so would have gone up to them with a CD and passed it on.

Pitchfork: One last question. Umm, why do British people roll joints that mix tobacco and weed? In California nobody does that.

Autechre: Do you want a real, literal answer?

Pitchfork: Yeah.

Autechre: Spliff smoking came to England from the Caribbean, and they roll their spliffs with tobacco.

Pitchfork: So it's not an economic thing.

Autechre: Partly that, and it becomes habit forming in a different way, and it's consumed differently as a result. Maybe it's that people don't want to get that wasted all the time. People do things more slowly, over a long period, and it gives you just a slight rounding of the edges.

Pitchfork: Thanks for that.

Autechre: Sure.

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Warp Live

2005-05-17T20:17:37Z

Jamie Lidell
May
11 Gateshead, Sage Centre (w/ London Sinfonietta)
14 Moscow, Avant Festival
21 Rome, Dissonanze festival
24 London, Royal Festival Hall (supporting Tortoise)
26 London, A Taste of Sónar at Fabric Tickets

June
04 Malmo, Kontra-Muzik
10 Amsterdam Festival (w/London Sinfonietta)
11 Berlin, Maria
17 Barcelona, Sonar Festival
21 Bristol, The Thekla
23 Glasgow, Record Playerz @ Glasgow School Of Arts
24 Edinburgh, Honeycomb
25 Leeds, Bad Sneakers @ Faversham
28 London, 100 Club
29 Brighton, Pavilion Theatre
30 Nice, Arène de Cimiez

July
01 Belfort, France, Les Eurockeenes
02 Athens Synch Festival
09 Vienne (France) Jazz à Vienne
11 Montreux Jazz festival
13 Five Days Off, Holland
15 Ten Days Off, Belgium
17 Dourfestival, Belgium
23 Köln Isle of MTV

Prefuse73

May
Wed 11 Cleveland Grog Shop
Thu 12 May Detroit, Masonic Temple Theatre
Fri 13 Chicago Empty Bottle
Sat 14 Grinnell IA Grinnell College
Tue 17 Seattle Chop Suey
Wed 18 Portland Berbati's Pan
Thu 19 San Francisco Great American
Sat 21 Los Angeles Knitting Factory
Sun 22 Los Angeles Knitting Factory
Mon 23 San Diego CA Casbah
Tue 24 Phoenix Brickhouse
Thu 26 Denton TX Hailey's
Fri 27 Austin TX Mercury
Sun 29 May Baltimore, Sonar

Autechre
May
Tue 10 Montreal. Usine C
Wed 11 Toronto. Opera House
Thu 12 Detroit. Masonic Temple Theatre
Fri 13 Chicago. Metro
Sat 14 Minneapolis. Ascot Room
Tue 17 Vancouver. Richards on Richards(1036 richards st)
Wed 18 Seattle. Neumos
Thu 19 Portland. Berbatis Pan
Fri 20 San Francisco. Mezzanine
Sat 21 Los Angeles. El Rey
Sun 22 Pheonix AZ. The Old Brick House
Tue 24 Dallas TX. Trees
Wed 25 Austin TX. The Parish
Thu 26 New Orleans. Twiropa
Fri 27 Atlanta. Variety Playhouse
Sat 28 Asheville NC. Orange Peel
Sun 29 Baltimore. Sonar
(all dates with DJ Rob Hall + SND Live)

June (+Mark Bell, Russell Haswell, Rob Hall)
Fri 10 Club Citta' Kawasaki
Sat 11 Bayside Jenny Osaka

Confirmed Festivals:
July
01 Roskilde. Denmark
08 MS Stubnitz Festival. Newcastle
14 5 Days Off. Amsterdam

Plaid Live NYC

2nd & 3rd June
Rothko 116 Suffolk street in LES, NYC
$20, support tba

Maximo Park
MAY 2005
18 Norwich / Waterfront / NME Tour
19 Portsmouth / Wedgewood / NME Tour
20 Gloucester / Guildhall / NME Tour
21 Hull / Silhouettes / NME Tour
23 Northampton / Roadmenders / NME Tour
26 Barcelona / Primavera Sound Festival
28 Neustrelitz / Immergut Festival
29 Berlin / Magnet
30 Hamburg / Molotow
31 Munster / Gleis 22

June
01 Koln / Gebaude 9
03 Munich / Atomic Cafe
04 Nurnberg / Rock Im Park
05 Adenau / Rock Am Ring
08 Columbia / Merriweather Post Pavilion
09 Philadelphia / North Star Bar
10 New York / Tonic
11 New York / TBC
12 Boston / Middle East Cafe
13 Montreal / Cabaret LaTulipe
14 Toronto / Lee's Palace
15 Cleveland / Grog Shop
16 Detroit / Shelter
18 Chicago / The Bottom Lounge
19 Minneapolis / The Ascot Room at the Quest
24 Glastonbury Festival / John Peel Stage
28 San Diego / Casbah
29 Los Angeles / Troubadour
30 San Francisco / Popscene

July
02 Portland / Dante's
03 Seattle / Crocodile Cafe
05 Malmo / Accelerator Festival
06 Goteborg / Accelerator Festival
07 Stockholm / Accelerator Festival
09 T in the Park / X-Tent
10 Oxeygen / The Ticket Stage
15 Berlin / Melt Festival
16 Meschede / Heimspeil Open Air

!!!

August
Fri 05 Eastnor big chill festival
Sat 06 Valencia benacassim festival
Mon 08 Brighton concorde II
Tue 09 100 Club, 100 Oxford St, London, 7.30pm
Tickets £12 from stargreen.com seetickets.com
Rough Trade Covent Garden 0207-240-0105
Thu 11 Amsterdam melkweg
Fri 12 Luxembourg den atelier
Sat 13 St Malo Route du rock festival
Sun 14 Aulnoye aymeries festival
Wed 17 Oporto paredes du coura festival
fri 19 Vallodolid sonorama festival
Sat 20 Hasselt pukkelpop festival
Sun 21 Laandraaf Lowlands festival

Vasarely
3-5 June, Aix en Provence: Harmonic33, Beans, Carl Craig, Jackson, Chok Rock, Matthew Herbert, Marco Passarani, Fennesz, Bernard Parmegiani, Brooks, Mara Carlyle. info
Glastonbury

Jamie Lidell, Maximo Park, Squarepusher, Squarepusher DJ Speedy J Chris Clark live DJ Luke Vibert DJ Surgeon The Bug + MCs Mark One + Virus Syndicate Cassetteboy + DJ Rubbish info
Glade

SAT 14 May, AFX, Squarepusher, TLS, Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Speedy J, Chris Clark, Plaid Djs info
Tickets in warpmart

Norberg

B12 Live, Luke Vibert, Milanese, Ceephax, Warp Djs
29-30 July, Stockholm, Sweden info
The Poke

Mark Pritchard
DJ Food
Optimo
Sat 14th May, Jacks, London info

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May 13 - Two Lone Swordsmen, Diplo and Matmos

2005-05-06T00:00:23Z

for all you warp records fans....

SUBALICIOUS PRESENTS

ANDREW WEATHERALL & KEITH TENNISWOOD (WARP Records, RGC) AKA Two Lone Swordsmen, Radioactive Man, Sabres Of Paradise, Rude Solo, 7 HZ, Bargecharge, Basic Units and many more. These two prolific producers have been producing some of the most influential electronic music for the last 15 years. Their Fabric08 & Fabric019 mixes and their consistent ability to be one step ahead have made them one of the most sought after duos in electronic music.

DIPLO (Big Dada, Ninja Tune)
Diplodocus, or simply Diplo is well known for being part of the Hollertronix crew and more recently for his production work with M.I.A., hailed by Rolling Stone as - "the sound of jump-rope rhymes in a war zone." For all fans of the Ninja Tune / Big Dada funk grooves.

Dov (Muti Music/ Subalicious)
Tung (Brass Tax/ Subalicious)
Kraddy (Muti Music/ Subalicious)
Ooah (LABA)
Toph One (RedWine / XLR8R)
Goldilox (Brass Tax)
Donna Matrix (Newsbreaks)
Ernie Trevino (Faded)
Alxndr (Lawbreakers/ Downlow)

Groundscore Drum & Bass brought to you
by same people that bring you Eklektic:
Qzen (Groundscore)
Aye'n w/ MC Colonel (Compression)
Method One (Levitated Recs)
Kozee (drumnbass.tv)
MC Duh (Eklektic)
MC Linzee (Sister NYC)

8-10pm:
A PROJECT OF NEW GENRES: ALTERNATIVE CONTEXTS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE IN COLLABORATION WITH CLUB 1015 FOLSOM & SUBALICIOUS.
Special Performance by MATMOS

The event is the product of Alternative Contexts, a class of the New Genres Department of the San Francisco Art Institute led by Tony Labat, Professor and Chair of the department. This class aims at and it is about art in alternative contexts, in other words, outside of the gallery/museum system.

There are 22 artists participating, some collaborating as teams, others working alone. From environments and installations to performance, video and interactive pieces. Live music and special guest: Matmos. It is also (of course) a nice great big party for the San Francisco Art Institute.

The exhibit continues through the night with the Subalicious crew providing a first time San Francisco performance from both Andrew Weatherall & Keith Tenniswood (the Two Lone Swordsman, WARP) in the same night. There will be five rooms of music and art in San Francisco's state of the art nightclub 1015 Folsom. This is a night about taking it beyond the norm, it is art and music with a cultural imperative.

CLUB 1015 FOLSOM
FRIDAY MAY 13, 2005 8 P.M. to 10P.M. FREE
(10P.M. to 6AM, $20 @ Door or get your $15 presales at www.groovetickets.com)
21+ w/ ID , www.1015.com, www.subalicious.net

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Warp records = AWSOME

2005-04-27T21:35:05Z

Im a fan of warped records.
i make electronic music as well http://www.myspace.com/mistafex

what do yall think.

oi i need a job.. and to leave my house once in a while.

-me

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mutated autechre

2005-04-24T02:18:57Z

http://www.steal-life.com/slideshows/mike/autechre.html

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Autechre: Live Radio Broadcast Sunday 10th April @ 8pm GMT

2005-04-09T15:55:08Z

- - - - - - - - A U T E C H R E R A D I O - - - - - - - -

Autechre will be streaming a live radio show from the Ae HQ
this Sunday (10th April) from 8pm until late.

You will be able to listen from http://autechre.ws

There may also be intermittent test transmissions before, so
keep checking...

Listen to the new Autechre album 'Untilted':
http://www.warprecords.com/autechre

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jamie linfal

2005-01-15T15:17:42Z

Is his album coming out soon?

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warpbot news - plaid :: spokes

2005-01-14T20:47:18Z

The fourth Plaid album for Warp from Ed Handley and Andy Turner, Spokes marks a return in mood, if not production, to some of their earlier work in the 90's as The Black Dog, but retains the characteristic harmonic warmth and rhythmical sensibility they have developed in recent years.

"The seeds of the album were sown as we toured America and Europe during 2002 and many of the venues we played now have small Spokes trees growing in their dressing rooms and toilets. However, some of these initial ideas went terribly wrong and we would like to take this opportunity to apologise for any distress we may have caused during the course of our experimentation. We can only pray for Carston Banister.

After returning home with the basic working structures of the album in place, five months were spent in the studio editing, enhancing, mixing and removing some of the more extreme emotional content until one night in May, when covert Warp agents were finally able to extract these ten finished tracks."

The cover painting is by Elena Kopenkova and The Designers Republic completed the rest of the design and layout.

In addition to Spokes, Ed, Andy and visual collaborator Bob have been working over the past six months on their highly anticipated full length DVD project, recorded in surround sound and due for completion in 2004. Initial views of the completed tracks promise an extra special release.

Warpmart sale ::

Warpmart currently has a sale on the Plaid back catalogue, all albums are £7.99, except the double CD "Trainer" at £9.99.

Plaid Remixes ::

Plaid released "Parts in the Post: Plaid Remixes" on Peacefrog records earlier this year. This 2CD/4LP set compiled the best of their remix work to date, and is essential listening.

Zeal Video ::

A new video by post-production supremos Glassworks has just been completed. Filmed in the legendary Jim Henson's caverns underneath north London, the film accompanies "Zeal" from Spokes, and showcases some of the eye-opening techniques that Glassworks are currently pioneering. The video will soon be available to watch at the Plaid microsite.

Plaid Radio ::

Plaid recently recorded their second session for John Peel (unfortunately no longer archived). The show was then followed by a One World special on recent warp releases, including Spokes:

BBC Radio 1
One World Warp Special - 16 October (archived)
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/oneworld/warp.shtml)

BBC Radio 3
Mixing It - interview 31 October 10.15-11pm
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/mixingit.shtml)

BBC 6 Music
6 Mix session - Sunday 2 November 7pm-9pm
repeated Saturday 8 November midnight-2am
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/presenters/6mix/)

Interviews & Reviews ::

"Plaid produce their best in years.. Spokes is a return to the music-box melodies and wistful, evolutionary passages they first became known for, with the snappier rhythms the duo have preferred of late and a touch of android electro"
4/5 Mojo

"one listen to this breathtaking set… proves that the wheels of electro exploration still turn in the most obtuse and beautiful ways"
4/5 Bang Magazine

"Cedar City is motorway music for rainy speeding, 'Buns' is freaked-out glitch funk…. Plaid excel at fulsome warp techno. Class."
Q

"Ed Handley and Andy Turner still explore the syntax of electronica with awe and excitement. Tracks here like "Crumax Rins" or the haunted synth fugue "Cedar City" may hint at the tenebrous dissonance of their earlier incarnation, but generally *Spokes* is a passionate, optimistic album. A startling selection of sound sculptures hewn from taught percussive textures("Buns"), iridescent stabs of melody ("Get What You Gave"), crunchy abrasive beats ("Even Spring") and quirky bouncing electro ("Upona"), this is a visceral album, intelligent and addictive, with soaring emotional crescendos"
Uncut

"dreamy, warm, experimental dance music. Spokes can freewheel, but it's always accessible too. Well Plaid son"
Observer Music Monthly

Plaid live ::

- DJ = Plaid DJs (laptops + Vinyl) -
- LIVE = Full live shows with Plaid visual artist Bob -

October

24 Fri - Zurich, Bogen 13 - DJ
25 Sat - Dublin, Electronic Arts Festival - DJ
31 Fri - London, Warp/Vapour Party Halloween - LIVE

November
(USA Tour with Luke Vibert, Chris Clark, DJ N.E.D.)

06 Thu - New York / Bowery Ballroom - LIVE
07 Fri - New York / Bowery Ballroom - LIVE
08 Sat - Boston / Paradise - LIVE
09 Sun - Montreal / S.A.T. - LIVE
11 Tue - Toronto / Opera House - LIVE
12 Wed - Detroit / St. Andrews Hall - LIVE
13 Thu - Columbus / Wexner Center - LIVE
14 Fri - Chicago / Abbey Pub - LIVE
15 Sat - Minneapolis / Ascot Room - LIVE
18 Tue - Seattle / Chop Suey - LIVE
19 Wed - Vancouver / Commodore Ballroom - LIVE
20 Thu - Portland / Halocene - LIVE
21 Fri - San Francisco / Mezzanine - LIVE
22 Sat - Los Angeles / Hollywood Athletic Club - LIVE

(UK)
29 Sat - Birmingham / The Sanctuary - LIVE

December

05 Fri - Leicester. - DJ
19 Fri - Glasgow, Glasshouse - LIVE

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www.rephlex.com

2005-01-05T09:44:39Z

verrrrry niiiicceeeee

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Warp Live :: Nov-Dec 04'

2004-11-13T01:53:18Z

Maximo Park

Nov
08 Manchester Roadhouse W/ Clor
09 Glasgow The Bunker W/ Clor
11 Nottingham Uni Club Night
12 London Adventures Close To Home @ The Barfly
13 London Aldwych Tube
14 Sheffield The Grapes
15 Brighton Freebutt
17 Bournemouth Old Fire Station W/Do Me Bad Things
18 Lincoln Fuse Club Night
19 Glasgow Barfly Club Night
20 Sunderland Voodoo Rooms
21 Leeds Faversham Club Night
23 London Buffalo Bar

Beans
+ Mike Ladd, Rob Sonic, Busdriver

November
Thu 11 Leuven Stuk
Sat 13 Eindhoven Effenaar
Sun 14 Amsterdam Melkweg
Mon 15 Utrecht Ekko
Wed 17 Brighton Komedia
Thu 18 London Dedbeat @ The Scala TICKETS
Fri 19 Glasgow Sub Club
Sat 20 Liverpool Chibuku @ The Masque
Sun 21 Dublin Crawdaddy
Tue 23 Bristol Thekla
Wed 24 Paris Point Ephemere
Thu 25 Zoo L'Usine Swizz
Fri 26 Bern Reithalle

Gravenhurst

November
Mon 08 Manchester Matt & Phreds
Tue 09 York Fibbers
Wed 10 Glasgow Nice n' Sleazy
Thu 11 Hull Adelphi
Sun 14 Brighton Prince Albert
Tue 16 London Borderline + WarAgainstSleep
Wed 17 Bristol Polish Club

Warp Vision Live
Fri 12 Nov Nottingham, Broadway Media Centre

Two Lone Swordsmen

November
Sat 13 Shine @ QSU, Belfast
Sat 20 Haywire @ Fabric
Thu 25 Flog, Firenza Italy
Fri 26 Link, Bologna Italy
Sat 27 Brancaleone, Rome Italy

Jimmy Edgar

November
Tue 09 Los Angeles The Echo w. Diplo
Wed 17 Reading. Response @ PlugnPlay
Thu 18 London. Plastic People. with Surgeon/ FLYER
Fri 19 Istanbul. Babylon. with Mira Calix
Sat 20 Budapest. Trafo Bar
Mon 22 Vienna. Fluc
Thu 25 Amsterdam. Paradiso
Fri 26 Cologne Total Confusion@ Studio672 Kompakt Party
Sat 27 Berlin. WMF with Mathew Johnson
Sun 28 Hamburg. Golden Pudel Klub
Tue 30 Brussles. AB Club with Mouse On Mars

December
Wed 01 Rotterdam. Worm @ Calypso + Machine Drum, OveNaxx, Flashbulb
Thu 02 Manchester. The Attic
Fri 03 Liverpool. NESH @ Academy.with Jamie Lidell
Sat 04 Glasgow. Eskrima @ Arts School.
Sun 05 Newcastle. Cluny
Fri 10 Brighton. Sabbath @ Ocean Rooms. with Luke Vibert
Sat 11 Europe TBC
Thu 16 Lyon. La Marquise
Fri 17 London TBA
Sat 18 UK TBC

John Peel
We would like to send out our love to all of John Peels family after hearing the sad news of his death. As well as all the support he gave to our artists over the last 15 years, John was the first person to contact us when we started the label - he phoned the shop in Sheffield himself in 1989 before anyone had a clue what we were doing and was raving about the Forgemasters track - it made our day.

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Warp Live

2004-10-01T23:35:33Z

Warp Live More details in Warp live listings

Elsewhere

WarpVision Live
with Resfest and Lumin
info

Fri 1 October
London: Screening NFT, 6pm. Party HMS President 9-2
Nightmares On Wax (DJ EASE), Cylob, Buddy Peace & Zilla

Fri 8 Sheffield, Showroom
Sat 23 Glasgow, CCA / The Artschool
Sat 30 Bristol, The Watershed
Fri 5 Nov Dublin, Irished Film Institute
Fri 12 Nov Nottingham, Broadway Media Centre

WarpVision Europe

Thu 21 Amsterdam. Paradiso
Plaid, Jamie Lidell, Milanese, Richard Devine, Cane
Ellen Allien, Dub Kult, Rob Hall, N>E>D
Fri 22 Berlin, Volksbuehne
Plaid, Jamie Lidell, Milanese, Richard Devine, Cane
DJ Maxximus, Ellen Allien, Dub Kult, Rob Hall, N>E>D

!!!
October
Fri 01 Strasbourg, Laiterie
Sat 02 Toulouse, Quai De La Daurade
Sun 03 Nantes, Olympi
Mon 04 Paris, Maroquinerie
Tue 05 Rennes, Ubu
Wed 06 Bordeaux, Cat
Thu 07 Madrid, Aqualung
Fri 08 Barcelona, Apolo
Sat 09 Zaragoza, Pilar Fest
Sun 10 Alicante, Camelot
Mon 11 Berlin, Maria Am Ufer
Tue 12 **Brighton Cancelled***
Wed 13 London. Astoria + Spektrum + The Oxes
Ticketmaster.Com Seetickets.Com Stargreen.Com
Rough Trade Cov Gdn 0207-240-0105
Sat 16 Glasgow, Barrowlands + Franz Ferdinand
Sun 17 Manchester, Hop & Grape + Spektrum
Mon 18 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms + Spektrum

Home Video
Thu 30 Sep Milan, La Casa

October
Fri 01 Geneva, Usine
Sat 02 Strasbourg, Ososphere
Sun 03 Zurich, Bogen
Thu 07 Nottingham, Stealth
Fri 08 Sheffield, C90
Sat 09 London, Hackney Empire:
+ Clinic, To Rococo Rot, Jamie Lidell

Mice Parade, Leila DJ + More. Tickets
Gravenhurst
(solo shows w/ Sufjan Stevens)
October
2 Spain Barcelona Razzmatazz 3
3 Belgium Brussels AB club
5 Germany Cologne Prime Club
6 Netherlands Utrecht Tivoli
26 London Lock 17, Camden
28 Manchester, Night & Day
29 Nottingham, The Maze
30 Edinburgh, The Venue

Mira Calix
October
08 Valencia, Spain. Observatori festival DJ
16 Barcelona. Lem festival, Garatge luxor LIVE
21 Rennes. Renne music festival LIVE
23 Brussels. argos festival LIVE

Beans
October
18 NYC, Rothko (live 3 piece band) 21 Los Angeles Echo 22 Seattle Chop Suey (with interpol djs) 23 San Francisco Rx gallery 26 Chicago Sonotheque

Plaid
Fri 8 Oct Valencia, Observatori, Ciudad de las cienas
Fri 15 Oct Zurich, Dachkantine

Two Lone Swordsmen
October
Fri 01 Liverpool, Loft-Barfly
Sat 02 Nottingham, Stealth
Thu 07 Brighton, Concorde2
Sat 09 Leeds, Rehab, Assembly St
Fri 15 Manchester, Sankeys Soap
Fri 29 Glasgow, The Arches
Sat 30 Edinburgh, Venue

Nov
Sat 13 Belfast, QSU
Sat 20 London, Fabric.

Jimmy Edgar
November
17 Reading. Plug n Play
18 London. Plastic People ** + DJ Surgeon **
19 Istanbul. Babylon. with Mira Calix
20 Budapest. Trafo Bar
23 Vienna, Fluc
26 Cologne Studio 672 Kompakt Party
27 Berlin. Café Moskau
30 Brussels. AB Club with Mouse On Mars

December
03 Liverpool Academy. with Jamie Lidell
04 Glasgow. Arts School
05 Newcastle. Cluny
10 Brighton. Ocean Rooms. with Luke Vibert

Liverpool Nesh
29 Oct Liverpool, Academy 2. NESH
Luke Vibert, Chris Clark, DJ Rob Hall
9pm-2am - £10 www.ticketline.co.uk

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LFO = new Hummer ad whore?

2004-07-31T05:08:39Z

discuss

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Warp to Release DVD Collection

2004-07-14T16:38:52Z

( http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/04-07/13.shtml#story2 )

John Herman reports:
So it's finally happening-- some of the weirdest fucking music videos ever created are being released on DVD. Warp Records recently announced plans to showcase their past 15 years of beeps, bleeps, phases and beats on Warp Vision: The Videos 1989-2004. The collection includes 30 videos from the label's massive stable of groundbreaking artists-- everyone from Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and Autechre to Prefuse 73, Plaid, and, uh, I Smell Quality. Besides the terrifying-as-shit Aphex Twin videos directed by Chris Cunningham and the video for Autechre's "Gantz Graf", most of the included videos have never been released commercially. The collection hits stores (and nightmares) on September 21st. Videolist:

01 Sweet Exorcist: "Testone" (Martin Wallace & JarvisCocker/1990)
02 LFO: (LFO/1991)
03 Nightmares on Wax: "Aftermath" (Jarvis Cocker/1991)
04 Aphex Twin: "On" (Jarvis Cocker/1993)
05 I Smell Quality: (David Slade/1994)
06 LFO: "Tied Up" (David Slade/1994)
07 Sabres of Paradise: "Wilmot" (Douglas Hart/1994)
08 Seefeel: "Fracture" (Seefeel/1994)
09 Aphex Twin: "Donkey Rhubarb" (David Slade/1995)
10 Autechre: "Second Bad Vilbel" (Chris Cunningham/1995)
11 Aphex Twin: "Come To Daddy (Directors Cut)" (Chris Cunningham/1997)
12 Squarepusher: "Come on My Selector" (Chris Cunningham/1997)
13 Jimi Tenor: "Midsummers Night" (Tenor and Sàkà Kaukoranta/1998)
14 Aphex Twin: "Windowlicker (Directors cut)" (Chris Cunningham/1999)
15 Jimi Tenor: "Total Devastation" (Jimi tenor and Sàkà Kaukoranta/1999)
16 Broadcast: "Papercuts" (Barback/2000)
17 Jamie Lidell: "Daddys Car" (Frederic D/2000)
18 John Callaghan: "I'm Not Comfortable Inside My Mind" (John Callaghan/2000)
19 Antipop: "Perpendicular-Vector" (Caliber 16-Marcus Wambsganss/2001)
20 Plaid: "Eyen" (Jean Luc-Chansay/2001)
21 Antipop: "Ghostlawns" (Carlos Arias/2002)
22 Autechre: "Gantz Graf" (Alex Rutterford/2002)
23 Aphex Twin: "Nannou" (Laurent Briet/2003)
24 Chris Clark: "Gob Coitus" (Lynn Fox/2003)
25 LFO: "Freak (Directors Cut)" (Daniel Levi/2003)
26 Luke Vibert: "I Love Acid" (Delicious 9/2003)
27 Mira Calix: "Little Numba (CR vid)" (Sam Tootal/2003)
28 Plaid: "Itsu" (Pleix/2003)
29 Prefuse 73: "Half Of What (CR vid)" (2003)
30 Vasarelly: "tDR" (2003)

.: Warp: http://www.warprecords.com

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Sound Swap Tribe created.

2004-06-22T15:54:22Z

Sound Swap Tribe created.

A tribe for producers, composers and creators of music to share ideas and sounds. That piece of gear have that "just right" sound? Let people know. Have a sound library you're looking to expand? Others do too. Here's your spot to enlighten connect.

soundswap.tribe.net

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warp shows

2004-01-26T20:32:24Z

has anyone actually been to any idm shows recentely? seems like they hibernate during the winter or something... or is that just where i am. still happy i saw squarepusher in NYC....

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Bleep.com, Ether 2004, WR Special...

2004-01-15T11:13:24Z

Bleep.com ( http://www.warprecords.com/bleep/ ) has launched!

London Sinfonietta, Squarepusher, Jamie Lidell @ the Ether 2004 festival in London: ( http://www.rfh.org.uk/main/events/88131.html?section=contemporary&file=index )

and, in cast you missed it: Warp Records Special on BBC Radio 1 ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/oneworld/warp.shtml )

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Warp To Provide Entire Catalog For Download

2003-11-21T16:50:18Z

Warp Records To Provide Entire Catalog For Download Via Bleep.com

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/03-11/21.shtml

Micah C. Harding reports:
Warp Records, the London-based left-field electronic record label and film company, will take music into uncharted territory as they become the first label to provide the world with their entire discography (old and new) as pay-per-track MP3 downloads. Now this seems like a step in the right direction (whatever that direction may be).

The amusingly named Bleep.com, set to launch next month, will provide listeners with high quality MP3's and opts to be the quickest and most reliable source for Warp's occasionally hard-to-find releases. This idea borders on the same notion some parents have of letting their kids drink and smoke pot-- as long as they do it at home where they can be supervised. Of course, those parents don't sell their kids the booze and weed for 99 cents a crack either, so forget that analogy for a second. The site's truly revolutionary aspect remains the idea that the entire catalog will remain available, in part or in whole, indefinitely.

This caters directly to the hearts and minds of file-sharing users who frequently seek rarities, out-of-print recordings, singles and b-sides through peer-to-peer trading networks. A service like Bleep.com eliminates the need for users to host rare files or spend hours scouring for the few rare songs they can't find or are only available in poor-quality or corrupted files. In addition, the service isn't beholden to the limitations imposed by a service like iTunes; anyone can have access to the music without installing the proprietary software.

!!!, Anti-Pop Consortium, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Broadcast, Plaid, Prefuse 73, and Squarepusher are among the label mainstays whose entire Warp output will be available through the service, which is being designed by the estimable Designers Republic and Kleber (the same madmen responsible for the Warp site's distinct look and feel).

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warpbot :: BROADCAST :: HaHa Sound

2003-11-20T00:44:46Z

After a three year absence, Broadcast are back. Their new album HAHA Sound was released to much acclaim in August, preceded by the ‘Pendulum’ EP in May. This is their first new material since The Noise Made By People in 2000 and judging by the response (see some of the reviews below), it is their best-loved work so far. As the band prepare for their UK tour, this warpmail rounds up all the information and activity surrounding Broadcast in 2003.

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BROADCAST ON TOUR

The band are currently on tour in the US during November and then return to the UK for nine dates in December. If you have never experienced Broadcast and their spellbinding live visuals, then now is your chance!

November USA
(Support: Manitoba)

Tue 18 Washington DC Black Cat
Wed 19 Philadelphia Unitarian Church
Thu 20 New York Bowery Ballroom
Fri 21 New York Bowery Ballroom
Sat 22 Boston Paradise

December UK
(Support: The Projects)

Tue 2 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
0115 958 8484 Wayahead
Wed 3 Manchester University
0161 832 1111 gigsandtours
Thur 4 Aberdeen Lemon Tree
01224 642230
Fri 5 Glasgow King Tuts
0141 332 4864
Sun 7 Leeds CockPit
0113 2455570 Wayahead
Mon 8 Cardiff Clyb Ifor Bach
029202 32199
Tue 9 Brighton The Old Market Hove
01273 736222 ticketweb
Wed 10 London Islington Academy
0207734 8932 gigsandtours
Thur 11 Birmingham The Sanctuary
0121 246 1010 gigsandtours

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MICROTRONICS EXCLUSIVE TOUR CD

Broadcast have released a limited edition 3” CD that is only available at the autumn/winter 2003 live shows. 'Microtronics' contains 11 instrumental tracks in the ‘library music’ style. The CD will be limited to 2000 copies and is not available in shops, but any left over will be available to buy from Warpmart once the tour is completed.

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PEEL SESSION

Broadcast recorded their first Session for John Peel in August, joining other Warp artists Boards of Canada, Plaid, Autechre and Mira Calix in contributing to this prestigious series.

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REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/homeentertainment/story/0,12830,1026999,00.html

http://www.playlouder.com/feature/%2Bbroadcast/

http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/broadcastiw_1.htm

http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/reviews/broadcast_hahasound.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1014100,00.html

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/broadcast/haha-sound.shtml

http://www.theonionavclub.com/review.php?review_id=6780

http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/broadcast/hahasound/

Some choice reactions to HAHA Sound:

"(Broadcast) mess with preconceptions by embellishing sweet pop melodies with subtly executed electronic freakery… A delicate treat, and a potent tonic" The Daily Telegraph

“It works beautifully…a vocalist who humanises the experiment: still, true, emotionally constant” The Wire

“There isn’t space to do them justice… Like Birmingham’s answer to Françoise Hardy” 5/5 Hot Stars

“Beautifully odd, as any band would be to unite Courtney Love, Bert Jansch and Radiohead in awe” GQ

"Why settle for anything less than the best? HaHa Sound is a Mona Lisa of an album" 8/10 Vice Magazine

"Can a passion for obscure Morricone soundtracks, European art-house cinema and junk shop electronics really be channelled into great pop? Drop your avant-guard, for there are few places better to while away an hour than with a Broadcast album" Word Magazine

“the band apply sonic colour to pop basics in a way that transcends pop and experimental music” The Independent

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Hmm...

2003-11-13T20:03:55Z

Squarepusher is cool. Also, Naomi, you are extremely beautiful.

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