The first one I bought was Tricky Disco 'Housefly' quickly followed by Tuff
Little Unit... back in my raving days mostly after hearing them all on pirate
radio in Dublin, Ireland.
thanks rob, rest in peace.
-i
--- Jen <jenn@ehmail.com> wrote:
quoted 35 lines The first Warp release I bought was the On single. I had actually just heard
> The first Warp release I bought was the On single. I had actually just heard
> Didgeridoo at a rave (days LONG gone) and was on a mission to find anything
> by this Aphex Twin guy. I walked into the local "alternative" record store
> and found one lonely Aphex CD staring at me, so I bought it. It was (and is)
> awesome.
>
> bye Rob :(
>
>
>
> Philip Sherburne wrote:
>
> > I'm sitting here, trying to write something about Warp and the place it's
> had in my musical history, and I'm listening to Amber, which was not only the
> first Warp album I ever bought, but the first "electronica" I ever bought.
> Aphex's SAWII followed shortly thereafter.
> >
> > I bought Amber in Providence, RI, at Fast Forward -- the record store I
> visited weekly, where I bought all my emo and hardcore and indie rock. Judy
> was the "metal chick" there, the expert in all things hard and fast and loud;
> Ron was the "techno guy," a veteran of acid house and basically the only
> person in Providence who knew shit about experimental techno. I'd gone in one
> day to pick up, I dunno, the latest release on Gravity or something. I'd just
> gotten back from Turkey, and as chance would have it, Autechre's Amber stared
> up at me from the racks, emblazoned with a luscious photograph from Turkey's
> Cappadoccia region. I'd just been there, it was one of the most incredible
> places I'd ever seen (still is). So I bought the record on sight, unheard,
> brought it home, and quickly had my mind rearranged.
> >
> > What was your first Warp record, and how'd you get turned on?
> >
> > (This is all a way of saying thank you to Rob Mitchell -- you changed my
> world, more than a little. RIP.)
> >
> > Philip
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