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1995-09-01 00:53Mixmaster Morrisyer, Oscillate wedding was a hoot ... at last I got to see Plaid live and they were awesom

From:: Mixmaster Morris <morris@space.demon.co.uk>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 00:53:34 +0000
Subject:: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes

yer, Oscillate wedding was a hoot ... at last I got to see Plaid live and they were awesome its much easier to dance to when you can watch the flashing lights on the 808 they did about an hour of new stuff, some with very strange time signatures. they also did wicked things with an Akai DD-1000 jog wheel that made me jealous ... i was pleased to see that someone still uses Dr.T's KCS software ... Higher Intelligence Agency played a blinder too, and are so much better live than on record. Their last track was outstanding, much more of a techno edge than before. The excuse for this knees-up was of course the nuptials of Sean (Autechre) and Chantal (Telepathic Fish / Warp) and so most of the UK's IDM posse showed up. ANYWAY I'm writing this cos I got something very interesting at the party ... it's a new ep from our old friend rdj it's called mashed potatoes and it is INCREDIBLE there are five tracks all at 161 bpm it's gonna be the most controversial record around! if you liked the mix on 'Redone' you're gonna freak for this! is it jungle? no. is it ambient? no i would say its very richard .... it's well up there with AB1, Didgeridoo, Quoth. that means ESSENTIAL! also compulsory - PLUG 3 yum yum and of course Plug 2 and Plug 1 SUBTROPIC is a big hit in the UK now for Reflective, maybe the first jungle import to really cross over ... certainly the first from California! AS ONE - Reflections on Reflections, a fantastic remix LP from Kirk Detroitio and his excellent chums Carl Craig, Balil, Russ Gabriel, Scanner etc ... DR ROCKET LP (Clear) double 10" from Wishmountain, from ambient to jungle to house and back ATTICA BLUES remixes on Mowax from Hawtin, Photek, Alex Reece ... actually all the jungle stuff on Mowax is totally spot on right now EXTREME POSSIBILITIES is the hot ambient LP right now with Jonah Sharpe, Pemberton John Tye, Paul Thomas, Voafose, Wagon Christ NAV KATZE LP is now out on vinyl for Black Dog, Afx fans - minus the Glob Comm mix ... BORN UNDER A RHYMING PLANET is our old friend Jamie Hodge and his newie on plus 8 is strangely brilliant and vice versa, nice one Jamie! check out any of these that you can find! morris -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- GLOBAL CHILLAGE the new LP from IRRESISTIBLE FORCE out (USA) 31/5/95 --- --- WAVEFORM / NATURAL FREQUENCY remixes 12" out now on Astralwerks --- --- AURAL EXPANSION 12" - remixes by MMM out now on Crammed Discs --- --- --- --- check out A SITE FOR SORE EARS ..... the MMM WWW server --- --- --- --- http://www.southern.com/MMM/homepage.html (in the uk) --- --- http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/trellos/homepage.html (in the US) --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------

1995-09-01 03:18Lee FogelMM: > > Oscillate wedding was a hoot ... at last I got to see Plaid live > they did about

From:: Lee Fogel <lxfogel@srv.PacBell.COM>
To:: Mixmaster Morris <morris@space.demon.co.uk>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 31 Aug 95 20:18:06 PDT
Subject:: Re: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes
Reply to:: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes

MM:

quoted 5 lines Oscillate wedding was a hoot ... at last I got to see Plaid live

> > Oscillate wedding was a hoot ... at last I got to see Plaid live > they did about an hour of new stuff, some with very strange time > signatures. > i was pleased to see that someone still uses Dr.T's KCS software ...

I do, though it's called Omega now. I'd really be curious to know if they use any of its algorithmic composing capabilities. It wouldn't suprise me at all, especially for some of the weirder rhythm tracks. Using algorithmic composers to create IDM (or is that AIDM?) makes a lot of sense to me on a philosophical level. Anyone else around here dabble with that kind of stuff? How about adding random events to MIDI sequences? You want less predictablity - remove the human from some of the decision making processes. Lee ______________________________________________________________________________ lxfogel@pacbell.com ( ( ( ( ((0)) ) ) ) ) lee@hyperreal.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1995-09-04 07:46Far Out Stencil FlusherOn Thu, 31 Aug 1995, Lee Fogel wrote: > MM: > > > > i was pleased to see that someone stil

From:: Far Out Stencil Flusher <chandler@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
To:: Lee Fogel <lxfogel@srv.PacBell.COM>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Mon, 4 Sep 1995 00:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: Re: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes
Reply to:: Re: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes

On Thu, 31 Aug 1995, Lee Fogel wrote:

quoted 11 lines MM:

> MM: > > > > i was pleased to see that someone still uses Dr.T's KCS software ... > > I do, though it's called Omega now. I'd really be curious to know if > they use any of its algorithmic composing capabilities. It > wouldn't suprise me at all, especially for some of the weirder rhythm > tracks. > > Using algorithmic composers to create IDM (or is that AIDM?) makes a > lot of sense to me on a philosophical level. Anyone else around

Yeah, but you couldjust cut the end point of an individual track so that it will loop at a different number of bars than the other tracks, plus you couldcut the first track (determines default loop length) right from the get-go...make it 12 or 14 bars, or better yet, 28 bars, then program some funk beats in non 4/4 time sigs... sounds patternless to most non-musicians/casual listenners. Also, if you make the snares (in funk) come down with a little flam=late time by about 30(/240pqn) you get a more sincere r&b groove. David Chandler - chandler@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us (503)301-3011 grep -i casio goodwillbins >> mystudio ; grep -i atari goodwillbins >> mystudio ;

1995-09-01 03:51Reckless AbandonOn Aug 31, 8:18pm, Lee Fogel wrote: > > Using algorithmic composers to create IDM (or is t

From:: Reckless Abandon <cadsi.com!kent@elvis.cadsi.com>
To:: Lee Fogel <lxfogel@srv.PacBell.COM>, Mixmaster Morris <morris@space.demon.co.uk>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 22:51:30 -0500
Subject:: Re: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes

On Aug 31, 8:18pm, Lee Fogel wrote:

quoted 2 lines Using algorithmic composers to create IDM (or is that AIDM?) makes

> > Using algorithmic composers to create IDM (or is that AIDM?) makes

quoted 2 lines lot of sense to me on a philosophical level. Anyone else around

> lot of sense to me on a philosophical level. Anyone else around > here dabble with that kind of stuff? How about adding random

events

quoted 3 lines to MIDI sequences? You want less predictablity - remove the human

> to MIDI sequences? You want less predictablity - remove the human > from some of the decision making processes. >

Don't be giving away ALL our secrets! I use the features in Vision for this all the time. The trick to using this kind of thing is use a little randomness to texture things, but not use it to avoid having to think about structure and direction in the track. Otherwise it will sound like a random process. I think what they like about KCS is another feature that it shares with Vision -- you can roll up a pile of subsequences, and then trigger them live on top of one another according to your whim. -- "I AM PROBABLY THE LAMEST CHARACTER EVER KNOWN TO MANKIND, THE HUMAN RACE, OR THE WORLD IN GENERAL. EVEN IF YOU SHIPPED ME OFF TO JUPITER, I'D KILL OFF ALL THE ALIENS BECAUSE THEY'D DIE OF EXPOSURE TO LAMENESS." - Scott Koladich, in a fit of abnegation. kent.williams@cadsi.com [Kent Williams/CADSI/2651 Crosspark Rd/Coralville IA 52241/(319)626-6700]

1995-09-03 18:00Jouni Alkio-- [ From: Jouni Alkio * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > From: Mixmaster Morris \ Internet: (morris

From:: Jouni Alkio <alkio@hkkk.fi>
To:: idm@hyperreal.com <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sun, 03 Sep 95 13:00:01 -0500
Subject:: Re: Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes

-- [ From: Jouni Alkio * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

quoted 2 lines From: Mixmaster Morris \ Internet: (morris@space.demon.co.uk)

> From: Mixmaster Morris \ Internet: (morris@space.demon.co.uk) > i was pleased to see that someone still uses Dr.T's KCS software

... KCS is great! I have always used it and still do. (Now KCS Omega II) And it is cheap, too. BTW, I will be playing about 30 minutes worth of new tracks in Electronic Lounge (ICA, London) on Tuesday 5th of September (next Tuesday, that is). Unfortunately, that will be from DAT only, but it's all unreleased material. There will also be other stuff/people from Crammed/SSR (at least Autorepeat/DJ Elin and Morpheus, I think). Greetings, Jouni Alkio a.k.a. Aural Expansion

Aphex Twin - Mashed Potatoes