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Hello. There seems to be a lot of healthy interest in Skam Records at the moment. Such a pity a lot of their releases are hard to come by. Anyway, can anyone out there recommend labels (preferably UK-based) that are releasing similar stuff? (Warp, R&S and Rephlex aside.) I love all that Autechre/Gescom stuff -- there's got to be more people out there tapped into the same wavelength. If not, I'm just going to have to write it all myself! .+'''+. mark@sonance.demon.co.uk M A R K http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/sonance/ `+.,.+' http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/

On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, Mark Stevens wrote:

quoted 3 lines There seems to be a lot of healthy interest in Skam Records at the

> There seems to be a lot of healthy interest in Skam Records at the > moment. Such a pity a lot of their releases are hard to come by. > Anyway, can anyone out there recommend labels (preferably

I spoke with Andy just the other day, and I got the impression that everything from the Gescoms, Freeforms and Jegas (apparently pronounced Jega as in 'Jay' and not Yega... but that's another kettle of yish) were all still in print. Might want to push your local supplier into digging a little deeper. t h e s k a m i s o u t t h e r e . . . . . . . (note to helen: jega has an full-length scheduled for next year) Lame Thread Prevention in Effect: Aaron Michelson --------------------------------------------------------------------- aw-teck'r (autechre) "Everything you Know is Wrong." For reviews, interviews, art & trash http://www.io.org/~amichel/ amichel@io.org

quoted 8 lines Hello.

>Hello. > >There seems to be a lot of healthy interest in Skam Records at the >moment. Such a pity a lot of their releases are hard to come by. >Anyway, can anyone out there recommend labels (preferably >UK-based) that are releasing similar stuff? (Warp, R&S and Rephlex >aside.) I love all that Autechre/Gescom stuff -- there's got to be >more people out there tapped into the same wavelength.

Check out anything on Source Records. www.obsolete.com/source-records I highly recommend the System 360 and Ro70 meets Move D releases. 100% Pure is also a pretty good label, look for Edge of Motion "Ad Hoc" Some of the older releases I've seen on that label are more breaks & funk oriented. \|/ @--out----------*--+what-I-got-in-my-head-you-can't-buy-steal-or-borrow /|\ --Paul p. "To find your mind, you have to lose it first"

} There seems to be a lot of healthy interest in Skam Records at the } moment. Such a pity a lot of their releases are hard to come by. } Anyway, can anyone out there recommend labels (preferably } UK-based) that are releasing similar stuff? (Warp, R&S and Rephlex } aside.) I love all that Autechre/Gescom stuff -- there's got to be } more people out there tapped into the same wavelength. Somewhat similar to Gescom and Autechre is the music of Bisk. Bisk's CD is on Sub Rosa, I believe. It had the same sense of experimentation and texture, but it didn't quite develop as well as Autechre's stuff, so I didn't buy the CD. Anyway, you might want to at least check it out... | E r i c | [mail] franse@engr.arizona.edu | | F r a n s | [web] http://intermix.engr.arizona.edu/~franse |

On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Miles Egan wrote:

quoted 14 lines On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Eric Frans wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Eric Frans wrote: > > > Somewhat similar to Gescom and Autechre is the music of Bisk. > > Bisk's CD is on Sub Rosa, I believe. It had the same sense of > > experimentation and texture, but it didn't quite develop as well as > > Autechre's stuff, so I didn't buy the CD. Anyway, you might want to at > > least check it out... > > I've found, quite to the contrary, that Bisk's debut strikes the same gold > that Autechre haven't quite been able to relocate since _Amber_. I still > have trouble hearing _Tri Repetae_ as much more than a collection of long, > somewhat monotonous loops. The delicate tension and brooding personality of > Bisk's _Time_ suggests what Autechre could have evolved given two years to > polish the genius of _Amber_.

I think that BISK is pretty cool experimental IDM in the same vein as Autechre, but it lacks the beauty that some Autechre tracks have. Autechre seems more focused and better overall. Bisk would be a band to watch in the future. B i l l S a m u e l s w l s @ U . A r i z o n a . E D U

quoted 5 lines Somewhat similar to Gescom and Autechre is the music of Bisk.

> Somewhat similar to Gescom and Autechre is the music of Bisk. > Bisk's CD is on Sub Rosa, I believe. It had the same sense of > experimentation and texture, but it didn't quite develop as well as > Autechre's stuff, so I didn't buy the CD. Anyway, you might want to at > least check it out...

Whether it "develops" less than an Autechre, I not sure, but there is certainly a good bit more happening on the Bisk CD. Where Autechre strings it out smoothly and evenly, Bisk's dynamic behavior of sounds and beats keeps you in anticipation. I'm kind of surprised we haven't heard more of Bisk's _Time_ on here.