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quoted 9 lines But, if you really wanna see where RDJ learned all his tricks, check out

>>But, if you really wanna see where RDJ learned all his tricks, check out >>Asmus Tietchens first four Lps on Sky (Cluster's old label) from the early >>eighties... sounds like him to me! > >for those of you who are a bit weary about the krautrock/noise/70s >connotations of cluster (not to dis this stuff, i'm just trying to say that >i'm more bochum welt and autechre than faust and merzbow, you know?), there >are no acoustic instruments here, only one track has vocals (which are very >weird and interesting anyways), and there are beats and melodies

it is perhaps interesting to note that, in a recent interview in nd magazine, tietchens forcefully repudiated these early recordings as embarrassing experiments in "synth-pop," perhaps even implying they were done to earn a bit of quick cash. little did he know...i haven't heard them so i won't comment (although his recent collaboration with vidna obmana on the syrenia label is quite nice...beatless, somewhat abrasive, but nice). oh, and for those interested, the nd interview is online (and in full-text) at nd's website. i don't recall the addy, but if you do a search on his name and "nd" should be able to find it. sc