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Bruce Gilbert was in Wire, correct?

quoted 20 lines At 11:26 AM 12/25/98 +0100, you wrote:

>At 11:26 AM 12/25/98 +0100, you wrote: >> >>Bruce Gilbert & Ron West: frequency variation (Sahko 17) >>Any comments on this new ep? What does it sound like? >> > >This two tracker was produced in 1978 but was just >released last week. Both tracks are wild experiments >in beatless moogy/theraminish melodies & wails >producing spacey sounds not unlike some of the noto >material of today. Only gave it a quick listen at the shop >but was impressed enough with it to put it on my list to >buy later. > >-->-Lance--- >p.o. box 450715 >westlake, ohio 44145 >united states > >

On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Rodney Perkins wrote:

quoted 1 line Bruce Gilbert was in Wire, correct?

> Bruce Gilbert was in Wire, correct?

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On 8 Dec 98, Rodney Perkins wrote re: Re: (idm) Gilbert/West: Frequency V:

quoted 1 line Bruce Gilbert was in Wire, correct?

> Bruce Gilbert was in Wire, correct?

Absolutely correct, Sir. I *

At 11:26 AM 12/25/98 +0100, you wrote:

quoted 4 lines Bruce Gilbert & Ron West: frequency variation (Sahko 17)

> >Bruce Gilbert & Ron West: frequency variation (Sahko 17) >Any comments on this new ep? What does it sound like? >

This two tracker was produced in 1978 but was just released last week. Both tracks are wild experiments in beatless moogy/theraminish melodies & wails producing spacey sounds not unlike some of the noto material of today. Only gave it a quick listen at the shop but was impressed enough with it to put it on my list to buy later. -->-Lance--- p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states

quoted 5 lines Bruce Gilbert & Ron West: frequency variation (Sahko 17)

> > Bruce Gilbert & Ron West: frequency variation (Sahko 17) > > Any comments on this new ep? What does it sound like? > > > This two tracker was produced in 1978 but was just > released last week.

Heh, I maintain the semi-official Sähkö WWW page (http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/sahko/), and I hear about this release only on this list (although this one was announced already two years ago). But thanks for letting me know too :) (The most frustrating thing about maintaining a Finnish techno scene page is having to search for any info on *local* releases from the international mailing lists like this, German music magazines, etc. - since Finnish e-musicians and label owners themselves are sooo cool, detached and underground that they won't talk ;) e. rautio, also known as pHinn * the webmaster of pHinnWeb - the old skool, the nu skool * * and the pHuture skool of Finnish electronic music * * phinnweb@sci.fi | http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb * electric pleasures 270199 -> http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb/flyers/electricpleasures/

On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Erkki Rautio wrote:

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> > > Bruce Gilbert & Ron West: frequency variation (Sahko 17) > > > Any comments on this new ep? What does it sound like? > > > > > This two tracker was produced in 1978 but was just > > released last week.

It sounded to me like what the title suggests... one oscillator and maybe a space echo (or any tape echo) that is overdriven at the input. It seems like the dry output was plugged into one stereo channel and the echo output into the other. The echo is not fed back on itself, so it is just the other channel delayed. There is not a lot of peircing high end and this was likely rejuvenated from a 2track 7" reel (what else would they be using in 1974 (the date on the record)). Lots of continuous hand-twisting of the oscillator coarse-tune knob. That is about all I heard on it and I skipped through at the quiet record shop. I'd reccommend most of the SAhko back-catalogue over this Gilbert/West record, though I am quite a Gilbert/Wire fan (saw them live in '86, bought MZUI, 3R4, Dome 1-4, Shivering Man records new) Wouldn't trade The Shivering Man vinyl for any Skam except maybe 006 Jega if I lost mine. Good place to start surfing:

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> http://www.sci.fi/~phinnweb