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At 12:14 AM 4/20/99 +0100, sge wrote:

quoted 2 lines is Leila really Leila or just RDJ dressed up as one of his ugly trolls

>is Leila really Leila or just RDJ dressed up as one of his ugly trolls >from the windowlicker vid - oooooh, conspiracy alert.

Leila is really leila (i'm assuming it's the woman on the cover, although not a kid anymore). Former keyboardist for bjork, her sister roya has sang for Archive and Grooverider. A local weekly had a review that alluded that leila was infact rdj, so i had to track him down and set him straight. In the record store teh guy works in, all copies still have a sticker that says "Produced by the Aphex Twin", which is really misleading. I think. At the time, i attributed it to sexism that when a woman put out a great album, maybe it was done by a man. But now i know the guy and i doubt he'd do that. _________________________________ Adam Roesch / roesch@augsburg.edu Augsburg College / Minneapolis / MN / USA http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/ The world's most complete Pork Recordings/Fila Brazillia site: http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/pork/ "The only disease we need in our blood is love" TRICKY

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 03:28:58 -0500, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines At the time, i attributed it to sexism that when a woman put out a great

>At the time, i attributed it to sexism that when a woman put out a great >album, maybe it was done by a man. But now i know the guy and i doubt he'd >do that.

Besides, last year there was a one-hour documentary about Leila Arab shown on a major UK TV channel (South Bank Show, ITV). Apologies to all those RDJ conspiracists out there, but Leila is very much for real and produces all her own work. (Well, I've a sneaky suspicion the single version of 'Feeling' features some uncredited co-production or remixing by Plaid.) -- /\/)ark headspin - http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/

quoted 4 lines Besides, last year there was a one-hour documentary about Leila Arab

> Besides, last year there was a one-hour documentary about Leila Arab > shown on a major UK TV channel (South Bank Show, ITV). Apologies to > all those RDJ conspiracists out there, but Leila is very much for real > and produces all her own work.

and utterly superb it is too. all these people criticizing rephlex, i really don't understand them! for me, space love and the album were, by some distance, the best releases of last year. imagination is rare in this music these days - when are these dour, overblown hyper-programmed novelty records ever going to stop being made? <waves>

hi idmers, last night as i skimmed through the 2nd global goon lp (pink girl on cover) i thought to myself "this has got to be the aphex twin!" it sounds like what would have been the softer side of richard james from 1993-1995 the tracks also sounded older than the first "goon" lp any theories on this? is it DEFINATELY NOT rdj or just maybe his supposed ex-roomate? i also had a quick listen to afx's 'hangable auto bulb' 1 and i thought to call the whole schematic, choc ind.,MAS worm interface..movement 'clones of autechre' seem unfair as this e.p. must of had just as powerful an effect on today's hype-rprogrammers. melodically autechre is probally the greater influence as the twin's melodies are a bit too exuberant compared to the clones, but the rythm programming on h.a.b.1 must of been a huge ifluence on these guys. also on this subject...i probably would have bought the new solar x lp but a friend played me some tracks off it that were such rdj rip-offs that i felt mad at solar x for being such a copy cat. seriously, there is a track that sounds exactly like one of the darker tracks on rdj's 'girl/boy' ep. there's a fine line netween being influenced by someone and being a wanna-be peace to all- adrien _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 10:29:46 PDT, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines also on this subject...i probably would have bought the new solar x lp

>also on this subject...i probably would have bought the new solar x lp >but a friend played me some tracks off it that were such rdj rip-offs >that i felt mad at solar x for being such a copy cat.

Give it another go. Listen to all sixteen tracks rather than just a few. Sure, a few tracks have that same frantic programming style as used by RDJ in 'Bucephalus Bouncing Ball' and 'Formula', but that's about as RDJ-ish as it gets. Solar X has very obviously been influenced by Aphex (pace), Autechre (programming/depth) and Boards of Canada (crunchy drums & melodies), but the album is very much his own and his own style has clearly emerged by the time the last track has finished.

quoted 2 lines there's a fine line netween being influenced by someone and being a

>there's a fine line netween being influenced by someone and being a >wanna-be

Check out Solar X's 'Outre X Mer', where you'll find Solar X doing a lot of RDJ/Ae-type stuff long before RDJ and Ae actually did it. -- /\/)ark headspin - http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/

quoted 3 lines the tracks also sounded older than the first "goon" lp

>the tracks also sounded older than the first "goon" lp >any theories on this? is it DEFINATELY NOT rdj or just maybe his >supposed ex-roomate?

Definitely NOT RDJ, The 'Exhaltation of Health Music" that you enjoyed was written by Johnny Hawk... e Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795 Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-1156 Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Fort Worth, Texas

hi, now there's a nom de plume if i ever heard one! ps - where can i get my inca door mat? i happen to have an inca mouse pad!

quoted 2 lines Definitely NOT RDJ, The 'Exhaltation of Health Music" that you

> >Definitely NOT RDJ, The 'Exhaltation of Health Music" that you

enjoyed

quoted 2 lines was written by Johnny Hawk...

>was written by Johnny Hawk... >

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erm, this was a joke you know. you know - sarcasm.. sge -----Original Message----- From: Moonlight <roesch@augsburg.edu> To: idm@hyperreal.org <idm@hyperreal.org> Date: 21 April 1999 09:31 Subject: Re: (idm) global goon / clones of ae/afx

quoted 29 lines At 12:14 AM 4/20/99 +0100, sge wrote:

>At 12:14 AM 4/20/99 +0100, sge wrote: >>is Leila really Leila or just RDJ dressed up as one of his ugly trolls >>from the windowlicker vid - oooooh, conspiracy alert. > >Leila is really leila (i'm assuming it's the woman on the cover, although >not a kid anymore). Former keyboardist for bjork, her sister roya has sang >for Archive and Grooverider. > >A local weekly had a review that alluded that leila was infact rdj, so i >had to track him down and set him straight. In the record store teh guy >works in, all copies still have a sticker that says "Produced by the Aphex >Twin", which is really misleading. I think. > >At the time, i attributed it to sexism that when a woman put out a great >album, maybe it was done by a man. But now i know the guy and i doubt he'd >do that. > >_________________________________ >Adam Roesch / roesch@augsburg.edu >Augsburg College / Minneapolis / MN / USA >http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/ > >The world's most complete Pork >Recordings/Fila Brazillia site: >http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/pork/ > >"The only disease we need in our blood is love" TRICKY > >

RDJ did digital edits on it I fink. To idm@hyperreal.org cc (bcc: Giles Ward/POCL/POSTOFFICE) Hard Copy To Hard Copy cc From Moonlight <roesch@augsburg.edu> Date 21/04/99 08:28 Subject Re: (idm) global goon / clones of ae/afx At 12:14 AM 4/20/99 +0100, sge wrote:

quoted 2 lines is Leila really Leila or just RDJ dressed up as one of his ugly trolls

>is Leila really Leila or just RDJ dressed up as one of his ugly trolls >from the windowlicker vid - oooooh, conspiracy alert.

Leila is really leila (i'm assuming it's the woman on the cover, although not a kid anymore). Former keyboardist for bjork, her sister roya has sang for Archive and Grooverider. A local weekly had a review that alluded that leila was infact rdj, so i had to track him down and set him straight. In the record store teh guy works in, all copies still have a sticker that says "Produced by the Aphex Twin", which is really misleading. I think. At the time, i attributed it to sexism that when a woman put out a great album, maybe it was done by a man. But now i know the guy and i doubt he'd do that. _________________________________ Adam Roesch / roesch@augsburg.edu Augsburg College / Minneapolis / MN / USA http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/ The world's most complete Pork Recordings/Fila Brazillia site: http://dogbert.augsburg.edu/~roesch/pork/ "The only disease we need in our blood is love" TRICKY