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Keep in mind that Gescom is like 9 or more people. If it sounds nothing like Autechre it may be because Rob and Sean are not on it. I think it could be possible. Chris Coady- -Urban Decay _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com

quoted 3 lines Keep in mind that Gescom is like 9 or more people. If it sounds

> Keep in mind that Gescom is like 9 or more people. If it sounds > nothing like Autechre it may be because Rob and Sean are not on it. I > think it could be possible.

So who are the 9 people? I saw them live at the end of last summer and there were 7 people in balaclavas and lab coats. A pretty bad show actually but I won't go into that unless there are any Gescom-phillic people out there who might want to hit me, they're so angry at what I've said (even though they have no idea what the show was like cos they live in New Mexico). Nick

Rob, Sean, Darrell Fitton, Andy Maddocks and Mark Van Hoen are all credited on the Gescom Skam records...who are the mysterious other 2 (or 4) i wonder? graham ps - Jega beats Squarepusher hands down Mr Mexico.

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> -----Original Message----- > From: nick{w} [SMTP:mobfhnjw@fs2.scg.man.ac.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 2:31 PM > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: (idm) So who is Gescom? (was Re: wumpscut) > > > Keep in mind that Gescom is like 9 or more people. If it sounds > > nothing like Autechre it may be because Rob and Sean are not on it. > I > > think it could be possible. > > So who are the 9 people? I saw them live at the end of last summer > and there were 7 people in balaclavas and lab coats. A pretty bad > show actually but I won't go into that unless there are any > Gescom-phillic people out there who might want to hit me, they're so > angry at what I've said (even though they have no idea what the show > was like cos they live in New Mexico). > > Nick

This is from an soon-to-be-printed Autechre article i wrote: Gescom, which stands for Gestalt Communications, is the mysterious Autechre side-project. "Gescom's not just me and Rob,” explains Booth. “Its a whole load of us. There's probably about 30 people that do stuff" ... As it turns out, the ethic behind Gescom is a continuation of the crew ethic of their teenage tagging days. Instead of crediting themselves and the other individuals responsible for a particular Gescom release, "all we do is put the crew up," Booth explains. "We don't write our names, we just offer the crew." While Gescom displays the same attention to texture and detail that Autechre does, it conveys, at least to Booth and Brown, a very different headspace, one mediated by the involvement with other people. Simply explained once by Rob, Gescom is "us not being Autechre." Graham Voice wrote:

quoted 3 lines Rob, Sean, Darrell Fitton, Andy Maddocks and Mark Van Hoen are all

> Rob, Sean, Darrell Fitton, Andy Maddocks and Mark Van Hoen are all > credited on the Gescom Skam records...who are the mysterious other 2 (or > 4) i wonder?