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At 16:23 07.06.99 +0100, simonc wrote:

quoted 5 lines for anyone who is there, should point out there's an

>for anyone who is there, should point out there's an >especially tasty Rephlex gig this Friday at the gorgeous new >Scala venue near King's Cross. It consists of Aphex >Twin, Mike Dred, Luke Vibert DJ-ing, and DMX Krew, >Cylob, D'Arcangelo, Bogdan, and Ovuca live.Anyway, I

the same crew (except for the last 3) played in cologne in january, and i can't say i was blown away. arrived when ed dmx was playing, which was quite nice though he didn't really get the crowd rocking. we had apparently missed cylob. then luke vibert came on, spinning techstep as i mentioned in a previous post, and no doubt he was very good - but come to think of it, you can hear equally good d&b djs with the same records at least 2 nights each week here if you want to. from then on it went straight downhill. no one was visible on the stage for a good hour and it looked like if the mighty rephlex allstars had put an aphex twin cd on and left. every once in a while an invisible someone would yell "rrrreeeeephlex in da house!" over the pa. then the lights went off, went on again, and, still no one on the stage, the music changed to fucked up noises. most people were leaving. we moved towards the stage to see what the fuck was happening. word spread that mike dred was sitting inside of this 10x5 ft wooden box that was placed on the stage and that the aphex twin had done the same before him. my friend crawled on the box and looked over the rim to see for herself, and yes, there was an apparent mike dred playing on his computer. shortly after midnight, the noises stopped and they kicked everyone out. maybe they thought of this as an artistic statement or something. i thought it was fucking bullshit. i guess i'm lucky that i at least got to *hear* rdj, because the last two times he was scheduled to play in cologne he pulled a last-minute no-show when you had already paid to get in. hope the london night is gonna be better. cheers, tom

simonc <simonc@glassghost.com> wrote:

quoted 5 lines there don't seem to be masses of London.UK-based

> there don't seem to be masses of London.UK-based > people on the idm mailing-list, which is a shame - but > for anyone who is there, should point out there's an > especially tasty Rephlex gig this Friday at the gorgeous new > Scala venue near King's Cross.

I'm one, though admittedly more of a lurker. I spotted the Rephlex night and planned to go, but I'm off to Fatboy Slim v Armand van Helden instead (I had a ticket for the night that was cancelled due to the first London nail- bomb). I was at the Scala on Saturday night for Sonic Mook Experiment: main attraction was the Freestylers playing live. The venue is very impressive, though it was a shame they couldn't sell alcohol after 2am :-) Freestylers were good: more live than their appearance at the Ministry of Sound for the FSUK3 launch, lots of real bass and guitar, and energy too; they played 3 new tracks too.

quoted 9 lines On a related note, anyone else heard the

> On a related note, anyone else heard the > new Bogdan Raczynski album, "Samurai Math Beats" > on Rephlex? I just checked it out, not bad at all, if > even weirder than "Boku Mo Wakaran". Lots more > weird singing a la Aphex 'Milkman' but slightly more > strangulated. Sorry to say, but I do find it a bit derivative, > tho - in that it's the sort of thing you'd _expect_ Rephlex > to bring out, whereas the new D'Arcangelo album I thought > was rather cool and much more unexpected.

I was surprised to find it 2nd-hand or ex-promo about a week ago as I hadn't even heard mention of it on this list (now my primary source for news of new releases). I quite like it, possibly more so than "Boku...", and I think the vocals/lyrics are better than "Milkman" -- especially the line "<mumble> massive, let's work those buttocks with some mathematics". Also picked up "Ischemic Folks", which is fantastic; "Objects for an ideal home", by Opiate (on April), very good and comes with a colour slide of the artist; and the new Art of Noise, which is crap (and would still be crap without the narration and operatic vocal). -- Richard

Was going to go, but I've got an old mail from Gonzi about this night and the date is the 10th (Thursday). Can anyone confirm the date? Ben

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> ---------- > From: simonc[SMTP:simonc@glassghost.com] > Sent: 07 Jun 1999 16:23 > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: (idm) rephlex allstars london 11/06 :) > > hi all, > > there don't seem to be masses of London.UK-based > people on the idm mailing-list, which is a shame - but > for anyone who is there, should point out there's an > especially tasty Rephlex gig this Friday at the gorgeous new > Scala venue near King's Cross. It consists of Aphex > Twin, Mike Dred, Luke Vibert DJ-ing, and DMX Krew, > Cylob, D'Arcangelo, Bogdan, and Ovuca live.Anyway, I > should be going and I'll try to give everyone a gig review. > > On a related note, anyone else heard the > new Bogdan Raczynski album, "Samurai Math Beats" > on Rephlex? I just checked it out, not bad at all, if > even weirder than "Boku Mo Wakaran". Lots more > weird singing a la Aphex 'Milkman' but slightly more > strangulated. Sorry to say, but I do find it a bit derivative, > tho - in that it's the sort of thing you'd _expect_ Rephlex > to bring out, whereas the new D'Arcangelo album I thought > was rather cool and much more unexpected. > > regards, > h0l/simon > (http://www.mono211.com - mono211/monotonik) >

Ben Coleman wrote

quoted 7 lines Subject: RE: (idm) rephlex allstars london 11/06 :)

> Subject: RE: (idm) rephlex allstars london 11/06 :) > > Was going to go, but I've got an old mail from Gonzi about this night and > the date is the 10th (Thursday). Can anyone confirm the date? > > Ben >

In the NME this week there's an advert for the gig which says pretty clearly it's Friday 11th. But maybe someone should check with maf@rephlex just to be paranoid :) regards, h0l/simon. ps - i guess people have checked out the MAS site update, but I haven't seen the contents of it posted on the list. Basically it was Michael Fakesch (sp?) saying that Mask 100 and 200 were a co-prod with Skam, pressed by MAS, and everyone was a happy bunny, but Mask 300, 400, 500 are done only by Skam, and MAS are not only pissed off they're 'unauthorised', they think they're crappy! :) Did I precis that right? Btw, just for trainspotterness, who's who on Mask500? I know Hakan Lidbo is a Swedish guy who's had some stuff out on Transmat, right? But who's who otherwise?