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quoted 11 lines You know, this is really embarrassing, but every time I see the acronym

> > You know, this is really embarrassing, but every time I see the acronym > > SAW used for Selected Ambient Works, my brain reads it as Stock Aitken > > Waterman . . . > > Oh come on now, Mr. Music Trivia! Are you saying that you didn't know that > Richard James is just a front man, and that Stock Aitken Waterman is the > group responsible for all of the Aphex Twin's music? For proof, listen to > the third minute of "Digideroo" and you can clearly hear Rick Astley singing > in the background (with load of reverb and chorus, of course). Simalarly, > "On" features some backwards vocals that are outtakes from Dead or Alive's > "You Spin Me Round".

There is actually a SAW-iDM connection: If you've got the Opus III _Mind Fruit_ album or the "It's A Fine Day" single, check out the production credits. And Orbital sampled "It's A Fine Day"... Mike Mike J. Brown _ ___ ______________Approach and Identify ............................................................................... Ambient Music Survey: FTP or Gopher techno.stanford.edu. Contributions needed!