my first exposure to warp is really very similar to philip's. i probably
walked into the record store to get the newest antioch arrow or born
against record, and for some reason walked out with aphex twin's "ventolin"
remix 2x12". it took awhile before i really started to like it, but when i
did- i was hooked. thanks rob, for making it possible.
-- roy
At 11:05 PM 10/9/01 -0700, Philip Sherburne wrote:
quoted 24 lines I'm sitting here, trying to write something about Warp and the place it's
>I'm sitting here, trying to write something about Warp and the place it's
>had in my musical history, and I'm listening to Amber, which was not only
>the first Warp album I ever bought, but the first "electronica" I ever
>bought. Aphex's SAWII followed shortly thereafter.
>
>I bought Amber in Providence, RI, at Fast Forward -- the record store I
>visited weekly, where I bought all my emo and hardcore and indie rock.
>Judy was the "metal chick" there, the expert in all things hard and fast
>and loud; Ron was the "techno guy," a veteran of acid house and basically
>the only person in Providence who knew shit about experimental techno. I'd
>gone in one day to pick up, I dunno, the latest release on Gravity or
>something. I'd just gotten back from Turkey, and as chance would have it,
>Autechre's Amber stared up at me from the racks, emblazoned with a
>luscious photograph from Turkey's Cappadoccia region. I'd just been there,
>it was one of the most incredible places I'd ever seen (still is). So I
>bought the record on sight, unheard, brought it home, and quickly had my
>mind rearranged.
>
>What was your first Warp record, and how'd you get turned on?
>
>(This is all a way of saying thank you to Rob Mitchell -- you changed my
>world, more than a little. RIP.)
>
>Philip
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