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From:
Chris Bellevie
To:
kent williams
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do id
Date:
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:04:44 -0800
Subject:
Re: A mystery: IDM Remix Compilation???
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Is it this one? https://www.discogs.com/Various-IDMList-Remix-Chain/release/107226 On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 6:47 PM, kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 33 lines Looking around, it's probably the case that I didn't own a CD burner until> Looking around, it's probably the case that I didn't own a CD burner until > sometime after 1997, though I was one of the first guys in town with one, > and used to dub CDs and do DAT to CD transfers for beer. So if that's any > indication of timeframe.... > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 8:40 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I found a CD on a shelf that I hadn't gone through in at least 20 years >> (!) And I found a CD labeled "IDM Remix 1-14" -- an audio CD but nothing >> about where it came from or who did the tracks on it. >> >> The dates reported on the CD Audio tracks was December 31, 1994 but I >> don't think that's right because I burned this CD (my handwriting on it) >> and didn't have a CD burner until a few years after that. >> >> Short of downloading all the pre-Y2K IDM list archives and searching >> through them, I don't know how to find out what the hell is on this. >> >> So of course, I ripped it and uploaded it for others to download it and >> check it out. It seems pretty heavy on the noise-core, definitely after >> the release of Aphex Twin "Ventolin EP" because a lot of it has that "sharp >> stick in the ear" approach. >> >> I am pretty sure I have a track on it -- probably the last one -- but >> honestly I have zero memory of working on a track for this. Neither do I >> have any idea why I have a hand labeled Audio CDR of it, unless I was >> actually the person who mastered it. Which might be the case ... it has >> that Waves L1 Ultramaximizer circa 1998 sound to it. >> >> http://cornwarning.com/xfer/IDMRemix1994.zip >> >