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How can I pass on such a fabulous opportunity to date myself? First song I can remember that I thought was cool? David Bowie - Space Oddity First record I bought? Badfinger - Come And Get It (long before there was classic rock radio) First CD? King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair First IDM? Depends on your definition of IDM. YMO - X-infinite Multiples, 808 State - Utd.State 90 (I taped Newbuild a few months earlier, didn't buy it - doh!), or AFX - SAW I. I'm not going to argue it. Che rock - rok (v.) - having a conventional and/or boring nature. ex: "Khakis rock". "That Rolling Stones show rocked". syn: suck.

My first record was Flash Gordon by Queen, the 7" in 1980 (?). Rather groovy B-side from the "comedy" American football scene. First IDM depends on whether we're allowing it to exist as a category again this week. There were numerous Shut Up & Dance-style things I bought 1990-91 (and other _hardcore devastating floorburners_), but I suppose the first proper contender that I can remember was the Orb album - "classical quality vinyl pressing" it said on the sticker. Alternatively you could say it was the Komakino 7" which came with an Italian book on Joy Division, 1988/89. adam p.s. Schematic 005 is quite nice, in a Autechre type of way. A description increasingly necessary these days.

On Friday, 26-Jun-98, Che wrote [about Re: (idm) first records]: First song I can remember that I thought was cool? Kraftwerk: Telephone First record I bought? Kraftwerk: Electric Cafe First CD? uhh... C+C Music Factory (closes one eye and gets in defensive posture, preparing to defend against flying inanimate objects) First IDM? The Aphex Twin: Classics __ __\ \ / /_\ \ 1cQ<->uIN \_____/ 1.3777993 "..in whatever you do, if you can't break new ground, what's the point?" - James Cameron

First song I can remember that I thought was cool: Sex by Berlin First record I bought: Billy Joel/Glass Houses (don't ask, I was too young to know) First and only 8-track I bought: Queen/Play the Game First CD: Jean-Michelle Jarre / The Essential First IDM: Polygon Window / Surfing on Sinewaves -Jeremy http://users.owt.com/conflux

Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. (: -- Via DLG Pro v1.0 edwin_wong@kiwi.com // nothingrec@geocities.com Aphexweb // http://aphex.home.ml.org UnOfficial Nothing Records // http://destruction.home.ml.org

quoted 4 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

> Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? > Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any > of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. > (:

hmmm... your very first record was Squarepusher...? honestly can't recall... but it was something along the lines of the beatles or the like... this was back when i was like... 10? 1st cd... doors 2xCD best of... and floyd's the wall (bought them together.... still remember going home and tripping on my new cd player and cds =) ^brap@sonic.net^ [blackdog][v/vm][jamesbernarddiscography]...etc etc etc http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ (icq:12645306) chris g. 1547 boston court #7, santa rosa, ca 95405

First record? Damn, I don't remember...I was buying 45s in the early 80s. Maybe "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys?? Dunno, could be. First cd? Vangelis "Direct"...and it still does something for me ten years later. First real IDM cd? Autechre "Incunabula" back in 92-93...whenever it was new. ---brian

funny.. my first piece of vinyl was squrepushers "vic acid", fine stuff but I hardly ever listen to it. I save it for those "Special occasions" as far as cd goes, my first was em:t 2000.. song #6 on disc 2 made me buy it.. Gas' ever-wonderful "Microscopic", which I heard at ATOIs ambient night @ the speakeasy cafe. two years later, I'm an addict just like the rest of y'all. I dunno, the songs I really like the best I rarely listen to (after the first 100 listens of course). Keeps 'em nice & interesting. feed me weird things definitely falls into that category for me

quoted 4 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

> Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? > Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any > of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. > (:

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Edwin Wong wrote:

quoted 1 line Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

> Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

Don't know if I can remember my very first recor. but my first favorite artist (i.e. I bought everything I could find) was Billy Idol. Even back then, I was a li'l 'spotter, buying obscure German 12"s and coloured vinyl and picture discs and shit. First electronic record I can remember buying (besides Depeche Mode) is either Ministry "Over The Shoulder" 12" or Skinny Puppy "Remission". First "techno"/IDM records (well, CDs, actually): The Orb "Adventures" and Polygon Window "Surfing on Sine Waves". Greg

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:19:51 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:

quoted 1 line Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

>> Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

well, i'll tell you the first record i ever chose, not bought.. that's far too embarrassing!! i went round the record shops with my dad when i was a toddler, maybe 3 or 4, and he picked up a copy of ralf and florian (the u.s import w/ the b/w photo on the front).. it scared me and made me cry so my dad bought it. that was nice of him eh? <waves> subconscious geography http://www.sub-con-geo.demon.co.uk

this is a fun thread. first tape that i got really into was the B-52's the B-52's. I heard that on my cousins walkman on a christmas vacation. i believe it was one of the first generaton Sony Walkman's too. "Planet Claire" it thought was soo cool with it's one note electronic key rhythm. dooo.do. doooooooooo...... i also dug Fred, Cindy & Kate's voices too. as i grew up and was gettin' pretty heavy on the "new wave" sound, the first 12"s i purchased. Howard Jones "things can only get better", Depeche Mode "master & servant" and Madonna's "like a virgin" with perfumed scented sleeve....mmmmmm......i already had my Art Of Noise "who's afraid album" at that time on tape . painful to realize i bought those records at the time right now, but seeing where it has taken me now, i have an apartment almost completely dominated by vinyl now. i can't even remeber the last time i even bought a cd. but like mr. drunkman and others here, i ventured off into a similar of the harder/darker/edgier industrial music, then the begginngs of rave/acid house/techno. the rest is history, this is where we all meet up. (and how could i forget my binge in the gangsta rap scene with the eazy e, nwa, ice t. i think it was unavoidable if you were a white suburbanite living in southern cal. them records were comedy albums at the time. i hope we don't get stuck in a period like parents do saying how the music was soo much better back in the day. "ohhhh, that afx twin...." _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ benny blanco /\ blancodisco: gamefx, inc. /\ /\ http://www.fcl-us.net/~benny/index.html -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Edwin Wong wrote:

quoted 4 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

> Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? > Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any > of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. > (:

well, i am pleased to say that my first, and still one of my top ten favs is trawl: chre ode (hmmm, i don't know if i spelled that right) apor

Moby's "Animal Rights"...everybody out there is probably cringing, but I enjoy that album a lot.

quoted 5 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

>Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? >Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any >of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. >(: >

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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Chris wrote:

quoted 7 lines Moby's "Animal Rights"...everybody out there is probably cringing, but I

> Moby's "Animal Rights"...everybody out there is probably cringing, but I > enjoy that album a lot. > > >Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? > >Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any > >of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. > >(:

First record _ever_?? Uh, I bought "Dare" by the Human League in '81, when I was 11. I couldn't tell whether the faces on the cover were girls or boys...very perplexing to an 11-yr-old! solenoid@europa.com <------+

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quoted 16 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can

>Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can >remember!)? >Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more >than any >of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I >traded it. >(: > >-- Via DLG Pro v1.0 > > edwin_wong@kiwi.com // nothingrec@geocities.com >Aphexweb // http://aphex.home.ml.org > UnOfficial Nothing Records // http://destruction.home.ml.org > > >

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Chris wrote:

quoted 8 lines Moby's "Animal Rights"...everybody out there is probably cringing, but I

> > Moby's "Animal Rights"...everybody out there is probably cringing, but I > enjoy that album a lot. > > >Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? > >Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any > >of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. > >(:

My first one was Aphex' "...I care because you do" back in '95. I still think it's my best record. Really.. it kinda changed everything. .yolQue

Thus spake Mikko Karvonen:

quoted 5 lines My first one was Aphex' "...I care because you do" back in '95. I stil

> > > My first one was Aphex' "...I care because you do" back in '95. I still > think it's my best record. Really.. it kinda changed everything. >

As far as electronic music goes, I think I progressed from Kraftwerk in the mid-eighties trough new beat to acid in the late eighties. Around those times I picked up 808 State's "90", which was a sort of a wake-up call after all the silly rave stuff I had been playing. After a period of lull I started to buy records again with the consequence of my collection expanding with some Harthouse/Eye Q/Rising High/Sapho/Limbo/Warp records. Around 1992 or 1993 RePHLeX came into the picture, and there has been no turning back for me since with all the astounding releases they had back then. So I guess 808 State's "90" is the one for me, not counting the couple of previous years of some 20 to 30 records a year. "90" is still one of my favourites. Try "Magical Dream". Railway Raver's "Drop Acid Not Bombs" reminded me dearly of the early acid days. It is rather a humorous listen, but nothing to get really exited about. But as for Chaos AD's "Buzz Caner" - I thought I had heard everything Tom Jenkinson could do, but this album is so full of grit and grind that I just have to like it. Check out "Mindwar Electro" or "Generation Shit". It is like all the tracks had the instruments played with a sandblower. I have had Boards of Canada's "Music Has The Right To Children" playing on repeat for a couple of weeks now, and I am positively enthralled. There are just a few records that get a full-blown emotional response out of me (like Autechre's "Amber", still my favourite record of all time), and this is one of them. It is way up there with "Amber". There are a lot of records from the past 8 to 10 ten years that have made a difference in my life, but not one like "Amber". Since my girlfriend wanted to borrow it all the time, I had to marry her to get to listen to it. I think she got the better end of the stick because as a side-effect, she now has full-time access to my whole record collection. But I love her for it all the same. Although I am not much of a fan of drum and bass, I have received some rather interesting records in the past few months. Yunx's "Billodyssey" on Void and the Lithium Project EP on Clear, for instance. I think of all the few d'n'b records that I have the Lithium Project EP is one of the best with all the jazzy overtones (just listen to that guitar solo!) and the not too oppressive drum programming (like found on Squarepusher and Jega EPs - though I have grown quite fond of Jega's "Type Xero"). As for the straight bang-the-speakers records, the most interesting ones lately have been S.A.S.'s "Averslon" (a Sims/Dax release on Pure Plastic), Nico Awtsventin's "Nu Directions" on Rotation and Sims&Dax's "Rituals" on Theory. Also Rue East's "Summer of Blood" is rather interesting though at times, quite boring. All depends on the mood. Of course, I am anxiously waiting for Autechre's "5LP" as the RealAudio snippets on WarpNet do not give a clear picture of the record. If anyone has heard the Bola 7" on Skam (KMAS002), expressions please. I think I am digressing all over here. -- nuutti-iivari meril?inen -> gordon@diversion.org : diversion communications technostructuralist + information architect + media designer

quoted 2 lines First IDM? Depends on your definition of IDM.

> First IDM? Depends on your definition of IDM. >

Hmmm.. I taped 'Techno: The New Sound Of Detroit' and Plus 8's 'From our minds to yours', but the first IDMish thing I actually bought was FUSE's 'Dimension Intrusion'. 'FU' still makes me feel like I'm biting on metal when I hear it. Giles

---brett@techno.chicken.org wrote: How come all of you have no records older than 1995? And have you never listened to anything but idm? weird.

quoted 7 lines funny..

> funny.. > my first piece of vinyl was squrepushers "vic acid", fine stuff but I > hardly ever listen to it. I save it for those "Special occasions" > > as far as cd goes, my first was em:t 2000.. > song #6 on disc 2 made me buy it.. Gas' ever-wonderful "Microscopic", > which I heard at ATOIs ambient night @ the speakeasy cafe. two

years later,

quoted 3 lines I'm an addict just like the rest of y'all.

> I'm an addict just like the rest of y'all. > > I dunno, the songs I really like the best I rarely listen to (after

the first

quoted 6 lines 100 listens of course).

> 100 listens of course). > Keeps 'em nice & interesting. > > feed me weird things definitely falls into that category for me > > > Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can

remember!)?

quoted 1 line Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more

> > Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more

than any

quoted 1 line of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I

> > of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I

traded it.

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> > (: >

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I think my first non-"kiddie" record was probably the Beatles' Blue Album (the second greatest hits) on blue vinyl no less. This got played a lot on my Fisher-Price record Player back in tha day. First post-Fisher-Price record: Mannheim Steamroller, "Fresh Aire II". I had a tape of III someone gave me and I just dug it to death. First CD: Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams". Came with my Sony D-5 discman for Christmas. First CD I bought with my own money: Jean-Michel Jarre's "The Concerts In China". Still have it, still listen to it all the time. Might upgrade now that it's out on one CD, though... First IDM, as such: 808 State "Pacific" 12" -- though this came after listening to a lot of Art of Noise, Colourbox, Yello, and WaxTrax stuff. -- ::: Lazlo (lazlo@swcp.com; http://www.swcp.com/lazlo) ::: Internet Music Wantlists: http://www.swcp.com/lazlo/Wantlists

Realizing that this list is archived... First favorite songs (age 2): Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" The Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" First vinyls purchased (age 9): Billy Joel - "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" Pink Floyd - "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2" First cassettes purchased (age 12): Men At Work - _Business_As_Usual_ Duran Duran - _Rio_ First proto-IDM purchase (age 14): Art Of Noise - _(Who's_Afraid_Of?)_The_Art_Of_Noise!_ First CD purchase (age 16): Big Audio Dynamite - _This_Is_Big_Audio_Dynamite_ First industrial purchases (age 17): Front 242 - _Official_Version_ Cabaret Voltaire - "Drinking Gasoline EP" First ambient purchase (age 21): The Orb - _Adventures_Beyond_The_Ultraworld_ First techno purchase (age 21): 808 State - _Utd._State_90_ First IDM purchase (age 22): Various Artists - _Artificial_Intelligence_ Most recent purchase (age 28): Coil - _Time_Machines_ NP: Plug - _Drum_'n'_Bass_For_Papa_ -- Adam J Weitzman NewsEdge Corporation Welcome to my signature. http://www.newsedge.com Please wipe your feet. http://www.newspage.com

not really idm, but mine was a herb alpert and the tijuana brass i stole from my dad :) herb's tha man. -brad ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: (idm) first records Author: Edwin_Wong@kiwi.com (Edwin Wong) at INTERNET Date: 6/25/98 11:43 PM Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it. (: -- Via DLG Pro v1.0 edwin_wong@kiwi.com // nothingrec@geocities.com Aphexweb // http://aphex.home.ml.org UnOfficial Nothing Records // http://destruction.home.ml.org

I agree, For myself i recall as my first record FADE TO GREY from Visage. Other stuff i bought early was KLINIK, VOMITO NEGRO, NEON JUDGEMENT? LORDS OF ACID, FATAL ERROR, AMNESIA, DR PHIBES,SPK, ZSA ZSA GABOR...

quoted 14 lines How come all of you have no records older than 1995?

> > >How come all of you have no records older than 1995? >And have you never listened to anything but idm? >weird. > >> > Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can >remember!)? >> > Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more >than any >> > of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I >traded it. > >

My first CD: Jethro Tull, _Passion Play_ My first ambient CD: Orb, _Orbvs Terrarvm_ My first IDM CD: Aphex Twin, _SAW 85-92_ My first (IDM) vinyl: AFX, _HAB 1_ (which I played on campus decks until I bought one of my own) __________________________________________________________________________ Alex Reynolds Distributed Support Specialist Department of Biology School of Arts & Sciences Computing University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA email:reynolda@sas.upenn.edu phone:215.573.2818 PGP Fingerprint: E0E3 BB20 C1BC 3C0D 56A1 1FD5 5B9C 9E91 A7F0 F9B5 "The future belongs to crowds." -- _Mao II_, Don DeLillo

My first CD: Front 242 - Geography (lost the tape just before getting my first cd player) My first IDM CD: Aphex Twin, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 My first tape: Fad Gadget - Under the flag (I was 11 and saved my allowance for like 4 weeks) My first vinyl: The Cure - Japanese Whispers My first (and only) 8-track - dont remember the title but it is in spanish (it was given to me from a friend as a joke)

First Casette: Tone Loc - _Loc'ed After Dark_ First CD: Firehose - _Flyin' the Flanel_ First Record: ??? First IDM: Orb - _Orb's Adventures_ I bought the Orb because I saw in a magazine an ad for Orb _Live 93_, and it looked like the cover to Pink Floyd's _Animals_ (the record store did not have a copy of _Live 93_, so I got _Adventures_ instead). I was really into Pink Floyd at the time (it is all that I listened to) and I was looking for something new to get into... Then it was the _A.I._ series, the rest is history... -/\= Hess M. Hodge ~/\ hess.hodge@colorado.edu (/\) <no homepage at this time>

I can't remember anymore. I thought Scorn's Logghi Barogghi might have been the first thing with a beat that really caught my ear, but now that I think of it, I had a bunch of Muslim Gauze from much earlier. DJ Cam's "Substances" pulled me over completely from ambient music. Does anyone else think DJ Cam dropped the ball with Beat Assassinated? It's not so much that it doesn't sound like his other work, it's that it sounds so much like everyone else's. I loved DJ Cam because so much of what he did before was in minor and melancholy. Is anyone else doing that sort of sample/DJ work? I've only bought one record, Crash Worship's "Whatever thy Hand Findeth..." and had a friend tape it for me. I can't go near needles of any form. prds -np Broken flourescent light over my cube -- we firmly believe that nothing important is ever stored on a little endian machine. -ROTShB

My older sister bought me Fats Domino's "Hello Josephine" when I was young. I also remember being given the task of choosing a 45 for myself on several occasions - on one of them I got The Everly Brothers' "Walk Right Back". Having an older sister and brother, a lot of the better top ten stuff was already in their coffers. Graduating to full record albums was somewhat of a milestone - I recall having to argue with my parents about spending my money received as a birthday gift on one, which would have been "Meet the Beatles". jeff dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008

1st record: "funky town" on 45. dont remember the group. 2nd record: "elvira" on 45, by the Oakridge Boys... (donno why the hell I'm admiting this) 1st real awakening to idm: trippin my ass off with some good friends watching the orb ultraworld video....changed everyhting. -dj (who has a much better taste in music than when he was 9)

Interesting. Why the upsurge of nostalgia? anyhow, I like this first records thing, heres mine. First purchase: 1987 or 88, bought "the best of OMD" on tape. That new tape smell still fascinates me. First vinyl: Mothers Day 198, bought Depeche Mode's "Everything Counts" w/Tim Simenon and Mark Saunders remix. First CD: 1989, The Cure's "Fascination Street" cd5 and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" cd5. First IDM: Well, I tend to look at syth-pop as an early form of IDM but for those of you who don't then theres 808State's EX:EL which I bought on tape because it had Bernard Sumner of New Order and Bjork on it. 808State actually does date back to about 1984 or so when Graham Massey was in a group call Biting Tongues on Factory Records. Anyhow, there was 808 and then industrial and then a backlash to what became known as TECHNO (which I still hate) and then back to post-punk where I wandered around for a few years and then came "Protection" by Massive Attack which brought me back, there was trip-hop and acid jazz and then came Blech in NYC. First IDM vinyl: FreeForm Prawl 1500 vinyl, 500 CDs, 200 tapes and 11 years later.

First proto-IDM record for me was either early Kraftwerk, Lothar and the Hand People (a stretch, I know) or Can. (I figure calling it "proto" is less apt to start another argument-over-definition thread). First cd (I think) was JMJ's "Oxygene". jeff -- dancing/about/architechture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008

In a message dated 6/26/98 3:46:19 AM, you wrote:

quoted 3 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

>Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)? >Mine was Squarepusher "Feed Me Weird Things". I still play it more than any >of my other records. As for my first CD, lets put it this way. I traded it.

PET SHOP BOYS "ACTUALLY" and or DEAD OR ALIVE "RIP IT UP" BABY!!!! AND I STILL PLAY THE FUCKING THINGS. That or the first Weird Al record... or it might have been the single for the "Bangkok, Oriental City..." off the Chess soundtrack single back in elementary school (damn can't remember what it was called) or are you asking about IDM/Techno related material? if that's the case, then it's probably 808 State "Pacific State" back when Stone Roses and Happy Mondays were still considered rave music back in 89-90.... (sigh)... I'm feeling a creepy mix of old and nausalgic. t.S.o.G.

quoted 2 lines Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

> > >Just out of curiosity, what were your first records (if you can remember!)?

i vant really remember what my first record was ... but i think it might have been bites by skinny puppy ... and my first cd ... that would have been microphonies by cabaret voltaire ... before that it was all tapes (to carry around in my big as hell walkman ... i think my very first tape was a police tape that i stole from my cousin ... reggatta de blanc i belive ... i can also remeber buying Who's afraid of the art of noise (i had heard close to the edit on a weird late night TV show here in the states called night flite or some such ... first place i heard cabaret voltaire also ) and bringing it to scholl and having nate (harrison) listen to it and tell me it was the music they were breakdancing to ... 'memories all alone in the moonlight' ma.

On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, mallen wrote:

quoted 3 lines ... i can also remeber buying Who's afraid of the art of noise (i had

> ... i can also remeber buying Who's afraid of the art of noise (i had > heard close to the edit on a weird late night TV show here in the states > called night flite or some such ... first place i heard cabaret voltaire

i think i remember seeing the "close to the edit" vid on the night flight show as well. what a wacked out show. pretty cool alternative programming at the time. saw Residents stuff on there too as well as f'd up independent film. i wish there was some similar programming like it today. a small yarn: I was home alone and my parents had gone out. came home and i was watching night flight. well, there was a pretty sick video on. can't remember who it was, but the folks walk into the living room right where i was watching and there is a mock surgical procedure goin on this stage. the doctor pulls some flesh out of this dude's head (a labotomy perhaps) and throws the meat over to this dog sitting across the way and eats the goodies. My parents see this happening and start yelling at me to "turn this shit off!". i was pretty much banned from watching music videos when i was growing up because all music video must be like this. timing..... other cool shows: Sandra Bernhard has a pretty cool show called WildWildCinema that use to air on Monday on I think USA network which is all the network that aired Night Flight. wacked out b-movie stuff. So i believe it was this program, Night Flight, that introduced me to the Art Of Noise in retrospect. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ benny blanco /\ blancodisco: gamefx, inc. /\ /\ http://www.fcl-us.net/~benny/index.html -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

very first: k.c. & the sunshine band "i'm your boogie man" 7" first electronic: walter (wendy) carlos' 'switched on bach' LP np: a strange track by bill paxton (remember the spaz marine in 'aliens'? yes, him...)& some other fellow (from devo?) -- notable for the fact that it samples the *hell* out of kraftwerk's 'musique non stop' -- about 10 years before dmx krew, too. sr -- sd

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> not really idm, but mine was a herb alpert and the tijuana brass i > stole from my dad :) > > herb's tha man.

Yeah. I like to start off a set by spinning "Zorba The Greek", and fading in killer fast distorted 909. It sucks that Herb's drummer wasn't a little more regular. bbn