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Well then. Here we are. Here is a question: Pseudo-names, akas, nom-de-ploms(spelling king!)... Does anyone else in the field of such music have any daft or weird names? An essential element of being part of Rephlex is being christened with a whole range of tags (for all you graffiti luvers). For example: Grant - IG88 - Acid sniper Rich - Too many to mention! Me - Pattern Avenger - Passage violator - big quee Paul - prototype 21 (twenty first century boy) Just wondering... ............................................................................. ben middleton | pattern avenger | passage violator | rephlex interceptor | | the innovators | | tom (tin tin - e621 global communication), grant (acid sniper queen), j jon | lizzie + carla, ian + liz, hair (techno godess), christina + r, aphex + tha | matt (phew), john (woolly mammouth), ashiq, kim + chantel, yanka, ruth, e w | paul t, sven, samu, vidar, m+s posse, milton, link, intelligent dance music | sammie, sbex, g, kelly + andrew, paul n (prototype 21), jason + issie, bob! | smw (russ), nv, mjb, chris (sog), rwr, kt (peace), mp, laura, todd sines, t | fluid, brian, cindy, ys, susie, allison, djkc, kirk (art), dave (fatus cat) | ed andy ken (black dog), mike (kudos), mike dredd (!kosmik kommando), u-ziq | chris jeffs, synectics, rephlex, evolution, mangoes, spirit levels, *truro* |

quoted 4 lines Here is a question:

>Here is a question: > >Pseudo-names, akas, nom-de-ploms(spelling king!)... Does anyone else in the >field of such music have any daft or weird names?

i'm not into aliases. i don't think they serve any purpose. i did however use one on the ultraviolet catastrophe "trip (remixes)" single. you'll notice that on the "funk you very much" mix there is a credit: live percussion & vibes by j.j.freckles & slim j.j.freckles is of course jon jules williams (who has many freckles) and slim is me, cos i'm 5'9", 130 lbs. it was gavin hardkiss' idea, so i disclaim responsibility! when we (the UVC) remixed front 242 for the latest issue of twitch, two of us were pretty unhappy with it and wanted our names removed. i suggested crediting it to "homer simpson & ned flanders" but the man in charge was having none of that. i would only use an alias if i was unhappy with the material. otherwise, i like to have my real name attached to stuff that i'm proud of. so far, every UVC track published has had our real names on it for writing credit. i have been trying, unsuccessfully so far, to sneak in a fake name that pete ashdown invented for a hilarious april fools joke two years ago. just as future sound of london like to use the bogus credit "engineered by yage" i am trying to promote the use of the bogus credit "engineered by buttmeat." Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@us.oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always note the sequencer - this will never let us down.

quoted 1 line I sort of like aliases, especially in the manner that Jim Thirlwell uses them.

>I sort of like aliases, especially in the manner that Jim Thirlwell uses them.

do you mean permutations on the "foetus" theme or frank watt, clint ruin, et al.

quoted 3 lines As for DRN's original question, KLF certainly must be mentioned. There's also

>As for DRN's original question, KLF certainly must be mentioned. There's also >the incredible amount of Adams/Kahn/Jade permutations, but unfortunately, most >of them suck.

future sound of london wins the prize as far as i know: mental cube, yage, candese, fsol, metropolis, smart systems, indo tribe and probably a few others i've forgotten...

quoted 3 lines A better question is how people come up with track names? Sometimes they fit,

>A better question is how people come up with track names? Sometimes they fit, >"Lake of Dreams" somehow does bring that imagery to mind (then again, so does >"Infinite Wheel"), most of the time they just make you wonder.

there seems to be three possibilities: 1) if you've got a vocal sample in your track, name your song after it. (eg: "it's not my problem" by FSOL, "we are the music makers" by aphex twin, "i'm so high" by eden transmission) 2) if the song suggests a mood or place, use that as the name (eg: "lake of dreams", "pacific state", "the trip") 3) pick a random cool sounding phrase (eg: "three nudes in a purple garden") personally, i try for #2, but usually fall back on #3. i've got a long sheet of song titles stored up for use in emergencies. i was going to try to name all my songs stuff from english lit studies (as i majored in english at university) but after naming six or so songs, i realized that i had no fucking idea which song was which weird name. i don't know how the aphex twin can deal with all those bizarre names he makes up either. maybe he's got a better memory than i do. i had to make a crib sheet to help me out so when people asked me "what synth did you use on `metonymy'" i could remember which song that was. Jon Drukman jdrukman%dlsun87@us.oracle.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always note the sequencer - this will never let us down.