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1994-03-13 01:23JWGROTE@ucs.indiana.eduSaturday, March 12th, 1994 at 8:14pm i keep reading all these messages about the gilded ap

From:: <JWGROTE@ucs.indiana.edu>
To:: <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Sat, 12 Mar 94 20:23:08 EST
Subject:: afx/hia

Saturday, March 12th, 1994 at 8:14pm i keep reading all these messages about the gilded aphex, but IMHO, this 'colourform' album from higher intelligence agency beats the f**k out of anything i've heard aphex do. if you're looking for the mental equivalent of an LED-lit 120 decibel stroboscopic easychair-equipped spacecraft moving superluminally through the interstellar rainbow-colored nebulae, well... then you'd better get a copy and leave that paper-pocked brown vinyl stuff in the bins for other suckers. ______________________________________________________________________________ ### ###### ### ###### ### ### ###### ### ### ############## ### ### ### ######################### ### ### ### #### ########### #### ### ### ### #### ########### ####### ### ### ### ########## ### ### ### ########## ### ### ### #### ##### ### ### ########## ##### ### ### ########## ##### ### ##### ### jwgrote@ucs.indiana.edu ##### ______________________________________________________________________________

1994-03-13 02:58Don Gray>i keep reading all these messages about the gilded aphex, but IMHO, >this 'colourform' al

From:: Don Gray <donpierr@netcom.com>
To:: <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 18:58:09 -0800
Subject:: Re: afx/hia

quoted 3 lines i keep reading all these messages about the gilded aphex, but IMHO,

>i keep reading all these messages about the gilded aphex, but IMHO, >this 'colourform' album from higher intelligence agency beats the f**k out of >anything i've heard aphex do.

I totally agree with you about this. I've not been impressed with anything I've heard from Richard James (AFX). I just played Digeridoo and Analog Bubblebath off of "In Order To Dance 4" just now to reconfirm it. It just sounds like a bunch of knob-fiddling and programmed loops to me (with some definitely expensive equipment). Now this is not intended as flame-bait, and I fully recognize that this is entirely subjective. It is, however, *my* *opinion*. If you *have* to try to change my mind (which ain't gonna happen), use private e-mail so we don't waste bandwidth. In the late 70's and early 80's I listened to Tangerine Dream a *lot*. I've loved the Orb for a couple of years now, and have been searching for music that touches my soul in a similar way. I've recently stumbled onto some great stuff, including: Wm. Orbit's Strange Cargo III (no words can describe it-pure genius) Higher Intelligence Agency's Colourform (again, a glimpse of heaven) Jam & Spoon's Tripomatic Fairytales (both CDs-2001 and 2002) If you haven't heard these, I'd say they are my favorite CDs in the past 2 years and are kind of in a similar vein. ObAFX: I just set up a filter a couple of days ago to strip out all mail with subjects containing "Aphex" or "SAW". I forgot about "AFX", and I'll add it right now. If I had added it earlier I would have missed this message, but frankly, I don't mind missing the occasional message of interest if it saves me from the deluge of AFX-related stuff. This is actually leading up to something, believe it or not. In fact, it seems to me that a significant percentage of the traffic on IDM revolves around AFX, and to a non RJ fan, the stuff *seems* like questions related to "what color socks does Richard James wear? :-)" (paraphrasing someone on the KLF/ORB list recently). (Note: For those without a sense of humor: That was a joke!) I know that I'm exaggerating, and frankly I do have to admit that the traffic here is fairly "Intelligent" for the most part. I also wouldn't want to see AFX stuff completely eliminated from this list (in the name of free speech and open communication), but wouldn't the AFX fans' interests be served better by having a dedicated mailing list? I would certainly support the idea of someone setting up a mailing list for AFX. Any takers? Pete Ashdown, any room on xmission.com along with your new Orbital mailing list (that I just subscribed to)? Don donpierr@netcom.com

1994-03-13 03:32Pete Ashdown> would certainly support the idea of someone setting up a mailing list for > AFX. Any tak

From:: Pete Ashdown <pashdown@xmission.com>
To:: Intelligent Dance Music <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 20:32:24 -0700 (MST)
Subject:: Re: afx/hia

quoted 3 lines would certainly support the idea of someone setting up a mailing list for

> would certainly support the idea of someone setting up a mailing list for > AFX. Any takers? Pete Ashdown, any room on xmission.com along with your > new Orbital mailing list (that I just subscribed to)?

Not a bad idea and one that I wouldn't object to. However, I'm getting a bit concerned about the load presented by the current set of mailing lists on the system (the machine, not the network, we have a T1). There are already a couple of lists pending that would have higher priority than an Aphex list. However, after this current round of expansion gets finished, the next item is a userless dummy machine to handle mail, news, and MUD servers. So maybe in the next month or so. The traffic is probably going to die down anyway once we get over SAWII.

1994-03-13 03:53Alan Michael ParryOk. The list that is now IDM was originally going to to be a list for Richard D. James, bu

From:: Alan Michael Parry <brit@chopin.udel.edu>
To:: Pete Ashdown <pashdown@xmission.com>
Cc:: IDM <idm@techno.Stanford.EDU>
Date:: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 22:53:54 -0500 (EST)
Subject:: Re: afx/hia
Reply to:: Re: afx/hia

Ok. The list that is now IDM was originally going to to be a list for Richard D. James, but, Brian and I decided to broaden it to the present format. Now about the prospect of a new list - Its a nice idea, but I dont think its necessary. This list was setup with RJ specifically in mind, along with others such as the Orb, and other AI artists. Personally, I dont care whether or not you like RJ, and im sick of the senseless whining debate of whether he's a "god" or a prick. I though the last few weeks of flame would've worn everyone out but I guess not. Selected Ambient II is just out and totally appropriate to this list so deal with it. Better yet, set up a filter or, heaven-forbid, press "d" when you see a message you dont like. Just stop this fuckin' whining bollocks which has way outlast its interest. Flu'id (floo'-)

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