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Somebody out there once mentioned in passing that Autechre had laid down some tracks featuring the didgeridoo (Australian bushmen's wind/string instrument). Could someone please ID these specific tracks for me? Any other good didgeridoo in an ambient/jungle/techno/trance/IDM style? I've got some "Outback"- pretty good, but kind of "traditional"..... Thanks a big ol' bunch. Chaco Snart kommer varen !

At 04:56 PM 3/25/96 -0500, Chaco Scotopian wrote:

quoted 6 lines Somebody out there once mentioned in passing that Autechre had

>Somebody out there once mentioned in passing that Autechre had >laid down some tracks featuring the didgeridoo (Australian >bushmen's wind/string instrument). Could someone please ID these >specific tracks for me? Any other good didgeridoo in an >ambient/jungle/techno/trance/IDM style? I've got some "Outback"- >pretty good, but kind of "traditional".....

the autechre track is 'rsdio' from "Trip repetea". Another is "Digerido" by aphex twin (you can find it on "Classics"), Coil's "Further back & faster" from "Love's Secret domain" and numerous goa trance tracks like those of Astral Prjection which I've seen twice performing live with a digeridoo player. Regards, snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand

On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote: [tracks with didge]

quoted 1 line the autechre track is 'rsdio' from "Trip repetea".

> the autechre track is 'rsdio' from "Trip repetea".

Um, is this by observation? I sure as hell can't hear anything remotely like a didgeridoo (sp?) on that track, nor anything I've heard by them. If you're referring to the really rolling resonant rattly thing (dig that alliteration :-) then I'd say it's a drum machine through numerous filters. Mind you, it wouldn't surprise me if they sampled a didge and then rogered it around until it didn't sound anything like one! ;-)

quoted 3 lines Another is "Digerido" by aphex twin (you can find it on "Classics"),

> Another is "Digerido" by aphex twin (you can find it on "Classics"), > Coil's "Further back & faster" from "Love's Secret domain" and > numerous goa trance tracks [...]

While I'd agree with the Coil ones, I was told once by a friend (ie. I have no idea how true this is) that Aphex's track is actually all done with filters on synths rather than a didgeridoo. Michael ______________________________________________________________________________ scrot@sans.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Upton) Leaping octaves in a single bound ______________________________________________________________________________

quoted 2 lines that Aphex's track is actually all done

>that Aphex's track is actually all done >with filters on synths rather than a didgeridoo.

Wouldn't suprise me one bit. Most of the sounds in the track are generated by the TB 303, which James does make sound an awful lot like the digeridoo that drones along in the background (which may be another analog instrument rather than an actual digeridoo- the timbre is right but most digeridoos don't just drone on for several minutes... never seen someone with that much lung capacity).

At 12:41 PM 3/27/96 +1200, Michael Upton wrote:

quoted 11 lines On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote: > >[tracks with didge] > >> the autechre track is 'rsdio' from "Trip repetea". > >Um, is this by observation? I sure as hell can't hear anything remotely >like a didgeridoo (sp?) on that track, nor anything I've heard by them. >If you're referring to the really rolling resonant rattly thing (dig that >alliteration :-) then I'd say it's a drum machine through numerous filters. >

Well, the point is that it sounds like a dij. same goes for the aphex twin. regs, snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand

At 09:36 PM 3/26/96 -0800, Sugatis wrote:

quoted 9 lines that Aphex's track is actually all done

>>that Aphex's track is actually all done >>with filters on synths rather than a didgeridoo. > >Wouldn't suprise me one bit. Most of the sounds in the track are generated >by the TB 303, which James does make sound an awful lot like the digeridoo >that drones along in the background (which may be another analog instrument >rather than an actual digeridoo- the timbre is right but most digeridoos >don't just drone on for several minutes... never seen someone with that >much lung capacity).

I agree with you on the fact that it might be a 303 but nevertheless digeridoo are breathing through their nose and a friend of mine once played for a very long time without stopping so... it can be done. snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand