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From:
James Skilton
To:
CiM , Jeffrey E Townsend
Cc:
idm
Date:
Fri, 26 May 95 15:46:19 +0100 (BST)
Subject:
Re: GAK
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CiM wrote on Fri, 26 May 95 15:20:54 BST :
quoted 8 lines On Thu, 25 May 1995, Jeffrey E Townsend wrote:> On Thu, 25 May 1995, Jeffrey E Townsend wrote: > > > I've just seen the GAK CD and was wondering what it was like. I know it's > > a joke record put out by Aphex or something but is the music any good ? > > A joke? I don't think so; this is a cut-up, hissy electro piece of > excellence IMHO. Pretty minimal but quirky and lovable. >
'pends on the definition of a joke. It was released by WARP as a bit of a piss-take, saying they had retrieved it from their 1990 archives and that it was by "an odd-bod from Leeds" who they almost signed up. Yeah right. Anyway that doesn't mean the music is a joke, far from it.. regards, _ _ __ __ __ __ ____ __ __ the ( `'`' / /. \ |. ) |. ) ( ( /_ _| /. ) |. ) \_/\_/ (__\_| |__\ |_| |__) /_| \___| |__\