My first Warp experience was the Polygon Window album, which a mate played
to me some time in 92 (or maybe slightly earlier) when I visited him in
Manchester.
We'd met at university a few years before and had a history of introducing
each other to new music: I got Glass, Reich, Pet Shop Boys and a
re-assessment of Mike Oldfield from him, he got Tangerine Dream, Eno and
possibly Laurie Anderson from me. (A fair trade? Discuss...)
Other than TD and Eno old & new, I'd also been enjoying some of the more
commercial rave/hiphop music of the time (Bomb the Bass, MARRS, Coldcut,
Steinski, etc).
Within less than two tracks of Polygon Window, I was blown away (and thought
"quoth" was bonkers, though it later grew on me). I later rationalised it
as "modern digital stuff (including beats) with lush analogue mellotronesque
other stuff too", with a footnote that it was the sort of thing that TD
should have been doing...
My first Warp purchase, in 93, was tentative, based on a record shop's
advice, and was (unsurprisingly) "incunabula" -- I may have seen
recommendations on the net (were the idm or ambient lists around then?) --
accompanied by Namlook's "Air 2".
I haven't looked back.
-- R
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