IDM-ish excerpts from the 16 july '94 issue of
New Musical Express
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"Autechre beat the Bill"
Autechre are planning to sidestep the Criminal Justice Bill
by releasing the first repetitive beat-free techno track.
The bill seeks to outlaw all unlicensed parties and
festivals by giving police the power to close down all sound
systems playing music consisting "wholly or predominantly of
repetitive beats".
Autechre's response is an anti-CJB benefit EP titled 'Anti'
containing a track completely free of repetitive beats.
"It's 150bpm, 10 minutes long and hard as nails with a
constantly changing rhythm," Autechre's Sean told NME. "It's
a bit mental, but it needs to be done - it's such an important
issue and it's really only us and Chumbawumba that are doing
anything at the moment."
The EP, due to be released on Warp within the next month,
also includes two new Autechre tracks. All proceeds will
go to an anti-CJB organization, probably Liberty,
Sean said.
"Motorcycle ambience"
The Orb - a group not normally noted for their brevity - have
recorded a 45-second track for a Japanese Triumph motorbike
advert.
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The Orb have also collaborated with West Country techno duo
Reload. Alex Paterson and Kris Weston invited the pair to
London to to work together after Reload approached them to
remix one of their tracks. The results will appear either
on Reload's own label Evolution or on Dedicated, home of
their sister project Global Communication.
Reload are also planning to work with former PJ Harvey bassist
Rob Ellis, who is currently recording avant garde jazz
and classical music in his hometown, Yeovil.
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