Re: (idm) Elecktroids revisited/Drexciya

From Bryan Bickel
Sent Sat, Dec 20th 1997, 03:34

I remember reading a press release from wwarp or somewhere else saying
that the elektroids were brother or were for sure from michigan.. I don't
mena to add to the rumor B.S. but just my .02

bb.



        


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Bryan Bickel
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On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Lance C. McGannon wrote:

> At 08:43 PM 12/19/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >Just been listening to Electro-World by Elecktroids, that Kraftwerk
> >piss-take album on Warp. I wasn't around on this list at the time of
> >it's release, and I can't check the archives to find out what was said,
> >but I was just wondering whether there was any discussion at the time
> >about it and who might have been responsible for it. All the signs would
> >point to Drexciya or UR or Aux 88 or those lot with those mysterious
> >faceless techno-bods on the cover, the American voices on the track and
> >the 'thanks to God' on the back cover. Who else would bother to do a
> >whole albums worth of this stuff?! 
> 
> It has been said that agents of the Drexciyan order had a
> hand in the Electroids releases. It is also said that those 
> same agents had a hand in the Doppelereffkts records as well.
> But is this might be disinformation intended to throw the 
> trail off the true culprits but, then again, it may be true. :)
> 
> >
> >Also heard Drexciya 4 - Unknown Aquazone in my local record shop earlier
> >this week. The best thing I've heard in quite a while (3 on Rephlex was
> >good, but not this good), so I'm tempted to go back and get it next
> >week. It's expense on import but sounds like it's worth it. Did any of
> >the tracks on this end up on the 'Quest' compilation? I know the CD had
> >lots of tracks on it, while the vinyl was slimmed down (all the
> >exclusive stuff, maybe?).
> >
> 
> Six of the seven tracks on The Unknown Aquazone 2x12" 
> appear in some form on The Quest 2xCD. Intro, Aqua
> Jujidsu, Lardossen Funk and Take Your Mind are on The
> Quest in their original form. Living on the Edge and
> Aquabahn appear on The Quest in remixed form. Finally,
> the track Mantaray is not on The Quest.
> 
> There is a considerable difference between the vinyl
> and 2xcd versions of The Quest. The 2xcd version has
> 28 tracks whereas the vinyl version has only nine 
> tracks. But the vinyl version does have a new mix
> of Depressurization and another track, Reef Rhythms 
> (Bonus Beat), that is not on the 2xcd.
> 
> 
> -->-Lance---
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