(idm) autechre in sound on sound

From cevallos
Sent Sat, Jan 3rd 1998, 00:58

On Jan 1 1998, xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx said:

>>Rob: "I think the Nord has been the most inspirational piece of gear 
>>we've worked with, it's pushed us to get all our other gear to try and 
>>emulate it."
>
>That quote kind of hurt when I first read it.  It kind of destroyed this
>mental picture I had of the autechre-ists running around in their
>darkened studio patching together this can-opener and that atari and
>stepping on discarded printed circuit boards as they ran from one
>unidentifiable machine to another.  I had always hoped that even a
>picture of their studio would still leave us scratching our heads as to
>how they coaxed those noises out of that pile of wiring.


That's one way of looking at it.  Personally, I think it demystifies the
entire music making process, and that's a good thing.


Peace,


Pedro Cevallos