From Mark Stevens Sent Thu, Oct 8th 1998, 22:57
On Tue, 06 Oct 1998 23:32:35 -0300, you wrote: >***Yep, that album is a classic. The way Sony treated him re: it was horrible, so >he's been independent since. Gerald wrote 808 States' Pacific State but they >didn't give him credit (he was working closely with the group at the time, so he >left). He then wrote a song called Specific Hate with the same melody, etc, cept >he used a breakbeat (which they apparently abhored the usage of) cause he was none >too impressed. Andrew Everything's cool between Gerald and 808 State now. In fact, Gerald runs Juice Box from the same building that 808 State have their studio. Rephlex should be re-releasing 808 State's Newbuild later this month (anyone know if Quadrastate's up for a re-release too?), as well as an accompanying single containing new mixes from 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald, Martin Price and Aphex Twin. Sounds groovy. Oh, and make sure you check out A Guy Called Gerald's latest 12-inch, 'Radar Systems'. He's taken his usual drum & bass to the next level -- very organic, with hardly any repetitive sections at all. Very dense rhythms, subsonic bass and scattershot melodies. Excellent stuff -- makes Goldie's music sound like Toy Town drum & bass. /\/)ark http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/