From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Wed, Jun 30th 1999, 18:33
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Wed, Jun 30th 1999, 18:33
Aphex IS NOT Bodenstandig 2000, despite what you may have heard and/or read lately. i just heard back from Rephlex's press officer: below is my email to him and his reply: > maf: rumors are flying that bodenstandig is > >actually richard james. if this ain't true, i'd > >be happy to clarify this for the rumour mongers. > >so, is it true? or not? it ain't gonna change my > >life one way or the other, but i hate to see > >rumors spread if they're falsehoods. you didn't > >mention any rdj connection in the press info > >with the cd you sent me, so i'm wondering > >where the others are getting this from. thanks. andrew duke :) > > maf replied: > from the horses mouth - > > here is the press release I sent out > ------------------------------------------------ > > Rephlex press release: > > ARTIST: Bodenständig 2000 RELEASE DATE: 28th June 1999 > TITLE: Maxi German Rave Hits Vol 3 FORMAT: LP/ CD > > How can you say, “This cannot be the music of the future? - it uses > technology from the past!” > (Don’t be so silly) > Now we cannot much speak German but, despite this, we think these are > definitely catchy little tracks. We have DJ’d with these tracks in > Germany > lots and they go down a storm. At last years Pop Komm, Bodenständig > 2000 > even sung along live at out Rephlex party and had all the industry > types mad > for it! > We have to admit this album has taken along time to release – BUT > blame all > these blasted European Directives. This record has been on > test-pressing > since last August, it was played by John Peel back in November and was > a > MAGIC FEET ‘Feet Faves’ (promos & office anthems & stuff) back then > too. > > This really is a genuinely-original-magical-mixture-style. Think of a > load > German (Mixmaster) Morris dancers having a chance meeting down the pub > for a > cheeky after hours lock in with the Rephlex crew (Aphex Twin, Sam & > Valley > and Global Goon being the main antagonists) and Shaggy shouting "Eh! > Eh! > Calm Down! Calm Down!" from the corner by the gents. This is > BRAINDANCE in > its finest form. It doesn’t have to make sense do it? > > Also they have their own web site http://bodenstandig.home.pages.de > but its > not up and running just yet as they are too busy with their work at > the > cutting edge of Virtual Reality. > > BACKGROUND (in their own words): > > Bodenständig 2000 are two German boys who played too much videogames > in > their past youth. They grew up in the 4th quarter of the 20th century > – an > age where the rapid development of technology made the power of home > computing available to everyone. > > After some heavy and finally failed efforts to get rich by developing > and > selling the Soundtracker-like music software "Deluxe Mjuzakk Zerbastel > Kit", > they simply decided to become popstars. > > Because, as these friendly boys next door always say: "In this > business, it > is nearly impossible that the industy would steamroll us one month > after we > began a new project, as even Sony does not seem to have any giant > farms > where they breed their own popstars until now (although > we sometimes hesitate if we see Whitney Houston)". > > Using the above mentationed "Deluxe Mjuzakk Zerbastel Kit" and > numerous > other devices they bought from pocket money, Bodenständig 2000 now > create > the definite sound for the generation that was born next to flickering > > screens. The outstanding German lyrics, subtle poems telling from > their > lives as “Cablefreaks” and “Computer Kids” are of such explosiveness, > that > only the the brave British label Rephlex Records was able to publish > the > songs. (German labels for electronic music only publish english > lyrics). > > Although they produce extremely cheap and street credible, > Bodenständig 2000 > stand for maximum commerciality and first class sales figures. Every > tune on > the debut album "Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3" is a guaranteed hit: > on the > dancefloor as much as in the thoughtful moments of your life. So > please buy their first Album "Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3", out now > on > Rephlex records. Thanks in advance. > > Bernhard Kirsch, the older member of Bodenständig 2000, is the first > decent > musician after Boney M. coming from the Saarland. He was the first boy > in > class who soldered a sound device for the Commodore PET computer. > Later, > after failing in getting rich with "Deluxe Mjuzakk Zerbastel Kit", he > started collecting arcade games and became a popstar due to the > inspiration. > In his spare time he works as a wild-eyed scientist at the German > research > institute for artificial intelligence. > > Dragan Espenschied got a unix terminal from his dad aged 12. He > learned to > play recorder and home organ, but soon moved over to hi-tech > instruments by > Atari and Commodore for making music. After trying out the "Deluxe > Mjuzakk > Deconstruction Kit", he phoned up Bernhard and asked if they maybe > should > become popstars together. In his spare time he now works as a > wild-eyed > apprentice at Fraunhofer Research Insitute in the laboratory for > Immersive > Interactive Virtual Reality. > > We did put a few reaction type bits on the ends of our latest press > releases but evryone seems to be ignoring them, so there’s not one > here. > But if you like this why not let us know. Its good to talk? > > For more info: > xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx / > www.rephlex.com > > ----------------------------------------------- > as you can see the word APHEX TWIN appears above but we did certainly > not > say he was involved or responsible for this > > thanks for letting me know > that was funny > > but so is the record > > rave on > > :O) maf Thanks. Andrew Duke :)