From Eric Frans Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 04:24
From Eric Frans Sent Fri, Jan 2nd 1998, 04:24
>From what I've read about Autechre, they create their unique sounds/textures/rhythms by pushing their equipment into unexplored territories and experimenting with all available parameters (w/o opening it up and doing some custom wiring [ala Aphex Twin supposedly]). They don't need to string together bizarre looking black boxes -- they get all the bang they can from their buck by using traditional keyboards/samplers/etc... I wish more people would approach electronic instruments this way instead of buying some synth for a few nice sounds and hardly delve into its inards... E r i c F r a n s ---------------------- > [mail] xxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx > [web] engr.arizona.edu/~franse > [subvox music] www.azstarnet.com/~subvox ------------------------------------------ On Thu, 1 Jan 1998 xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx wrote: } } >(On the Nord Lead) } >Sean: "There are a couple tracks on Cichlisuite that are enitrely } >Nord..." } >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. Oh well, the } music still manages to do the job for me anyway....