(idm) deconstructing boc

From Alex Reynolds
Sent Thu, Feb 18th 1999, 14:24

I offer the following question to you all:

>"On [BOCs] track 'Happy Cycling', there is an eerie, subtle undercurrent of
>hellish shrieking through the first half. I'm curious as to whether it is:
>
> -- a modified sample from Ligeti's 'Atmospheres'; or,
> -- a thick blanket of layered, sped-up seagull caws
>
>It doesn't seem to be a very 'happy' piece at all -- sounds more like a
>soundtrack to a child's primal fears and inner daemons more than anything
>else -- which is why I'm curious about the sample."

Exclusive sources within the bowels of the Warp organization state there is
a piece of another record in the track, as well as a sample from a
documentary about otters, but goes no further than that.

This is a great track and whoever gets the right answer wins a kewpie doll.

Alex

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Alex Reynolds                               Distributed Support Specialist
Department of Biology                  School of Arts & Sciences Computing
University of Pennsylvania                                Philadelphia, PA