(idm) the autechre/joe meek connection

From Kid60666
Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 10:36

have any of you idmers out there seen a magazine called sound collector ? I
was looking through my copy today and it has a really cool autechre interview
where they tell how they modified there sk1 and they go on about the gescom
minidisc, here is an excerpt: (the interview was done on the phone with sean
booth.)

minidiscs

"were actually gonna release a minidisc only release. and its gonna be like
250 tracks, It'll be out on touch. I think minidiscs are alright, but they're
like the new cassetes almost, except I prefer the sound of a cassete to the
sound of a minidisc. the sound quality's not particularly brilliant, it's got
quite a restrictive
bandwidth, everything sounds really compressed, it's a bit like an akai
sampler they're all a bit to clean, where your supposed to get exactly the
same thing you put in but you don't, at least not to your ear or not to your
brain, but don't get me wrong I love digital technology, 'cause for
manipulation of data it's brilliant, But I think for storage of data it's
fuckin' useless" 

it's one of the better autechre interviews I have read and it goes on a lot
about old skool hip-hop and there early stuff. the magazine also has a really
fun mouse on mars and third eye foundation(way to long though:) interview and
and the usual hipster-indie luminaries like ,
low
mogwai
JOE MEEK
flaming lips experiment
helium
will oldham
lonesome organist
guitar wolf
and a lot more
it also has a really cool collage of rare coum transmissions (throbbing
gristle before they were TG.)photos and text.I think it's email is
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx