RE: (idm) Pi Soundtrack

From Agarwalla
Sent Wed, Jul 22nd 1998, 18:19

Its from thrive records (an artist-owned label), and is out now.
The album is readily available in all music stores.  Has anyone
heard about the movie, itself?  I've been hearing a lot of buzz
about it for over a year or so.

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> To:        Aaron Michelson
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> Subject:        Re: (idm) Pi Soundtrack
> 
> What label is this on and when's it due out?
> 
> Howie
> 
> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Aaron Michelson wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 98 09:42:27 -0500
> > From: Aaron Michelson <xxxxx@xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx.xxx>
> > To: "Agarwalla, Niraj" <xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>,
> >     "'xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx'" <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> > Subject: Re: (idm) Pi Soundtrack
> > 
> > >Has anyone checked out the soundtrack for the movie _Pi_ yet?
> > >Great IDM stuff in it like Orbital, Aphex Twin, Autechre, etc.  
> > 
> > Picked up an advance during David Holmes' gig at Smartbar in
> > Chicago during Billboard.... about 70% of it is brilliant!
> > 
> > Here's the tracklisting:
> > 
> > Clint Mansell - [pi]r2
> > Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L.
> > Autechre - Kalpol Intro
> > Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
> > Roni Size - Watching Windows (Ed Rush & Optical remix)
> > Massive Attack - Angel
> > Clint Mansell - We Got Da Gun
> > David Holmes - No Man's Land
> > Gus Gus - Anthem
> > Banco de Gaia - Drippy
> > Psilonaut - Slow Song
> > Spacetime Continuum - A Low Frequency Inversion Field
> > Clint Mansell - 2[pi]r
> > 
> > The Clint Mansell tracks plainly bite.... lack of imagination
> > or technical creativity.... and the Banco De Gaia track, well,
> > it sounds like typical Banco De Gaia material. As for the rest
> > of the compilation? I like it. Nice to here some early Autechre
> > getting soundtrack presence (Kalpol is a wise choice from their
> > first album, Incunabula)... and the Spacetime Continuum track
> > could possibly be exclusive. Which leads me to ask, is it?
> > 
> > It sounds like a remix from his collaboration with Tetsu Inoue,
> > Electro Harmonix on Fax. That disc is one of my all-time favorite
> > ambient records.... A Low Frequency Inversion Field track ever
> > released?
> > 
> > Over all, recommended if you dig these kinds of bands and you're
> > missing most of these tracks.
> > 
> > Bleep
> >