Re: (idm) Warp 10 remix 2xcd/4xlp tracklisting...

From Chris.Hilker
Sent Fri, Aug 27th 1999, 16:11

>Actually, the Warp 10 things that have got me excited are the other two.

Me too, with some reservations. I hope the "Early Warp Tracks" one isn't
just a rehash of Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove. In any case, it
better have lots of Sweet Exorcist on it. (None of their early singles
were released on CD, unlike LFO, Tricky Disco, Nightmares on Wax, etc.)

>I have never heard Voodoo Ray, The Message or Terminator. I do not own any 
>Artificial Intelligences, Can records or Early Detroit stuff. 

The Artificial Intelligence series in general isn't all it's cracked up
to be. The first compilation is great, BDP's Bytes is excellent, Surfing
on Sine Waves is a good example of why people got excited about Aphex in
the first place, Electro-Soma is very good, and the rest is all pretty
much dated. See http://www.hyperreal.org/music/lists/idm/archives/idm.9808
for my review of the second AI compilation.

>I'm trying to 
>rectify this, but I'm on a tight budget, plus most pivotal moments of techno 
>are on limited to 15 copies deleted 12", so I don't have a worm in hell's 
>chance of finding them.

Most of the crucial Detroit stuff is actually very much in print; see
www.submerge.com for details. As for your limited budget, just quit
wasting money on Lexaunculpt and Funkstorung and all these other clowns
who will never make a record one million billionth as great as Ege
Bamyasi or Future Days (just to name a couple of Can records).

C.