The opposite of silence
November 21, 2006 at 8:36 pm
The Connection Machine - Molly is autowarping
(Bitflower 12″, 1994)
Autechre - Rae
(Lp 5, 1998)
FSOL - slider
(ISDN, 1995)
Amon tobin - deo
(supermodified, 2000)
Mike Ink - polka trax 3 (Wechsel Garland mix)
(WARP10+3 Remixes CD2, 1999)
The parallax corporation - atomic nation
(atomic nation ep, 2000)
Boards of canada - aquarius
(Music has the right to children, 1998)
After finishing my junior high studies, I spent the following high school years strangely out of touch with music in general. I could hear a few things that I liked, but nothing that made me feel the way I’d loved to feel with the bands I listened back when I was 13-15 year old (sonic youth, my bloody valentine, pixies, slowdive, radiohead, massive attack pretty much bands popular under the “alternative” category in the 90’s and also loads of emblematic 60’s and 70’s rock records that an uncle gave to me which I still treasure and listen very often). I remember at the time Napster was at it’s peak and the internet had just about started for me. I had a shitty dial-up connection that took 5 to 10 minutes to load any pages and about 2 hours to download a 5 mb file, so I had to become very selective with my downloads. This was also my first opportunity at discovering records through actual choice rather than through friends’ or acquaintances’ recommendations (it’s a great way to discover records, but is of course limited by what your friends know or like).
This is when and I discovered “electronic music” as well as lots of other genres that had been hidden from me so far, I started out with about everything on the Warp Label (Autechre’s “LP5″, Boards of Canada’s “music has the right to children”, Kenny Larkin, Aphex Twin), as well as early Amon Tobin, Pole’s “1″ and “2″, and stuff like that. The effect electronic music had on my musical taste was pretty intense and, amazingly, those early steps in electronic music are still some I go back to most. The above tracks all come from an old mix cd I found today which is around 4 years old, hope you enjoy them as much as I did back then.
Here’s a little plus:
Acid Pauli with Johnny Cash- I see a dark(er)ness
(I see a darkerness, 2004)
This track by Acid Pauli (also former member of the Notwist, Console) takes Cash’s cover of “I see a darkness” for a ride into acid techno territory - I’m sure it sounds like a terrible idea but it really works well. You can almost imagine a queer resurrected version of Johnny Cash making the kids dance behind the 303 roland synthetizer and the strobe lights. Steer clear away if you’ve always had and itch about that detroit techno sound.
Image: 12 kisses graphical experiment by Kahlo :)
welcome to the dot com’s moka
nothing like an old mix tape ;) thanks for sharing moka
Respec’ to the old skool! Best to show thos New Rave types whats happening, cool post, new site is tres cool.
Hello there doug :]
Thank you, mia.
hey makrugaik, nice to see you’re liking it in here, will you join us once again?
I’m mailing you both. and hey, mkrgk I’ll need another mail of you, the one I have bumps my gmail messages. I’ll try once again this evening.
who is this admin person… :P
me, moka. forgot to logout :P
hey sq, check your mail please.
this johnny cash track is awesome.
I did email you, I did… thanks Moka.
okay. I am ripping the songs. and will start uploading aftr I get my lunch..
I am hungry…..
probably, duke ellington, acid jazz, and Jimmy smith..I love those people for thanks giving..heh.. Mary scot too..
but I have to eat…hungryyyyyy…..
Went through the same electronic phase, a true musical awakening…Music has the right to Children will always be a classic album. Nice choices for the mix!
yeah, nice mixtape. love the cash track.
welcome to the new domain!
Thank you all, glad you enjoyed the mix. Btw, both the opening connection machine track and the parallax corporation one come from long time out of print ep’s so I’m guessing they’re pretty hard to get. If you’re insane about it and would like a buy link I’ll look for some auction site around. They’re probably over $60 dollars each one tho.
me encantó esta mezcla, aún recuerdo cuando salio a la venta Music has the right to children, creo que me quedé en esa epoca para siempre
hi,
as far as I know is ACID PAULI the DJ-alias of CONSOLE mastermind and current NOTWIST member MARTIN GRETSCHMANN. While I treasure his music, it is a FUCKING SACRILEGE to abuse I SEE A DARKNESS in this way. It is not on the behalf of JOHHNY CASH but much more on the behalf of the song itself. You wouldn’t put an 303 to LIKE A ROLLING STONE or GOOD VIBRATIONS. It is just wrong.
is there any way you could repost the acid pauli remix of johnny cash? i’ve looked for it everywhere and can’t find it.