Re: (313) Convextion in SF next Friday
Awesome lineup. Hope it will be recorded. http://andrewdukeinthemix.com On 2013-04-26, at 4:40 PM, james.hurl...@utoronto.ca wrote: > Convextion is playing live in San Francisco Friday the 3rd along with Jonah > Sharp's new live collaboration Polk and Hyde. S/H/A/P/E/S will be opening so > come early, check out our live hardware show and say hi. > > http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?472104 > > https://soundcloud.com/s-h-a-p-e-s/ >
(313) Convextion in SF next Friday
Convextion is playing live in San Francisco Friday the 3rd along with Jonah Sharp's new live collaboration Polk and Hyde. S/H/A/P/E/S will be opening so come early, check out our live hardware show and say hi. http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?472104 https://soundcloud.com/s-h-a-p-e-s/
(313) Convextion album now available on CD
Pardon my sales-pitch! Now available on Compact Disc Convextion - S/T (dLVEXTCD) Tracklist: 1 Equanimity 2 Solum Ferrum (extended version) 3 Sulphur Vent 4 Astrum 5 Premiata 6 Interlude I 7 Desolate Hub 8 Interlude II 9 Venea 10 JMA020603 Will be available at Dope Jams in a week or so, and at Rush Hour in a couple weeks You can also order direct from us -- $13 shipped in the USA, or $16 shipped to anywhere else in the world Write me privately if you wanna grab one Thanks yall JT @ dL
Re: (313) Convextion Live
Matt Kane's Brain wrote: Anything to keep my bus seat to hell clean and sanitary and free of booty juice. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:34 PM, 1-11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You, Sir, are a scholar and a gentlemen and thus, have rendered my disco bits dry as a bone. Thank you. Funniest (313) thread of the year :) - Greg
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Anything to keep my bus seat to hell clean and sanitary and free of booty juice. On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:34 PM, 1-11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You, Sir, are a scholar and a gentlemen and thus, have rendered my disco > bits dry as a bone. > > Thank you. -- matt kane's brain biweekly techno radio at: http://hydrogenproject.com http://wzbc.org
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You, Sir, are a scholar and a gentlemen and thus, have rendered my disco bits dry as a bone. Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Matt Kane's Brain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "1-11" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:27 PM Subject: Re: (313) Convextion Live It's linked on that page, Mister Sweaty Balls. I've copied it here in case you don't have a towel handy: http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/convextion_-_faktion_mcr_25.04.08.zip On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM, 1-11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anybody have an MP3 of this available, please? Podcasts make my nads sweat. - Original Message - From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 Org" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:23 AM Subject: (313) Convextion Live Podcast of Convextion live at Faktion in Manchester can be had here: http://www.faktionmcr.blogspot.com I couldn't make it but apparently even the sound was good (a rarity in Manchester - apart from Francis' do over the weekend of course ;) ). robin... -- matt kane's brain biweekly techno radio at: http://hydrogenproject.com http://wzbc.org
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Lots of great mixes on that site btw... On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Matt Kane's Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's linked on that page, Mister Sweaty Balls. I've copied it here in > case you don't have a towel handy: > http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/convextion_-_faktion_mcr_25.04.08.zip > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM, 1-11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anybody have an MP3 of this available, please? >> Podcasts make my nads sweat. >> >> - Original Message - From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "313 Org" <313@hyperreal.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:23 AM >> Subject: (313) Convextion Live >> >> >>> >>> Podcast of Convextion live at Faktion in Manchester can be had here: >>> >>> http://www.faktionmcr.blogspot.com >>> >>> I couldn't make it but apparently even the sound was good (a rarity in >>> Manchester - apart from Francis' do over the weekend of course ;) ). >>> >>> robin... >> > > > > -- > matt kane's brain > biweekly techno radio at: http://hydrogenproject.com http://wzbc.org >
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It's linked on that page, Mister Sweaty Balls. I've copied it here in case you don't have a towel handy: http://sound.modelfruit.com/sets/convextion_-_faktion_mcr_25.04.08.zip On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:26 PM, 1-11 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anybody have an MP3 of this available, please? > Podcasts make my nads sweat. > > - Original Message - From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "313 Org" <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:23 AM > Subject: (313) Convextion Live > > >> >> Podcast of Convextion live at Faktion in Manchester can be had here: >> >> http://www.faktionmcr.blogspot.com >> >> I couldn't make it but apparently even the sound was good (a rarity in >> Manchester - apart from Francis' do over the weekend of course ;) ). >> >> robin... > -- matt kane's brain biweekly techno radio at: http://hydrogenproject.com http://wzbc.org
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Does anybody have an MP3 of this available, please? Podcasts make my nads sweat. - Original Message - From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 Org" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:23 AM Subject: (313) Convextion Live Podcast of Convextion live at Faktion in Manchester can be had here: http://www.faktionmcr.blogspot.com I couldn't make it but apparently even the sound was good (a rarity in Manchester - apart from Francis' do over the weekend of course ;) ). robin...
(313) Convextion Live
Podcast of Convextion live at Faktion in Manchester can be had here: http://www.faktionmcr.blogspot.com I couldn't make it but apparently even the sound was good (a rarity in Manchester - apart from Francis' do over the weekend of course ;) ). robin...
(313) Convextion in the UK this weekend
Here's what I wrote up on Sunday, which bounced because I keep forgetting to turn off HTML formatting. Gerard played some amazing new electro tunes at Fabric last night. Generally I'm more disposed to like his dubby and Detroity techno stuff rather than electro, and I think in a lot of ways that stuff would possibly find him more fans, but he's obviously really feeling the electro stuff he's doing at the moment and he just keeps doing it incredibly well. I find it most impressive when someone can explore a side of themselves relentlessly like this - where they bascially persuade me that what they are doing is right, despite my normal inclinations towards a different side of their sound. There were at least four or five tracks I'd never heard before with those ridiculously intricate massive rubber basslines like in Alsoran, his signature pads, etc. He also played one really organic sounding one that was unlike anything I'd ever heard before, but somehow still recognisably him. I can't wait for some of this to wind up on wax. I think it took a lot of balls to play a set of pure, emotional electro like that to the crowd at Fabric, and I think it went over really well. How were the sets in Manchester and Glasgow received? Tristan === http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
Apparently Gerard's set will be released by Fabric on their Fabric First podcast if it gets the ok from him. -Original Message- From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 April 2008 12:42 To: /0; Martin Dust; Robert Taylor Cc: Toby Frith; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric - Original Message - From: "/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Dust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:08 PM Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric > I've actually seen a couple reputable DJs to play an anemic hour of their > set before realizing the lows were killed at the mixer. Ha! I accidentally did that for about five minutes of an Echospace tune (of all things) during the last set that I played. It's true that you won't often get a good feel for the bass levels out of monitors, but the monitoring on the stage at Fabric is usually pretty full and clear. Tristan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.
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He's known in Glasgow as "Techno's answer to Kevin Bacon" :) 2008/4/28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ha! The funny thing is Gerard is so young looking I had a mate who was there > who I could no way convince it was the same guy. I > even told him "look I 100% know it's the same person and if it isn't I'll > give you £100". But he wouldn't believe me until Gerard > told him. > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > > Sent: 28 April 2008 16:37 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >What's with people like Gerard and Terrance Dixon who > > literally dissapear for 10 years and then just start churning new > > releases and doing gigs all over the place again- what have they been > > up to for 10 years? :) > >
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If your mate's reading this he'll know you were winding him up with that pretend Gerard now though, won't he? ;-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:46 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric Ha! The funny thing is Gerard is so young looking I had a mate who was there who I could no way convince it was the same guy. I even told him "look I 100% know it's the same person and if it isn't I'll give you £100". But he wouldn't believe me until Gerard told him. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 April 2008 16:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >What's with people like Gerard and Terrance Dixon who literally >dissapear for 10 years and then just start churning new releases and >doing gigs all over the place again- what have they been up to for 10 >years? :)
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Ha! The funny thing is Gerard is so young looking I had a mate who was there who I could no way convince it was the same guy. I even told him "look I 100% know it's the same person and if it isn't I'll give you £100". But he wouldn't believe me until Gerard told him. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL > PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 April 2008 16:37 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >What's with people like Gerard and Terrance Dixon who > literally dissapear for 10 years and then just start churning new > releases and doing gigs all over the place again- what have they been > up to for 10 years? :)
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Sounds fantastic- Convextion was here in Glasgow in Sunday night, also in a tiny venue (holds 100 people max) but we were all too destroyed to go. What's with people like Gerard and Terrance Dixon who literally dissapear for 10 years and then just start churning new releases and doing gigs all over the place again- what have they been up to for 10 years? :) Jason 2008/4/28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wooo! sounds like I got the right end of this deal. When I saw Convextion > was over to play Fabric I was all set to make the journey > South. Then a few weeks ago I found out the local promoter who'd put him on > in Manchester last time had scored him to do a little > low key gig here on the Friday. > > As good as his last gig here was this was even better. Not as many people > there but I thought just the right amount. And while > everybody supporting him last time was good, I think this was the best night > of music I've heard here in Manchester for some time. > But the biggest difference was the sound (sorry Robin ;-). The promoters > used a little out of the way venue which is part of a > local music tech educational establishment. I don't know, but I'm guessing, > this is the room they use to teach live sound > engineering. And the set up was absolutely top. Little dark room, cheap > bar, nice little outside area for smoking and the sound > quality we almost never get in this city. > > Unfortunately I missed the first DJ, Sequence's Steve Gravener but arrived > in time for most of Conor Thomas, who was appearing under > some crazy made up moniker, and who set the tone for fine tunes. By the > time the next DJ, Eastern Bloc's Karl Roscoe, came on I was > I just the right mood for the impeccably crafted mix of Basic Channel and > associated goodies (some, I believe, home brewed) he > served up. It was a real moment to be in the dancing in the dark in front > of a superb sounding speaker stack as personal favourite > M4.5 played for an appropriately long time. All the guys supporting Gerard > were local DJs, either residents of Faktion, the new > identity for this night, or friends, but you couldn't have asked for better. > I don't even know the name of the guy who closed out > after Convextion but he was top notch. And as for the main event I came > absolutely buzzing to see him after the last gig yet rather > than being disappointed I was blown away all over again. As Toby says about > the London gig, a little bit more on the ERP / electro > vibe than last time but still serving up stunning pads and washes (if that > makes any sense). At one point my head was nodding (I > wasn't just head nodding, the rest of me was dancing) so hard to some > amazing drums it must have been getting down near my knees. > > Roll on the next Faktion, 6th of June I believe, > http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43967135248 > > > > > From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 28 April 2008 10:55 > > > > > > A polarised affair at London's Fabric. Gerard was fantastic - mostly ERP > > style electro that sounded razorsharp on the > > soundsystem..some new bits and classics, although Vox Automaton was a bit > short for some reason. Very happy to see him get a > > fantastic reaction as well. > > > > Deepchord/Echospace was unmitigated sh*te. I'm sure Tristan will elucidate > far more than I could, as he was fuming! The sound was > > muddy, so you couldn't hear the treble at all, but this was an hour of > relentlessly dull dub techno with no variation or subtlety > > whatsoever, and a real shame because one of them (not mr Modell) was > having the time of his life behind the laptop. A shame he > > couldn't obviously hear what sh*te we were hearing. > > >
RE: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
Wooo! sounds like I got the right end of this deal. When I saw Convextion was over to play Fabric I was all set to make the journey South. Then a few weeks ago I found out the local promoter who'd put him on in Manchester last time had scored him to do a little low key gig here on the Friday. As good as his last gig here was this was even better. Not as many people there but I thought just the right amount. And while everybody supporting him last time was good, I think this was the best night of music I've heard here in Manchester for some time. But the biggest difference was the sound (sorry Robin ;-). The promoters used a little out of the way venue which is part of a local music tech educational establishment. I don't know, but I'm guessing, this is the room they use to teach live sound engineering. And the set up was absolutely top. Little dark room, cheap bar, nice little outside area for smoking and the sound quality we almost never get in this city. Unfortunately I missed the first DJ, Sequence's Steve Gravener but arrived in time for most of Conor Thomas, who was appearing under some crazy made up moniker, and who set the tone for fine tunes. By the time the next DJ, Eastern Bloc's Karl Roscoe, came on I was I just the right mood for the impeccably crafted mix of Basic Channel and associated goodies (some, I believe, home brewed) he served up. It was a real moment to be in the dancing in the dark in front of a superb sounding speaker stack as personal favourite M4.5 played for an appropriately long time. All the guys supporting Gerard were local DJs, either residents of Faktion, the new identity for this night, or friends, but you couldn't have asked for better. I don't even know the name of the guy who closed out after Convextion but he was top notch. And as for the main event I came absolutely buzzing to see him after the last gig yet rather than being disappointed I was blown away all over again. As Toby says about the London gig, a little bit more on the ERP / electro vibe than last time but still serving up stunning pads and washes (if that makes any sense). At one point my head was nodding (I wasn't just head nodding, the rest of me was dancing) so hard to some amazing drums it must have been getting down near my knees. Roll on the next Faktion, 6th of June I believe, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43967135248 > From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 April 2008 10:55 > > A polarised affair at London's Fabric. Gerard was fantastic - mostly ERP > style electro that sounded razorsharp on the > soundsystem..some new bits and classics, although Vox Automaton was a bit > short for some reason. Very happy to see him get a > fantastic reaction as well. > > Deepchord/Echospace was unmitigated sh*te. I'm sure Tristan will elucidate > far more than I could, as he was fuming! The sound was > muddy, so you couldn't hear the treble at all, but this was an hour of > relentlessly dull dub techno with no variation or subtlety > whatsoever, and a real shame because one of them (not mr Modell) was having > the time of his life behind the laptop. A shame he > couldn't obviously hear what sh*te we were hearing.
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Hello list New person here. Been reading on and off for some time. My, you are a lively bunch aren't you? I don't know how much of an introduction is good form, but my name's Matthew. I like techno. I DJ and stuff. Anyway, just want to comment on the DeepChord/Echospace sound quality thing. When they played here in Copenhagen last year the sound was pretty muddy as well. And I think it was because they used Pioneer DJM-600's to mix through. I hate that mixer. Sounds shite and crap build quality as well. >From what has been described they seem to have played pretty much the same stuff. Sort of banging and not so much dub. I enjoyed the first half. They dropped the Huckaby mix of Electromagnetic Dowsing which I love. All in all pretty good but would have been nice with more dubby tracks. Best Matthew 2008/4/28 Tristan Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > - Original Message - From: "/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Martin Dust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:08 PM > > Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric > > > > > > I've actually seen a couple reputable DJs to play an anemic hour of their > > set before realizing the lows were killed at the mixer. > > > > Ha! I accidentally did that for about five minutes of an Echospace tune (of > all things) during the last set that I played. It's true that you won't often > get a good feel for the bass levels out of monitors, but the monitoring on > the stage at Fabric is usually pretty full and clear. > > > > > Tristan > === > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk >
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- Original Message - From: "/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Dust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:08 PM Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric I've actually seen a couple reputable DJs to play an anemic hour of their set before realizing the lows were killed at the mixer. Ha! I accidentally did that for about five minutes of an Echospace tune (of all things) during the last set that I played. It's true that you won't often get a good feel for the bass levels out of monitors, but the monitoring on the stage at Fabric is usually pretty full and clear. Tristan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk
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- Original Message - From: "theREALmxyzptlk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:10 PM Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric Personally, I see them as related, but different animals. I saw Mr. Modell at DEMF years back and it was stellar. The poor sound is one thing, but it doesn't lead me to turn away from the style. YMMV, of course. Off to work... I think the BC-related tag fit a lot better with the early Deep chord releases than it does today. The new stuff has evolved in a different way. Oh, and for whatever it's worht, I saw that set at DEMF ages ago as well, and this bore absolutely no resemblance. That was a very dubby set. I don't seem to recall that I liked it very much, for whatever that's worth. I seem to recall that it didn't evolve as much as I'd have liked, but at least it sounded like them, rather than something totally unrelated. Tristan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk
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- Original Message - From: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:54 AM Subject: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric A polarised affair at London's Fabric. Gerard was fantastic - mostly ERP style electro that sounded razorsharp on the soundsystem..some new bits and classics, although Vox Automaton was a bit short for some reason. Very happy to see him get a fantastic reaction as well. Deepchord/Echospace was unmitigated sh*te. I'm sure Tristan will elucidate far more than I could, as he was fuming! The sound was muddy, so you couldn't hear the treble at all, but this was an hour of relentlessly dull dub techno with no variation or subtlety whatsoever, and a real shame because one of them (not mr Modell) was having the time of his life behind the laptop. A shame he couldn't obviously hear what sh*te we were hearing. Yeah, I was severely disappointed. Going in, I was actually more excited about them than Convextion, who I'm always really excited about. I posted up some thoughts about his set yesterday (it was amazing), but my e-mail setups are totally hosed at present and it seems to have been lost in the ether somewhere. I'll try and re-send that when I get home. Anyway... I doubt the Echospace sound had anything to do with the sound guys at Fabric. They have tablet PCs with WiFi connections so they can stand anywhere on the dancefloor and make corrections. And beside that, Gerard's set sounded amazing, so it's nothing to do with the rig. I suppose it could have been a monitoring thing (Modell had headphones on for at least part of it) but there was a sound guy on the side of the stage, within ten feet of them who I even tried to talk to at one point who didn't seem to think there was anything he could do about it. IMO what they are doing today has emerged as something distinctly different than the BC influences. In fact, I think it's reaching directly back in to the dub influences that inspired BC, and they're fleshing those ideas out in a way that is less purely "techno", or maybe less encumbered by a futurist impulse. They seem to be purely in to dub as a process or a technique, and the end result is better for it. I certainly think the "BC copyist" tag they are sometimes laboured with has been a poor fit in the last couple of years anyway. What erked me to no end was that there was scarcely any dub in it, or at least whatever Rod Modell was doing was so overwhelmed by the pounding thud of the kick turned up to 12 that you couldn't hear it. And that kick was routinely "doubled up" on the eighth notes, to give you an idea of the way in which they changed their normal style. The dub was totally left behind, or somehow inaudible. When those guys are clearly booked on the strength of these successes I don't understand how they can turn up with a different sound, which would have been more at home beside Joris Voorn in the other room. I know American techno producers often carry the view that a European crowd is only interested in the chugeda chugeda Marco Carolla sounds of about seven years ago and I can only suspect it was that sort of misunderstanding of what will fly here that inspired this choice. I mean, it was just dreadfully dull in a way that sound problems alone couldn't really account for. And for whatever it's worth, I only recognized one or two bits of their tracks in the entire set, and they didn't get any kind of a treatment like you'd expect. I wouldn't even have called it 'dub techno' as you couldn't tell if there was any dub going on. I hate to be so negative about this set, as I'm digging their releases today more than anyone's, but when people fail to live and die by their strengths it really pisses me off. Tristan === [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phonopsia.co.uk
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Personally, I see them as related, but different animals. I saw Mr. Modell at DEMF years back and it was stellar. The poor sound is one thing, but it doesn't lead me to turn away from the style. YMMV, of course. Off to work... jeff Imo, it's not so much BC mark II as much as 'BC, AD' [if you catch my drift] with the emphasis more on 'dead' than 'domini'. The pair are so obviously influenced by BC, you'd hope but they'd also learn about the subtlety in almost subliminal changes of atmosphere which you get with BC tracks and which keeps them sparkling for several minutes at a time. So far [again, imo] they've singularly failed to. And if you fail in subtlety, the faults of that style become glaringly obvious and it simply doesn't work anymore.
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weird. i wonder if something was wrong with their monitors? I've actually seen a couple reputable DJs to play an anemic hour of their set before realizing the lows were killed at the mixer. maybe someone killed the highs and taped over the LED? :p - Original Message - From: "Martin Dust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 6:12 AM Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric Really surprised at this because the sound guys at Fabric are very, very good and the bass definition in that place is amazing and should have suited them down to the ground, sounds like something went very wrong. m On 28 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Robert Taylor wrote: May I echo the sentiments - G was as good as he always is, but Echospace were so so disappointing, considering what they're capable of - it takes some talent to sound so sh!t on that soundsytem!
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I guess that was probably the case. The EQ'ing was all over the shop. Shame as it sounded so crisp for Convextion, if just a little too loud sometimes. -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 April 2008 11:24 To: Robert Taylor Cc: [313] 313 Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric On 28 Apr 2008, at 11:16, Robert Taylor wrote: > I was pretty shocked, but all you heard was a distorted thud thud > thud, > with all those lovely dubby chords almost completely lost in the mix. > I don't know what they think they were doing cos they seemed to be > loving it - pumping their fists like they were Fatboy Slim, or worst > still, Peter Hook > Only thing I can think is that the DJ monitors had a better/correct feed than clubs PA, which isn't unheard of but I surprised someone didn't say something to them. m For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.
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On 28 Apr 2008, at 11:16, Robert Taylor wrote: I was pretty shocked, but all you heard was a distorted thud thud thud, with all those lovely dubby chords almost completely lost in the mix. I don't know what they think they were doing cos they seemed to be loving it - pumping their fists like they were Fatboy Slim, or worst still, Peter Hook Only thing I can think is that the DJ monitors had a better/correct feed than clubs PA, which isn't unheard of but I surprised someone didn't say something to them. m
RE: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
I will refrain from telling T 'I told you so' [actually I mean Tristan, not the other Mr T]. I had sort of guessed that it wouldn't work and said as much to Tristan who was gobsmacked that I was amongst the fair number leaving the venue after Convextion's solid performance. Personally, I tend to feel Mr Hitchell's solo stuff a lot more deeply than when it's him with Mr Modell. Plus, for the last few weeks, having finally got round to digitizing the Deepchord mix of 'Miranda', I have to say, I've been struggling to see what's good about it, in as much as I tend to struggle to see what's so good about much Deepchord stuff. Imo, it's not so much BC mark II as much as 'BC, AD' [if you catch my drift] with the emphasis more on 'dead' than 'domini'. The pair are so obviously influenced by BC, you'd hope but they'd also learn about the subtlety in almost subliminal changes of atmosphere which you get with BC tracks and which keeps them sparkling for several minutes at a time. So far [again, imo] they've singularly failed to. And if you fail in subtlety, the faults of that style become glaringly obvious and it simply doesn't work anymore. -Original Message- From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:55 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric A polarised affair at London's Fabric. Gerard was fantastic - mostly ERP style electro that sounded razorsharp on the soundsystem..some new bits and classics, although Vox Automaton was a bit short for some reason. Very happy to see him get a fantastic reaction as well. Deepchord/Echospace was unmitigated sh*te. I'm sure Tristan will elucidate far more than I could, as he was fuming! The sound was muddy, so you couldn't hear the treble at all, but this was an hour of relentlessly dull dub techno with no variation or subtlety whatsoever, and a real shame because one of them (not mr Modell) was having the time of his life behind the laptop. A shame he couldn't obviously hear what sh*te we were hearing. For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.
RE: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
I was pretty shocked, but all you heard was a distorted thud thud thud, with all those lovely dubby chords almost completely lost in the mix. I don't know what they think they were doing cos they seemed to be loving it - pumping their fists like they were Fatboy Slim, or worst still, Peter Hook Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 April 2008 11:12 To: Robert Taylor Cc: Toby Frith; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric Really surprised at this because the sound guys at Fabric are very, very good and the bass definition in that place is amazing and should have suited them down to the ground, sounds like something went very wrong. m On 28 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Robert Taylor wrote: > May I echo the sentiments - G was as good as he always is, but > Echospace were so so disappointing, considering what they're capable > of - it takes some talent to sound so sh!t on that soundsytem! > # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 #
Re: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
Really surprised at this because the sound guys at Fabric are very, very good and the bass definition in that place is amazing and should have suited them down to the ground, sounds like something went very wrong. m On 28 Apr 2008, at 11:05, Robert Taylor wrote: May I echo the sentiments - G was as good as he always is, but Echospace were so so disappointing, considering what they're capable of - it takes some talent to sound so sh!t on that soundsytem!
RE: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
May I echo the sentiments - G was as good as he always is, but Echospace were so so disappointing, considering what they're capable of - it takes some talent to sound so sh!t on that soundsytem! Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 April 2008 10:55 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric A polarised affair at London's Fabric. Gerard was fantastic - mostly ERP style electro that sounded razorsharp on the soundsystem..some new bits and classics, although Vox Automaton was a bit short for some reason. Very happy to see him get a fantastic reaction as well. Deepchord/Echospace was unmitigated sh*te. I'm sure Tristan will elucidate far more than I could, as he was fuming! The sound was muddy, so you couldn't hear the treble at all, but this was an hour of relentlessly dull dub techno with no variation or subtlety whatsoever, and a real shame because one of them (not mr Modell) was having the time of his life behind the laptop. A shame he couldn't obviously hear what sh*te we were hearing. For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT. # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 #
(313) Convextion and Echospace @ Fabric
A polarised affair at London's Fabric. Gerard was fantastic - mostly ERP style electro that sounded razorsharp on the soundsystem..some new bits and classics, although Vox Automaton was a bit short for some reason. Very happy to see him get a fantastic reaction as well. Deepchord/Echospace was unmitigated sh*te. I'm sure Tristan will elucidate far more than I could, as he was fuming! The sound was muddy, so you couldn't hear the treble at all, but this was an hour of relentlessly dull dub techno with no variation or subtlety whatsoever, and a real shame because one of them (not mr Modell) was having the time of his life behind the laptop. A shame he couldn't obviously hear what sh*te we were hearing. For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.
RE: (313) Convextion @ Fabric
Yes - a nice way to celebrate my birthday, even if it is in Fabric! Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 April 2008 16:07 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) Convextion @ Fabric Playing live along with Deepchord at Fabric on Sat 26th April in Room 1. Should be interesting! For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT. # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. VAT no: GB 626475817 #
(313) Convextion @ Fabric
Playing live along with Deepchord at Fabric on Sat 26th April in Room 1. Should be interesting! For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company number 451593). Our registered office address is: 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT.
Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
thanks a lot for the nice comments Bill, and the plug Kent. The vinyl version of the album has probably been on beatport for about 4 months or so.. There is still a cd version of the album coming. It'll have a couple new tracks, and drop a few from the vinyl. tbr sept/oct -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Jun 12, 2007 3:59 PM >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com > >> subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you >> did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- >> whoomp, there it is! > >Thanks for posting this, Kent - I hadn't had a chance to listen to it yet >at all, so having the samples via beatport/juno is great! > >On a quick listen to the samples, "equanimity" sounds just gorgeous, >"solum ferrum" sounds like classic Maurizio (M6, anybody?), "Astrum" sound >like classic Detroit stuff (DX bass, pitchbent synth leads, etc), >"Premiata" wouldn't sound out of place next to anything on Carl Craig's >"Landcruising", and "Frozen Surface" has me wondering how this would have >sounded on any of the DEMF sound systems this year (I have a feeling it >would have blown any of them up - fantastic!). > >Great production for sure - I'll have to figure out if I'm going to pick >my faves based on the samples or try to get the whole thing. > >Great work, DL! > >bvl >
RE: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
>Great production for sure - I'll have to figure out if I'm going to pick my faves based on the samples or try to get the whole thing. Great work, DL! Bvl *** Just get the whole thing man! You know that's what you really want to do already! :) Ken
Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
I don't remember uploading any Bill Van Loo tracks, but there's plenty of good listenin at chromedecay.org. There are some at cornwarning.com of mine too, but I need to reorganize the site and expose a bunch of stuff I uploaded and haven't linked to except on my livejournal and whatnot. Here's your hat btw. On 6/12/07, Stoddard, Kamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oh yeah, I never did say out loud how much I liked those tracks you put up awhile back (or maybe kent did? Can't remember). Well..ahem..they're hot. Thanks. Getting my coat. k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:00 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com > subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you > did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- > whoomp, there it is! Thanks for posting this, Kent - I hadn't had a chance to listen to it yet at all, so having the samples via beatport/juno is great! On a quick listen to the samples, "equanimity" sounds just gorgeous, "solum ferrum" sounds like classic Maurizio (M6, anybody?), "Astrum" sound like classic Detroit stuff (DX bass, pitchbent synth leads, etc), "Premiata" wouldn't sound out of place next to anything on Carl Craig's "Landcruising", and "Frozen Surface" has me wondering how this would have sounded on any of the DEMF sound systems this year (I have a feeling it would have blown any of them up - fantastic!). Great production for sure - I'll have to figure out if I'm going to pick my faves based on the samples or try to get the whole thing. Great work, DL! bvl
RE: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
Oh yeah, I never did say out loud how much I liked those tracks you put up awhile back (or maybe kent did? Can't remember). Well..ahem..they're hot. Thanks. Getting my coat. k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:00 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com > subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you > did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- > whoomp, there it is! Thanks for posting this, Kent - I hadn't had a chance to listen to it yet at all, so having the samples via beatport/juno is great! On a quick listen to the samples, "equanimity" sounds just gorgeous, "solum ferrum" sounds like classic Maurizio (M6, anybody?), "Astrum" sound like classic Detroit stuff (DX bass, pitchbent synth leads, etc), "Premiata" wouldn't sound out of place next to anything on Carl Craig's "Landcruising", and "Frozen Surface" has me wondering how this would have sounded on any of the DEMF sound systems this year (I have a feeling it would have blown any of them up - fantastic!). Great production for sure - I'll have to figure out if I'm going to pick my faves based on the samples or try to get the whole thing. Great work, DL! bvl
RE: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
Don't cheat yourself kid. Get 'em all. I feel you on the basic channel impressions, but I swear if you listen to the full trax loud and clear, there's so much more movement and playfulness in ways you wouldn't imagine (reverb dueling with the pans in a battle for your brains anyone?). Trust. You'll hate yourself if you don't cop it and you hear the one you didn't get out and loud (or in and loud for that matter). My 8 cents. K mwnb -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:00 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com > subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you > did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- > whoomp, there it is! Thanks for posting this, Kent - I hadn't had a chance to listen to it yet at all, so having the samples via beatport/juno is great! On a quick listen to the samples, "equanimity" sounds just gorgeous, "solum ferrum" sounds like classic Maurizio (M6, anybody?), "Astrum" sound like classic Detroit stuff (DX bass, pitchbent synth leads, etc), "Premiata" wouldn't sound out of place next to anything on Carl Craig's "Landcruising", and "Frozen Surface" has me wondering how this would have sounded on any of the DEMF sound systems this year (I have a feeling it would have blown any of them up - fantastic!). Great production for sure - I'll have to figure out if I'm going to pick my faves based on the samples or try to get the whole thing. Great work, DL! bvl
Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
> subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you > did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- > whoomp, there it is! Thanks for posting this, Kent - I hadn't had a chance to listen to it yet at all, so having the samples via beatport/juno is great! On a quick listen to the samples, "equanimity" sounds just gorgeous, "solum ferrum" sounds like classic Maurizio (M6, anybody?), "Astrum" sound like classic Detroit stuff (DX bass, pitchbent synth leads, etc), "Premiata" wouldn't sound out of place next to anything on Carl Craig's "Landcruising", and "Frozen Surface" has me wondering how this would have sounded on any of the DEMF sound systems this year (I have a feeling it would have blown any of them up - fantastic!). Great production for sure - I'll have to figure out if I'm going to pick my faves based on the samples or try to get the whole thing. Great work, DL! bvl
Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
kent williams a écrit : subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- whoomp, there it is! I'll be picking it up on junodownload as soon as my connection is back to normal dl rate!
Re: (313) convextion album now on beatport.com
On junodownload.com too. The EP on AW sounds very nice indeed. Will be picking that up. robin... On 12 Jun 2007, at 19:41, kent williams wrote: subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- whoomp, there it is!
(313) convextion album now on beatport.com
subject line says it all. If you didn't get the vinyl -- or if you did and want to doubly compensate the fine folks at down low -- whoomp, there it is!
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
For all u dutchies: $tinkworx & Convection are playing in Eindhoven @ gaslab this thursday (No entrance fee) and on Friday they are playing in the Flexbar in Amsterdam together with All out K and Rednose District. KJ On 27-feb-2007, at 17:22, Carlos de Brito wrote: well, i guess toby's drink of choice was propably "club mate" (seriously, that's the name of a popular "ice tea" at berghain/in berlin, with lots of caffeine: http://www.club-mate.de/ cws/php/site4.html). otherwise how could toby made it to ame's set at 12? ;) c* Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:12:42 + Von: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "313 List" <313@hyperreal.org> Betreff: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain Smoothies, Ae Grey Tea and sparkling water with a twist of lemon - nowt fancy... m On 27 Feb 2007, at 16:03, Odeluga, Ken wrote: What choice "drinks" do you mean Martin? -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:54 To: 313 List Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain Depends on the DJ I reckon with this one, 5 hours of say, Stay Up Forever washing machine techno is enough for a life time but in the right hands and some choice "drinks" I reckon it would be just fine... m -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
well, i guess toby's drink of choice was propably "club mate" (seriously, that's the name of a popular "ice tea" at berghain/in berlin, with lots of caffeine: http://www.club-mate.de/cws/php/site4.html). otherwise how could toby made it to ame's set at 12? ;) c* Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:12:42 + Von: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "313 List" <313@hyperreal.org> Betreff: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain > Smoothies, Ae Grey Tea and sparkling water with a twist of lemon - > nowt fancy... > > m > > > On 27 Feb 2007, at 16:03, Odeluga, Ken wrote: > > > What choice "drinks" do you mean Martin? > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 27 February 2007 15:54 > > To: 313 List > > Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain > > > > Depends on the DJ I reckon with this one, 5 hours of say, Stay Up > > Forever washing machine techno is enough for a life time but in the > > right hands and some choice "drinks" I reckon it would be just fine... > > > > m -- Ist Ihr Browser Vista-kompatibel? Jetzt die neuesten Browser-Versionen downloaden: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/browser
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
Smoothies, Ae Grey Tea and sparkling water with a twist of lemon - nowt fancy... m On 27 Feb 2007, at 16:03, Odeluga, Ken wrote: What choice "drinks" do you mean Martin? -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:54 To: 313 List Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain Depends on the DJ I reckon with this one, 5 hours of say, Stay Up Forever washing machine techno is enough for a life time but in the right hands and some choice "drinks" I reckon it would be just fine... m
RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
What choice "drinks" do you mean Martin? -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:54 To: 313 List Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain Depends on the DJ I reckon with this one, 5 hours of say, Stay Up Forever washing machine techno is enough for a life time but in the right hands and some choice "drinks" I reckon it would be just fine... m On 27 Feb 2007, at 15:37, Robert Taylor wrote: > I'd get well bored > > > Rob Taylor > VT Librarian > x8599 > Hatch Desk x1088 > VT Library Users' Guide > > -Original Message- > From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 February 2007 15:33 > To: Thomas D. Cox, Jr.; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain > > When you get to Berghain you'll realise why 5 hours of that stuff > makes > sense!
RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
Aye - I want what Toby evidently had :) Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:47 To: Robert Taylor Cc: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain I would too. The same type of music all night long bores the hell out of me. That's not to say dancing for five hours straight is a problem though :) robin... On 27 Feb 2007, at 15:37, Robert Taylor wrote: > I'd get well bored # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel 4, 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX. VAT no. GB 626475817 #
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
Depends on the DJ I reckon with this one, 5 hours of say, Stay Up Forever washing machine techno is enough for a life time but in the right hands and some choice "drinks" I reckon it would be just fine... m On 27 Feb 2007, at 15:37, Robert Taylor wrote: I'd get well bored Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:33 To: Thomas D. Cox, Jr.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain When you get to Berghain you'll realise why 5 hours of that stuff makes sense!
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
I would too. The same type of music all night long bores the hell out of me. That's not to say dancing for five hours straight is a problem though :) robin... On 27 Feb 2007, at 15:37, Robert Taylor wrote: I'd get well bored
RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
I'd get well bored Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:33 To: Thomas D. Cox, Jr.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain When you get to Berghain you'll realise why 5 hours of that stuff makes sense! -Original Message- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:01 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain On 2/27/07, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marcel Dettman was phenomenal - the right kind of Relief-era Chicago for 5 hours on a > punishing system hit the spot. 5 hours of that kind of thing seems slightly excessive, but its interesting that that is the kind of stuff he would play. it seems that old chicago house is coming back, that silly "Berlin" issue of XLR8R had all these berlin deejays talking about their most cherished records, a bunch of them were prescription or relief type stuff. tom For all the latest news and comment visit telegraph.co.uk, the UK's most visited quality newspaper website. This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information. # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. Channel 4, 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX. VAT no. GB 626475817 #
RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
When you get to Berghain you'll realise why 5 hours of that stuff makes sense! -Original Message- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 15:01 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain On 2/27/07, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Marcel Dettman was phenomenal - the right kind of Relief-era Chicago for 5 hours on a > punishing system hit the spot. 5 hours of that kind of thing seems slightly excessive, but its interesting that that is the kind of stuff he would play. it seems that old chicago house is coming back, that silly "Berlin" issue of XLR8R had all these berlin deejays talking about their most cherished records, a bunch of them were prescription or relief type stuff. tom For all the latest news and comment visit telegraph.co.uk, the UK's most visited quality newspaper website. This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
On 2/27/07, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Marcel Dettman was phenomenal - the right kind of Relief-era Chicago for 5 hours on a punishing system hit the spot. 5 hours of that kind of thing seems slightly excessive, but its interesting that that is the kind of stuff he would play. it seems that old chicago house is coming back, that silly "Berlin" issue of XLR8R had all these berlin deejays talking about their most cherished records, a bunch of them were prescription or relief type stuff. tom
RE: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
Gerard 4 - 5 Marcel 5 - 10 -Original Message- From: Nick Hardie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 February 2007 13:37 To: Toby Frith Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain What times did Marcel and Gerard play at? On 27/02/07, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I met up with Gerard and JT at Berlin's Berghain on Saturday. A fine set from > Gerard, composed mostly of material he played last year for us, but with a > couple of new tracks at the end. I think to be honest the cerebral nature of > his music was lost on some of the crowd. He perhaps might have been better > upstairs in Panorama Bar, but still, hearing his material on that rig was a > pleasure. Don Williams was on beforehand, but I thought he just churned out a > few Detroit classics. Marcel Dettman was phenomenal - the right kind of > Relief-era Chicago for 5 hours on a punishing system hit the spot. Thankfully > the boring minimal in Panorama Bar was offset by Ame, who were a real > pleasure, smooth, textured house that was perfect. A great night! > > > > For all the latest news and comment visit telegraph.co.uk, the UK's most > visited quality newspaper website. > > This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace > Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, > its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any > unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this > message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender > accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan > attachments (if any). > > The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of > our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. > > Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended > recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email > systems. > > Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or > recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders > and information. >
Re: (313) Convextion @ Berghain
What times did Marcel and Gerard play at? On 27/02/07, Toby Frith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I met up with Gerard and JT at Berlin's Berghain on Saturday. A fine set from Gerard, composed mostly of material he played last year for us, but with a couple of new tracks at the end. I think to be honest the cerebral nature of his music was lost on some of the crowd. He perhaps might have been better upstairs in Panorama Bar, but still, hearing his material on that rig was a pleasure. Don Williams was on beforehand, but I thought he just churned out a few Detroit classics. Marcel Dettman was phenomenal - the right kind of Relief-era Chicago for 5 hours on a punishing system hit the spot. Thankfully the boring minimal in Panorama Bar was offset by Ame, who were a real pleasure, smooth, textured house that was perfect. A great night! For all the latest news and comment visit telegraph.co.uk, the UK's most visited quality newspaper website. This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
(313) Convextion @ Berghain
I met up with Gerard and JT at Berlin's Berghain on Saturday. A fine set from Gerard, composed mostly of material he played last year for us, but with a couple of new tracks at the end. I think to be honest the cerebral nature of his music was lost on some of the crowd. He perhaps might have been better upstairs in Panorama Bar, but still, hearing his material on that rig was a pleasure. Don Williams was on beforehand, but I thought he just churned out a few Detroit classics. Marcel Dettman was phenomenal - the right kind of Relief-era Chicago for 5 hours on a punishing system hit the spot. Thankfully the boring minimal in Panorama Bar was offset by Ame, who were a real pleasure, smooth, textured house that was perfect. A great night! For all the latest news and comment visit telegraph.co.uk, the UK's most visited quality newspaper website. This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
Re: (313) Convextion - Miranda
J.T. wrote a couple of months ago (Oct 18, 2006) regarding the rerelease of convextion - miranda: If the matrix release doesn't go forward -- or perhaps before it goes forward -- there will be a re-release on down low with only the original track and a new track, mastered at d&m, just 300 copies or so. I kinda like this idea since tho it would be a re-release, the re-release would be even more rare, both old and new versions would be special..but we'll see what happens. just dug this old mail up to ask a question. will 'miranda' be rereleased through downlow or will it only be rereleased through matrix? pre-orders on the matrix rerelease are huge from wat i've heard, so i should probably preorder it now. on the other hand i'd rather not buy a 2x12" when i can get the same track on a 12" especially when the 12" is a really good pressing. jurren _ Hotmail en Messenger on the move http://www.msn.nl/services
Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes
I never saw this site before, but it looks promising. I'm thinking about grabbing some of my fav Mr De electrobooty from there, it's easier to download than to rip the records I already own. I'll buy good digital versions of tracks even if I already own them. Especially since both my 1200's are broken and sitting in the corner. I really hope they might put some more UR classics for sale. It would be nice if they could expand their selection... ~David On 12/21/06, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stewart Caig wrote: > Whilst we are on the subject has anyone ever ordered anything from > detroitdigitalvinyl.com? Ive just tried it for the first time and > received no instructions on how to download anything and when I try and > log on to the site it doesnt accept the password they gave me! > I've bought something off them. In the email you get with Ship to: and Bill To: on it there is a link that says "download". robin...
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Stewart Caig wrote: Whilst we are on the subject has anyone ever ordered anything from detroitdigitalvinyl.com? Ive just tried it for the first time and received no instructions on how to download anything and when I try and log on to the site it doesnt accept the password they gave me! I've bought something off them. In the email you get with Ship to: and Bill To: on it there is a link that says "download". robin...
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Whilst we are on the subject has anyone ever ordered anything from detroitdigitalvinyl.com? Ive just tried it for the first time and received no instructions on how to download anything and when I try and log on to the site it doesnt accept the password they gave me! Stu - Original Message - From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:35 PM Subject: Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes On 12/20/06, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yep, DRM'S a negative looked at from some perspectives. But there are also a lot of positives - and luckily a lot of people actually like using iPods. you dont have to run apple's OS if you have an ipod: http://www.rockbox.org/ then you no longer need to use the poopy itunes. tom
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I tried Rockbox on my 2nd-gen mini (last before the nano) and it didn't work. I am 'fick' (as we say here) though, so maybe it's just me. -Original Message- From: Matt Kane's Brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 December 2006 14:45 To: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes Yeah, iTunes' latest version has me about convinced to switch to Rockbox. On Dec 20, 2006, at 9:35, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: > On 12/20/06, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yep, DRM'S a negative looked at from some perspectives. But there are >> also a lot of positives - and luckily a lot of people actually like >> using iPods. > > you dont have to run apple's OS if you have an ipod: > > http://www.rockbox.org/ > > then you no longer need to use the poopy itunes. > > tom -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim -> mkbatwerk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 12/20/06, Matt Kane's Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, iTunes' latest version has me about convinced to switch to Rockbox. i actually used to really like itunes for ease of filing MP3s. but then they got all nazi on the ability to take things off of ipods and the like and it got really silly. i went rockbox and i dont regret it at all. to
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Yeah, iTunes' latest version has me about convinced to switch to Rockbox. On Dec 20, 2006, at 9:35, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: On 12/20/06, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yep, DRM'S a negative looked at from some perspectives. But there are also a lot of positives - and luckily a lot of people actually like using iPods. you dont have to run apple's OS if you have an ipod: http://www.rockbox.org/ then you no longer need to use the poopy itunes. tom -- matt kane's brain http://hydrogenproject.com aim -> mkbatwerk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 12/20/06, Odeluga, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yep, DRM'S a negative looked at from some perspectives. But there are also a lot of positives - and luckily a lot of people actually like using iPods. you dont have to run apple's OS if you have an ipod: http://www.rockbox.org/ then you no longer need to use the poopy itunes. tom
RE: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes
Yep, DRM'S a negative looked at from some perspectives. But there are also a lot of positives - and luckily a lot of people actually like using iPods. Nor is this to decry other good downloading sites - like Bleep.com - at all. -Original Message- From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 December 2006 13:53 To: list 313 Subject: Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes iTunes is iPod-centric, and DRM-encumbered. ITunes licensing agreement for end users prohibits legal, legitimate uses of the purchased music, and furthermore, Apple resevers the right to change the license after the fact. I don't mind if people buy iPods and use iTunes, but I have real objections to the way they do business, especially when outfits like Bleep.com exist. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/
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I agree Kent, though in fairness iTunes could be a lot lot worse. The DRM (currently) is fairly light and can be sidestepped. It's the 128k-ness that puts me off. I want 320kbps or full-fat wavs (in fact i'd much prefer the wav). For that reason, juno.co.uk or beatport are what I'd choose over iTMS. robin... kent williams wrote: iTunes is iPod-centric, and DRM-encumbered. ITunes licensing agreement for end users prohibits legal, legitimate uses of the purchased music, and furthermore, Apple resevers the right to change the license after the fact. I don't mind if people buy iPods and use iTunes, but I have real objections to the way they do business, especially when outfits like Bleep.com exist. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/
Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes
iTunes is iPod-centric, and DRM-encumbered. ITunes licensing agreement for end users prohibits legal, legitimate uses of the purchased music, and furthermore, Apple resevers the right to change the license after the fact. I don't mind if people buy iPods and use iTunes, but I have real objections to the way they do business, especially when outfits like Bleep.com exist. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/
RE: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes
-Original Message- From: Michael Pujos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 December 2006 18:51 Cc: 313 Subject: Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes J.T. a écrit : > spam! but thought some people would like to know... > > http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=208840096 > > iTunes = no buy. I hope it's available on other popular sites preferably in WAV format. * Hey each to their own, but I wouldn't knock iTunes so much myself. For me iTunes = a reasonably fair, equitable arrangement for both artist and industry (no industry, no artist and vice versa, remember?) in which everybody who produces gets paid something as opposed to everybody who produces doing it for free - as in 'illegal downloads'. Also, regarding the quality, whilst ITMS files are ostensibly in 128kbps format, in fact, with Apple's proprietary 'AAC/m4a' (version of mp3) in reality using an average bit-rate, '128' can often mean rates up to 256. (The info is all on the web). Also, with the iTunes 'Producers Package', original master files from which the consumer files are copied are at a very good resolution, again raising the final quality - as I say, if you geek-out enough you can find all this - but people often say ITMS songs 'sound better' than 128, and certainly a lot of the ones I have heard do. (Clearly, I don't work for Apple, by the way! Just wanted to give a fair, balanced view.) Ken
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J.T. a écrit : spam! but thought some people would like to know... http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=208840096 iTunes = no buy. I hope it's available on other popular sites preferably in WAV format.
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yes, all major mp3 sites very soon...think iTunes just gets it first.. -Original Message- >From: kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 19, 2006 1:40 PM >To: "J.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) Convextion album now on iTunes > >Which is great, but will it be on bleep.com or beatport.com for those >who haven't been assimilated by iPod yet? > >On 12/19/06, J.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> spam! but thought some people would like to know... >> >> http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=208840096 >>
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Which is great, but will it be on bleep.com or beatport.com for those who haven't been assimilated by iPod yet? On 12/19/06, J.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: spam! but thought some people would like to know... http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=208840096
(313) Convextion album now on iTunes
spam! but thought some people would like to know... http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=208840096
RE: (313) convextion live question
What's even more amazing about Gerard's original Convextion and ERP releases, such as those on Matrix or our old HardSync imprint, they were all mainly produced with just a single digital keyboard and arranged on a first generation digital desktop sequencer. Percussion and all. He basically bought a synth and sequencer one day and disappeared for two weeks in his garage apartment. He wouldn't skate, hang out, return calls, nothing. Then out of nowhere he emerged with tracks that were mind blowing. Zero to unreal in under two weeks. I'm in Atlanta now and can't comment on what he's using for production today, but it wouldn't surprise me if he borrows greatly from his old bag of tricks. It's great to see his music picking up so much momentum lately. He's definitely on another level when it comes to constructing tracks, mad respect for the guy. dK -Original Message- From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:29 AM To: Odeluga, Ken Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion live question yah, that's what i thought.and that's why i asked the question in the first place - the live set is definitely "hardware" sounding hence my curiosity hi ken ;) - Original Message - From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Damian Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "fab." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: RE: (313) convextion live question We were there; we saw it with our own ears. Naturally, software's not allowed to cross the threshold to his studio though ... (mostly, I understand.) -Original Message----- From: Damian Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2006 21:31 To: Toby Frith Cc: fab.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion live question Toby Frith wrote: > Ableton. are you sure? nah, i don't believe that! it was far too gritty and analog and gross (in a good way) for ableton. that set has actually inspired me to build digitally triggered analog drum circuits... -- Damian Stewart +64 27 305 4107 f r e y live music with machines http://www.frey.co.nz http://www.myspace.com/freyed
Re: (313) convextion live question
yah, that's what i thought.and that's why i asked the question in the first place - the live set is definitely "hardware" sounding hence my curiosity hi ken ;) - Original Message - From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Damian Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "fab." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: RE: (313) convextion live question We were there; we saw it with our own ears. Naturally, software's not allowed to cross the threshold to his studio though ... (mostly, I understand.) -Original Message- From: Damian Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2006 21:31 To: Toby Frith Cc: fab.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion live question Toby Frith wrote: Ableton. are you sure? nah, i don't believe that! it was far too gritty and analog and gross (in a good way) for ableton. that set has actually inspired me to build digitally triggered analog drum circuits... -- Damian Stewart +64 27 305 4107 f r e y live music with machines http://www.frey.co.nz http://www.myspace.com/freyed
RE: (313) convextion live question
We were there; we saw it with our own ears. Naturally, software's not allowed to cross the threshold to his studio though ... (mostly, I understand.) -Original Message- From: Damian Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2006 21:31 To: Toby Frith Cc: fab.; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) convextion live question Toby Frith wrote: > Ableton. are you sure? nah, i don't believe that! it was far too gritty and analog and gross (in a good way) for ableton. that set has actually inspired me to build digitally triggered analog drum circuits... -- Damian Stewart +64 27 305 4107 f r e y live music with machines http://www.frey.co.nz http://www.myspace.com/freyed
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Toby Frith wrote: Ableton. are you sure? nah, i don't believe that! it was far too gritty and analog and gross (in a good way) for ableton. that set has actually inspired me to build digitally triggered analog drum circuits... -- Damian Stewart +64 27 305 4107 f r e y live music with machines http://www.frey.co.nz http://www.myspace.com/freyed
Re: (313) convextion live question
thanks Tobes. - Original Message - From: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "fab." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:22 PM Subject: RE: (313) convextion live question Ableton. -Original Message- From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2006 13:21 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) convextion live question Hello, a question for those that were there what equipment was convextion using during his london live appearance? btw, it's a frickin' great set, i have it permanently on my personal stereo.;) fab. CITYMORB MUSIC | www.citymorb.net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | www.myspace.com/citymorb | out now: CTM002 SMBP - Stars Falling ep. next release: CTM004 Vermont - The Santa Cruz Operation For ball-by-ball coverage, instant match reports and analysis follow the Ashes at www.telegraph.co.uk/ashes This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
RE: (313) convextion live question
Ableton. -Original Message- From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 November 2006 13:21 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: (313) convextion live question Hello, a question for those that were there what equipment was convextion using during his london live appearance? btw, it's a frickin' great set, i have it permanently on my personal stereo.;) fab. CITYMORB MUSIC | www.citymorb.net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | www.myspace.com/citymorb | out now: CTM002 SMBP - Stars Falling ep. next release: CTM004 Vermont - The Santa Cruz Operation For ball-by-ball coverage, instant match reports and analysis follow the Ashes at www.telegraph.co.uk/ashes This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
(313) convextion live question
Hello, a question for those that were there what equipment was convextion using during his london live appearance? btw, it's a frickin' great set, i have it permanently on my personal stereo.;) fab. CITYMORB MUSIC | www.citymorb.net | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | www.myspace.com/citymorb | out now: CTM002 SMBP - Stars Falling ep. next release: CTM004 Vermont - The Santa Cruz Operation
Re: (313) Convextion
Stoddard, Kamal wrote: What blew me away was the phrase "wanted to change". Kinda freaks me out. i love that about music, how it tells you what it wants; i suppose that's one way to tell the difference between good musicians and bad musicians, good musicians can hear what the music they're playing wants to do, and how to take it that way. -- Damian Stewart +64 27 305 4107 f r e y live music with machines http://www.frey.co.nz http://www.myspace.com/freyed
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What blew me away was the phrase "wanted to change". Kinda freaks me out. She like's crunk more than anything, but sometimes, she says stuff like that and reminds me that even though our tastes may differ, she's really paying attention. And that "wants" thing makes me think she's actually feeling it more than listening. Oh, well. I guess she's already aced techno 101 (aka emotional connection to frequency modulations). Sucks cause I wanted to be able to take credit for that one in like 4 years. I'd be all like, "what! Mn, before me you were just hearing the tones mn. I taught you how to FL the beat. Without me you'd be nothing!" There goes that. k -Original Message- From: J.T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 11:57 AM To: Stoddard, Kamal; Odeluga,Ken; list 313 Subject: RE: (313) Convextion >should keep going. She's 12 and pretty sharp. She was saying how all the >other songs on the album change and it seems like this one "wanted" to >change, but it just ends. I thought it was an awesome observation, but >then I kept listening and it does. Man! Now I goa hear this. hehe dang that is some keen observationing! yeah it gets beats! and a really jacky bassline/sound mutates out of the depths, more little dubby touches...turns into a pretty dancefloor track somehow.. i'm pretty certain we'll be putting an edit of the track, with the beats, on vinyl too... sometime around the time of the album...
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>should keep going. She's 12 and pretty sharp. She was saying how all the >other songs on the album change and it seems like this one "wanted" to >change, but it just ends. I thought it was an awesome observation, but >then I kept listening and it does. Man! Now I goa hear this. hehe dang that is some keen observationing! yeah it gets beats! and a really jacky bassline/sound mutates out of the depths, more little dubby touches...turns into a pretty dancefloor track somehow.. i'm pretty certain we'll be putting an edit of the track, with the beats, on vinyl too... sometime around the time of the album...
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>(hint to those with the vinyl -- the beatless d2 track is actually >excerpted from a 30 minute epic) HAHA! I fxcking knew it! Dude, that one's been one of the most played around my house at the moment. I listened to it on Saturday morning with my daughter (who loves ambient because it's pretty music) for like an hour straight (not easy to do with vinyl). We were both saying that it keeps sounding like it should keep going. She's 12 and pretty sharp. She was saying how all the other songs on the album change and it seems like this one "wanted" to change, but it just ends. I thought it was an awesome observation, but then I kept listening and it does. Man! Now I goa hear this. And the Tristan technical study was dope! Nice to hear what we all understand articulated so academically. K mwnb
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Ckuf yes it is! Sorry! :-). Blame it on Monday morning fuzzy-headedness... -Original Message- From: J.T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2006 15:39 To: Odeluga, Ken; list 313 Subject: RE: (313) Convextion >Well done to you, Minto and not forgetting Gerald! And wishing you all >continued good fortune. hehe it's "gerard" but thanks ken! @ rob taylor ..there will be a cd but it won't be out until march of 2007 and will have a slightly different tracklist (hint to those with the vinyl -- the beatless d2 track is actually excerpted from a 30 minute epic); in the meantime, the vinyl version of the album will be up on iTunes, bleep, beatport etc in jan/feb 07
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Cheers JT - I guess I'll have to wait til March then - if it's that good, it'll be worth the wait Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: J.T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 November 2006 15:39 To: Odeluga,Ken; list 313 Subject: RE: (313) Convextion >Well done to you, Minto and not forgetting Gerald! And wishing you all >continued good fortune. hehe it's "gerard" but thanks ken! @ rob taylor ..there will be a cd but it won't be out until march of 2007 and will have a slightly different tracklist (hint to those with the vinyl -- the beatless d2 track is actually excerpted from a 30 minute epic); in the meantime, the vinyl version of the album will be up on iTunes, bleep, beatport etc in jan/feb 07 # Note: Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This email and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank You. #
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>Well done to you, Minto and not forgetting Gerald! And wishing you all >continued good fortune. hehe it's "gerard" but thanks ken! @ rob taylor ..there will be a cd but it won't be out until march of 2007 and will have a slightly different tracklist (hint to those with the vinyl -- the beatless d2 track is actually excerpted from a 30 minute epic); in the meantime, the vinyl version of the album will be up on iTunes, bleep, beatport etc in jan/feb 07
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Well, I didn't understand most of that but you've convinced me - so, is this available on CD? Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -Original Message- From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 November 2006 00:00 To: 'list 313' Subject: (313) Convextion As there will no doubt be at least 80 credible reviews of the 800 copies of the Convextion album, I'll try not to focus so much on what makes each track essential to the album (and it is an album proper) as what makes Gerard Hanson so compelling to the core of the techno scene; what makes him one of the few who can sell out an initial pressing before it is released, even after a four-year hiatus under this guise. In my mind that is the thing that's worth writing and reading about at this moment. People don't need convincing to buy his music once they hear it, and clips are available everywhere. But in a time when labels, distributors and shops are closing left and right, why is it that one quiet and genial fellow from Texas can attract so much attention when so many artists and labels are struggling? In short, is this merit or hype? This is what the unconvinced and unaware are asking themselves, and what I hope to answer in words (however difficult that is). It will have been said over and over that in Gerard's music there is always a preoccupation with reverb. He uses delay much more than most and tends to get away with it remarkably well. But to reduce his impact on the techno world to his use of reverb Basic Channel style would be to disregard everything else he is doing. Perhaps 10-20% of the final result will have been basicchannelised in the aggregate, which will of course appeal to fans of that sound, and most techno fans full-stop (and this is of course not a criticism of him, given that he has been fulfilling the prophecy of that sound since it generated). But lost in this narrow reduction is the fact that he's still got a very normal (if not exemplary) techno arrangement underneath, and often 2-3 times as much going on at any given time, or just as much variance horizontally. What is superlative is that he manages to do this without clutter, incoherence or regrets about any part of an evolving track being superior to the rest. In short, he succeeds. In my mind there are four essential ingredients to this success that set him apart from his peers: A) His arrangements are always ambitious. While there are some people who succeed as well as he does at making their arrangements work, and there are many people who try to do as much as he does, there are very few who merge this ambition and execution as well as he does. B) While this may seem like a statement of the obvious, when his efforts in total are added up, and everything can still be picked out so cleanly in the mix, it is nothing short of a miracle. His production skills can't be faulted, and the pressing of his new album at D+M will only help to justly solidify this reputation. C) Synthesis is perhaps the most overlooked ingredient in what makes Convextion what it is, and probably the one thing that distinguishes him most from Basic Channel (to unfairly extend the comparison). In nearly every track he is deploying sines, squares, pulses and saws in exactly the right spots, and always tweaking their character throughout, as though the arrangements require it, although 99.9% of producers and listeners would be perfectly satisfied without these extra touches. None of these sounds are essential, but we always know that if it weren't these sounds, he'd make another equally compelling sound to take its place, and it would work just as well in the mix overall. There aren't many producers who can impart this comfort in sound design. It is always extensive and almost always right. This is expert synthesis. D) The one thing that is probably overlooked even more than sound design is composition, which is always impeccable. Given obvious skill in these other areas, many producers would mail in the actual writing of music, which is of course one of the most compelling ingredients in the appeal of Convextion, if shrouded within his many other successes. The key is that he is one of the few who have mastered this totality of making techno, yet still continues to challenge us with the individual melodies that get wrung through these other disciplines. This is probably the most commendable facet of his genius. Put this all together and you have the techno record buyer's hysteria we've seen in the last month of anticipation of this release. It has been a long time coming. I really hope everyone gets a copy. It does not disappoint. This can only raise the bar for quality in techno - which is not to say it's the best album evarrr, but in terms of ambition, imagination, coherence and execution it's hard to see how it can't be one of them. I don'
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J.T. wrote: >i hope people are not disappointed that we are going beyond our initial claim of "limited to 500". Hey, J.T., No way man! :-). The more people who hear and own this LP the better, IMHO. With this release, the future of our music is bright - again - at last. Well done to you, Minto and not forgetting Gerald! And wishing you all continued good fortune. Ken (Who's yet to actually hear this record which everyone is raving about but will this week, I hope - but then again, maybe I don't really need to after reading Tristan's amazing essay! :)
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i hope people are not disappointed that we are going beyond our initial claim of "limited to 500". it was never our intention to not >meet demand, 500 was just all we could (not even) afford. now we are receiving lots of help from distribs to press more...so >hopefully most people who are actively after the album will be able to get ahold of a copy eventually. The more people that get to hear this album the better JT IMHO, it's great that everyone is buzzing about it. Well done to everyone involved, one of the best releases in 2006... m
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thanks so much for that review Tristan. even if nobody else is as passionate about the album as you, your reaction alone is deeply gratifying and means a lot to us. very well written and thoughtful, you definitely hear it and appreciate it much the same way we do. minto & i love gerard personally, so we're more than a little biased, but we agree with everything you said...i'm afraid to even read it to gerard because he will get all bashful and self-conscious about making more music! i especially agree that, yes, he is a master of synthesis and composition..and the mood and intimate feeling in his music is the reflection of a sensitive and beautiful human being that is just gerard thru and thru, it's really personal, and that's something i value very very highly in electronic music. the album is a reflection of over 10 years of his work, a lot of experiences in those years...it's just a deep thing all around for us and we're real proud of it, regardless of whether its commercial presentation is hyped or heartfelt. the cover has no deeper meaning other than it's pretty and techno, and pretty techno! our photog friend ryan guillot took it while he was in prague, yep. martin is right, d+m is indeed just a mastering house, the record was pressed at rand. both places were unbelievably kind to us. we are/were broke as hell and could not even afford to do the initial 500 pressings...except that we got unbelievable breaks from both d+m and rand. the whole process of making the record was really special and would not have happened without the help of a lot of great friends, and real diehard supporters of dance music as an artform (beyond just a niche dj market or dance-hipster trendy coolness etc etc). i hope people are not disappointed that we are going beyond our initial claim of "limited to 500". it was never our intention to not meet demand, 500 was just all we could (not even) afford. now we are receiving lots of help from distribs to press more...so hopefully most people who are actively after the album will be able to get ahold of a copy eventually. blah blah zz right? but thanks everybody! jt -Original Message- >From: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 19, 2006 3:07 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'list 313' <313@hyperreal.org> >Subject: Re: (313) Convextion > >> B) While this may seem like a statement of the obvious, when his efforts >> in >> total are added up, and everything can still be picked out so cleanly in >> the >> mix, it is nothing short of a miracle. His production skills can't be >> faulted, and the pressing of his new album at D+M will only help to justly >> solidify this reputation. > >Great post T, but D&M are a mastering house not a pressing plant or have I >got hold of the wrong end of the stick. > >m > > >
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B) While this may seem like a statement of the obvious, when his efforts in total are added up, and everything can still be picked out so cleanly in the mix, it is nothing short of a miracle. His production skills can't be faulted, and the pressing of his new album at D+M will only help to justly solidify this reputation. Great post T, but D&M are a mastering house not a pressing plant or have I got hold of the wrong end of the stick. m
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$250 already? http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?release_id=787518 golddigger indeed someone should send the boys round On 11/19/06, Mislav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The picture on the cover of the LP is of one of Prague's metro station. Anybody have any idea if three is more to it than just interesting wall design ?? Still waiting for my copy to arrive so can't comment but great email Tristan. Ordered 2 copies and somehow feel I am not in minority here ;-) -Original Message- From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:00 AM To: 'list 313' Subject: (313) Convextion As there will no doubt be at least 80 credible reviews of the 800 copies of the Convextion album, I'll try not to focus so much on what makes each track essential to the album (and it is an album proper) as what makes Gerard Hanson so compelling to the core of the techno scene; what makes him one of the few who can sell out an initial pressing before it is released, even after a four-year hiatus under this guise. In my mind that is the thing that's worth writing and reading about at this moment. People don't need convincing to buy his music once they hear it, and clips are available everywhere. But in a time when labels, distributors and shops are closing left and right, why is it that one quiet and genial fellow from Texas can attract so much attention when so many artists and labels are struggling? In short, is this merit or hype? This is what the unconvinced and unaware are asking themselves, and what I hope to answer in words (however difficult that is). It will have been said over and over that in Gerard's music there is always a preoccupation with reverb. He uses delay much more than most and tends to get away with it remarkably well. But to reduce his impact on the techno world to his use of reverb Basic Channel style would be to disregard everything else he is doing. Perhaps 10-20% of the final result will have been basicchannelised in the aggregate, which will of course appeal to fans of that sound, and most techno fans full-stop (and this is of course not a criticism of him, given that he has been fulfilling the prophecy of that sound since it generated). But lost in this narrow reduction is the fact that he's still got a very normal (if not exemplary) techno arrangement underneath, and often 2-3 times as much going on at any given time, or just as much variance horizontally. What is superlative is that he manages to do this without clutter, incoherence or regrets about any part of an evolving track being superior to the rest. In short, he succeeds. In my mind there are four essential ingredients to this success that set him apart from his peers: A) His arrangements are always ambitious. While there are some people who succeed as well as he does at making their arrangements work, and there are many people who try to do as much as he does, there are very few who merge this ambition and execution as well as he does. B) While this may seem like a statement of the obvious, when his efforts in total are added up, and everything can still be picked out so cleanly in the mix, it is nothing short of a miracle. His production skills can't be faulted, and the pressing of his new album at D+M will only help to justly solidify this reputation. C) Synthesis is perhaps the most overlooked ingredient in what makes Convextion what it is, and probably the one thing that distinguishes him most from Basic Channel (to unfairly extend the comparison). In nearly every track he is deploying sines, squares, pulses and saws in exactly the right spots, and always tweaking their character throughout, as though the arrangements require it, although 99.9% of producers and listeners would be perfectly satisfied without these extra touches. None of these sounds are essential, but we always know that if it weren't these sounds, he'd make another equally compelling sound to take its place, and it would work just as well in the mix overall. There aren't many producers who can impart this comfort in sound design. It is always extensive and almost always right. This is expert synthesis. D) The one thing that is probably overlooked even more than sound design is composition, which is always impeccable. Given obvious skill in these other areas, many producers would mail in the actual writing of music, which is of course one of the most compelling ingredients in the appeal of Convextion, if shrouded within his many other successes. The key is that he is one of the few who have mastered this totality of making techno, yet still continues to challenge us with the individual melodies that get wrung through these other disciplines. This is probably the most commendable facet of his genius. Put this all together and you have the techno record buyer's hysteria we've seen in the last month of anticipation of this release. It has be
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The picture on the cover of the LP is of one of Prague's metro station. Anybody have any idea if three is more to it than just interesting wall design ?? Still waiting for my copy to arrive so can't comment but great email Tristan. Ordered 2 copies and somehow feel I am not in minority here ;-) -Original Message- From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:00 AM To: 'list 313' Subject: (313) Convextion As there will no doubt be at least 80 credible reviews of the 800 copies of the Convextion album, I'll try not to focus so much on what makes each track essential to the album (and it is an album proper) as what makes Gerard Hanson so compelling to the core of the techno scene; what makes him one of the few who can sell out an initial pressing before it is released, even after a four-year hiatus under this guise. In my mind that is the thing that's worth writing and reading about at this moment. People don't need convincing to buy his music once they hear it, and clips are available everywhere. But in a time when labels, distributors and shops are closing left and right, why is it that one quiet and genial fellow from Texas can attract so much attention when so many artists and labels are struggling? In short, is this merit or hype? This is what the unconvinced and unaware are asking themselves, and what I hope to answer in words (however difficult that is). It will have been said over and over that in Gerard's music there is always a preoccupation with reverb. He uses delay much more than most and tends to get away with it remarkably well. But to reduce his impact on the techno world to his use of reverb Basic Channel style would be to disregard everything else he is doing. Perhaps 10-20% of the final result will have been basicchannelised in the aggregate, which will of course appeal to fans of that sound, and most techno fans full-stop (and this is of course not a criticism of him, given that he has been fulfilling the prophecy of that sound since it generated). But lost in this narrow reduction is the fact that he's still got a very normal (if not exemplary) techno arrangement underneath, and often 2-3 times as much going on at any given time, or just as much variance horizontally. What is superlative is that he manages to do this without clutter, incoherence or regrets about any part of an evolving track being superior to the rest. In short, he succeeds. In my mind there are four essential ingredients to this success that set him apart from his peers: A) His arrangements are always ambitious. While there are some people who succeed as well as he does at making their arrangements work, and there are many people who try to do as much as he does, there are very few who merge this ambition and execution as well as he does. B) While this may seem like a statement of the obvious, when his efforts in total are added up, and everything can still be picked out so cleanly in the mix, it is nothing short of a miracle. His production skills can't be faulted, and the pressing of his new album at D+M will only help to justly solidify this reputation. C) Synthesis is perhaps the most overlooked ingredient in what makes Convextion what it is, and probably the one thing that distinguishes him most from Basic Channel (to unfairly extend the comparison). In nearly every track he is deploying sines, squares, pulses and saws in exactly the right spots, and always tweaking their character throughout, as though the arrangements require it, although 99.9% of producers and listeners would be perfectly satisfied without these extra touches. None of these sounds are essential, but we always know that if it weren't these sounds, he'd make another equally compelling sound to take its place, and it would work just as well in the mix overall. There aren't many producers who can impart this comfort in sound design. It is always extensive and almost always right. This is expert synthesis. D) The one thing that is probably overlooked even more than sound design is composition, which is always impeccable. Given obvious skill in these other areas, many producers would mail in the actual writing of music, which is of course one of the most compelling ingredients in the appeal of Convextion, if shrouded within his many other successes. The key is that he is one of the few who have mastered this totality of making techno, yet still continues to challenge us with the individual melodies that get wrung through these other disciplines. This is probably the most commendable facet of his genius. Put this all together and you have the techno record buyer's hysteria we've seen in the last month of anticipation of this release. It has been a long time coming. I really hope everyone gets a copy. It does not disappoint. This can only raise the bar for quality in techno - which is not to say it's the best a
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As there will no doubt be at least 80 credible reviews of the 800 copies of the Convextion album, I'll try not to focus so much on what makes each track essential to the album (and it is an album proper) as what makes Gerard Hanson so compelling to the core of the techno scene; what makes him one of the few who can sell out an initial pressing before it is released, even after a four-year hiatus under this guise. In my mind that is the thing that's worth writing and reading about at this moment. People don't need convincing to buy his music once they hear it, and clips are available everywhere. But in a time when labels, distributors and shops are closing left and right, why is it that one quiet and genial fellow from Texas can attract so much attention when so many artists and labels are struggling? In short, is this merit or hype? This is what the unconvinced and unaware are asking themselves, and what I hope to answer in words (however difficult that is). It will have been said over and over that in Gerard's music there is always a preoccupation with reverb. He uses delay much more than most and tends to get away with it remarkably well. But to reduce his impact on the techno world to his use of reverb Basic Channel style would be to disregard everything else he is doing. Perhaps 10-20% of the final result will have been basicchannelised in the aggregate, which will of course appeal to fans of that sound, and most techno fans full-stop (and this is of course not a criticism of him, given that he has been fulfilling the prophecy of that sound since it generated). But lost in this narrow reduction is the fact that he's still got a very normal (if not exemplary) techno arrangement underneath, and often 2-3 times as much going on at any given time, or just as much variance horizontally. What is superlative is that he manages to do this without clutter, incoherence or regrets about any part of an evolving track being superior to the rest. In short, he succeeds. In my mind there are four essential ingredients to this success that set him apart from his peers: A) His arrangements are always ambitious. While there are some people who succeed as well as he does at making their arrangements work, and there are many people who try to do as much as he does, there are very few who merge this ambition and execution as well as he does. B) While this may seem like a statement of the obvious, when his efforts in total are added up, and everything can still be picked out so cleanly in the mix, it is nothing short of a miracle. His production skills can't be faulted, and the pressing of his new album at D+M will only help to justly solidify this reputation. C) Synthesis is perhaps the most overlooked ingredient in what makes Convextion what it is, and probably the one thing that distinguishes him most from Basic Channel (to unfairly extend the comparison). In nearly every track he is deploying sines, squares, pulses and saws in exactly the right spots, and always tweaking their character throughout, as though the arrangements require it, although 99.9% of producers and listeners would be perfectly satisfied without these extra touches. None of these sounds are essential, but we always know that if it weren't these sounds, he'd make another equally compelling sound to take its place, and it would work just as well in the mix overall. There aren't many producers who can impart this comfort in sound design. It is always extensive and almost always right. This is expert synthesis. D) The one thing that is probably overlooked even more than sound design is composition, which is always impeccable. Given obvious skill in these other areas, many producers would mail in the actual writing of music, which is of course one of the most compelling ingredients in the appeal of Convextion, if shrouded within his many other successes. The key is that he is one of the few who have mastered this totality of making techno, yet still continues to challenge us with the individual melodies that get wrung through these other disciplines. This is probably the most commendable facet of his genius. Put this all together and you have the techno record buyer's hysteria we've seen in the last month of anticipation of this release. It has been a long time coming. I really hope everyone gets a copy. It does not disappoint. This can only raise the bar for quality in techno - which is not to say it's the best album evarrr, but in terms of ambition, imagination, coherence and execution it's hard to see how it can't be one of them. I don't know if those are the standards we should use to judge techno, but if they are, it's certainly one of the top 10. Evarrr. I can almost imagine people fighting for early slots at parties, in order to guarantee that they can be the DJ who drops these tracks first. Surely this is an hallucination, but it makes me think the album could be renamed "Music to Make People Show Up Early", and not be wrong. I need to go
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It's not the new convextion release on Down Low ! Can't wait for DL to put their catalogue for purchase online, plase! Jacob Arnold a écrit : To answer my own question, it's on Detroit Digital Vinyl: http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DL-MATRIX-001
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To answer my own question, it's on Detroit Digital Vinyl: http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DL-MATRIX-001 Jacob Arnold wrote: > Is the MP3 available to purchase somewhere? > > Cheers, > Jacob > >>THE NEW CONVEXTION JOINT IS FACKING AMAZING!
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Is the MP3 available to purchase somewhere? Cheers, Jacob Minto George wrote: > Awesome review Kamal! don't think a magazine review > could have said it better. We didn't do a whole lot of > promo just as we've not done in the past and we thank > those for spreading the word on our chit and promoting > it that way. We're all happy with the end result and > Gerard thanks all for buying it and supporting the > life of more of his music being released on his own > VEXT imprint. > > minto > >>Alright. I guess this is as good a time as any to say >>this. > >>THE NEW CONVEXTION JOINT IS FACKING AMAZING! -- underground music reviews http://www.gridface.com/ http://www.myspace.com/gridface
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I got mine from J.T last night. It's great! -Original Message- From: Minto George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2006 23:47 To: Stoddard, Kamal Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: (313) convextion album Awesome review Kamal! don't think a magazine review could have said it better. We didn't do a whole lot of promo just as we've not done in the past and we thank those for spreading the word on our chit and promoting it that way. We're all happy with the end result and Gerard thanks all for buying it and supporting the life of more of his music being released on his own VEXT imprint. minto >Alright. I guess this is as good a time as any to say >this. >THE NEW CONVEXTION JOINT IS FACKING AMAZING! >Okay, aside from the fact that it sounds like the >basic channel >template >has been stuck in a hyper-evolutionary time folding >chamber for like >eons just becoming sentient and this popped out... >...yeah, aside from that, this is some of the most >detailed, >fluctuating, pulse-waving, freaky ish out there. I >kept laughing as I >put on track after track and thought to myself, "guess >dude doesn't >like >hi hats and snares?" then only to realize a couple >bowls later they >were >perfectly there, just phased to Pluto and buried >dp in the mix. >Which brings me to the keyword here. Dep. Not deep >like, >"wow...man...that's deep..." or the afro-house people >deep. I mean deep >as in literally. There are sounds buried so deep in >the sonic layering >that (for the first time in a long time)I feel like a >real aquanaut >again going exploring for sounds and watching them >shift all together >at >times like a school of fish (alien pretty fish). There >were a couple >songs I didn't really stick with to the end...but I >was still feeling >them joints. I haven't even looked at the track titles >so I can't give >specifics on names yet. Just remember, it doesn't take >much to get lost >in there. Really lost. Not the show. Your >mind... >I also got the E>R>P> joint I missed awhile back. >OMFG! I really still >can't describe this one. It's beautiful and growls at >your face. >The one thing I found disconcerting about both of >these though was they >were FAST. Like some of sheds's older stuff. Like at >-8 it's just >grooving. It doesn't detract from the songs at all >just the mixability >with some of my other stuff. Truth be told, I hope Mr. >Vext never reads >this as I'd hate to taint the process with thoughts of >"mixability". >Oh yeah! and I got the custom hood-art on both sleeve >pieces by senor >sharkface JTizzletron which takes it from like >collectible to heirloom >status. One of the best vinyl purchases I've ever >made. >And as a nod to the kids reaction thread: My boys were >all over the >electro Saturday morning. They were into the hard fast >stuff. >Thrashing, >throwing the couch pillows, and not even caring if I >was looking. Just >ballsout. Full on dancing with their mean >faces(awesome). Then I went >into some of the more straightup 4x4 dubby deep stuff >and they started >doing some weird ground dancing that almost went >breakdancy but then >they petered out and went for cinnamon toast. Next >time I'm gonna get >flix. Yall gone bug. >K >mwnb down low music http://downlowmusic.org UPCOMING '06 Convextion dLVEXTLP OUT NOV 16th The Connection Machine "PIJN" dL013 TBA dL SHOP LOWER LEVELS http://lowrlvlz.gemm.com Keep informed throughout the day with the Telegraph's breaking news, commentary and opinion on www.telegraph.co.uk This e-mail is from Telegraph Media Group Limited - 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0DT registered in England under No 451593. This message, its contents and any attachments to it are private and confidential. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. Neither we nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan attachments (if any). The content of this email does not necessarily reflect our views or those of our officers and we take no responsibility for the views of the author. Emails sent and received may be read by people other than the intended recipient and may be monitored to ensure efficient operation of our email systems. Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for confirming orders and information.
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Awesome review Kamal! don't think a magazine review could have said it better. We didn't do a whole lot of promo just as we've not done in the past and we thank those for spreading the word on our chit and promoting it that way. We're all happy with the end result and Gerard thanks all for buying it and supporting the life of more of his music being released on his own VEXT imprint. minto >Alright. I guess this is as good a time as any to say >this. >THE NEW CONVEXTION JOINT IS FACKING AMAZING! >Okay, aside from the fact that it sounds like the >basic channel >template >has been stuck in a hyper-evolutionary time folding >chamber for like >eons just becoming sentient and this popped out... >...yeah, aside from that, this is some of the most >detailed, >fluctuating, pulse-waving, freaky ish out there. I >kept laughing as I >put on track after track and thought to myself, "guess >dude doesn't >like >hi hats and snares?" then only to realize a couple >bowls later they >were >perfectly there, just phased to Pluto and buried >dp in the mix. >Which brings me to the keyword here. Dep. Not deep >like, >"wow...man...that's deep..." or the afro-house people >deep. I mean deep >as in literally. There are sounds buried so deep in >the sonic layering >that (for the first time in a long time)I feel like a >real aquanaut >again going exploring for sounds and watching them >shift all together >at >times like a school of fish (alien pretty fish). There >were a couple >songs I didn't really stick with to the end...but I >was still feeling >them joints. I haven't even looked at the track titles >so I can't give >specifics on names yet. Just remember, it doesn't take >much to get lost >in there. Really lost. Not the show. Your >mind... >I also got the E>R>P> joint I missed awhile back. >OMFG! I really still >can't describe this one. It's beautiful and growls at >your face. >The one thing I found disconcerting about both of >these though was they >were FAST. Like some of sheds's older stuff. Like at >-8 it's just >grooving. It doesn't detract from the songs at all >just the mixability >with some of my other stuff. Truth be told, I hope Mr. >Vext never reads >this as I'd hate to taint the process with thoughts of >"mixability". >Oh yeah! and I got the custom hood-art on both sleeve >pieces by senor >sharkface JTizzletron which takes it from like >collectible to heirloom >status. One of the best vinyl purchases I've ever >made. >And as a nod to the kids reaction thread: My boys were >all over the >electro Saturday morning. They were into the hard fast >stuff. >Thrashing, >throwing the couch pillows, and not even caring if I >was looking. Just >ballsout. Full on dancing with their mean >faces(awesome). Then I went >into some of the more straightup 4x4 dubby deep stuff >and they started >doing some weird ground dancing that almost went >breakdancy but then >they petered out and went for cinnamon toast. Next >time I'm gonna get >flix. Yall gone bug. >K >mwnb down low music http://downlowmusic.org UPCOMING '06 Convextion dLVEXTLP OUT NOV 16th The Connection Machine "PIJN" dL013 TBA dL SHOP LOWER LEVELS http://lowrlvlz.gemm.com
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Alright. I guess this is as good a time as any to say this. THE NEW CONVEXTION JOINT IS FACKING AMAZING! Okay, aside from the fact that it sounds like the basic channel template has been stuck in a hyper-evolutionary time folding chamber for like eons just becoming sentient and this popped out... ...yeah, aside from that, this is some of the most detailed, fluctuating, pulse-waving, freaky ish out there. I kept laughing as I put on track after track and thought to myself, "guess dude doesn't like hi hats and snares?" then only to realize a couple bowls later they were perfectly there, just phased to Pluto and buried dp in the mix. Which brings me to the keyword here. Dep. Not deep like, "wow...man...that's deep..." or the afro-house people deep. I mean deep as in literally. There are sounds buried so deep in the sonic layering that (for the first time in a long time)I feel like a real aquanaut again going exploring for sounds and watching them shift all together at times like a school of fish (alien pretty fish). There were a couple songs I didn't really stick with to the end...but I was still feeling them joints. I haven't even looked at the track titles so I can't give specifics on names yet. Just remember, it doesn't take much to get lost in there. Really lost. Not the show. Your mind... I also got the E>R>P> joint I missed awhile back. OMFG! I really still can't describe this one. It's beautiful and growls at your face. The one thing I found disconcerting about both of these though was they were FAST. Like some of sheds's older stuff. Like at -8 it's just grooving. It doesn't detract from the songs at all just the mixability with some of my other stuff. Truth be told, I hope Mr. Vext never reads this as I'd hate to taint the process with thoughts of "mixability". Oh yeah! and I got the custom hood-art on both sleeve pieces by senor sharkface JTizzletron which takes it from like collectible to heirloom status. One of the best vinyl purchases I've ever made. And as a nod to the kids reaction thread: My boys were all over the electro Saturday morning. They were into the hard fast stuff. Thrashing, throwing the couch pillows, and not even caring if I was looking. Just ballsout. Full on dancing with their mean faces(awesome). Then I went into some of the more straightup 4x4 dubby deep stuff and they started doing some weird ground dancing that almost went breakdancy but then they petered out and went for cinnamon toast. Next time I'm gonna get flix. Yall gone bug. K mwnb
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yeah, that pre-order was for the other rush hour distribution clients but 'normal' customers can pre-order as well through www.rushhour.nl pre order section - Original Message - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313@Hyperreal.Org" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 8:13 PM Subject: FW: (313) convextion album Cheers Jeff I'm down that London at the weekend. Though by the sound of things they (1st or 2nd wave) won't be there by then. But I'm in Berlin the weekend after maybe they'll be in Hardwax.. But I've pre-ordered one from Rush Hour now so hopefully that should work - testimonials anyone??? Is this second lot of 300 a cert JT? n.p. ANTONELLI ELECTR : A Ghost Should Care MINUENDO - off a shop's site. Sounds OK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2006 19:05 Not for sure, but try Smallfish if nothing else works..
FW: (313) convextion album
Cheers Jeff I'm down that London at the weekend. Though by the sound of things they (1st or 2nd wave) won't be there by then. But I'm in Berlin the weekend after maybe they'll be in Hardwax.. But I've pre-ordered one from Rush Hour now so hopefully that should work - testimonials anyone??? Is this second lot of 300 a cert JT? n.p. ANTONELLI ELECTR : A Ghost Should Care MINUENDO - off a shop's site. Sounds OK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 06 November 2006 19:05 > > Not for sure, but try Smallfish if nothing else works..
