Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
Well, it wasn't meant that way F* wit. You sure? I remember the first time I met him, he came up to me Big name respected by 313, your input is that he came up to you. in NYC @ the New Music Seminar Place drop. in 1990 or 1991 Time drop. with Mixmaster Morris Name drop. and said he wanted to make a record with me I dont normally reply but your response to this guys death smacked of pride/ego.
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
Man what an ass.good story Fred and yes it was funny and i would have never known that happened unless you shared it with us, Thank You... I never knew Casper but wish i could have met himRising High records i would say was a big influence on me back in the early 90's.. Back in the day when we had warehouse partiesme and my friends would go all night and then to the after partiesbut after everything died down and it was just me and my friends, out would come the Rising High Records to chill out to..i used to listen to that Dreamfish record by Mixmaster Morris and Pete Namlook ALL the time as well as others.Those records had a huge effect on me and for that i am thankful thanks for the great records Casper rest in peace. michael www.renegaderhythms.com on 5/5/04 6:02 PM, Adam Haupt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, nothing like blowing your own horn in someone elses eulogy... Well, it wasn't meant that way F* wit. It was just a personal memory of a funny line that he had that I thought I would share. You see Casper was a funny guy with a sense of humor. Unlike some pricks on this list telepathic pox on you, fRED
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
The first Techno record I ever heard was by Caspar Pound. It was 1990 and Total Confusion by A Homeboy A Hippie A Funki Dredd came out of my radio one day, playing on KXLU (local low-wattage hip Uni station). It immediately grabbed my attention - I remember where I was, and I remember making my best WTF IS THIS?!?!? face and racing over to the stereo to p-p-p-pump up the volume. I was an Industrial rivet-head at the time - as strange as it may seem to you Brits or Midwesterners, it wasn't all that hard to exist without hearing (80's style) Techno music in Los Angeles at that time. No specialist radio shows existed to play it, no Mojo, no Richie Rich, no Wizard, no nothing. (103.1 MARS FM didn't come into existence until at least a year or more later) To me, Total Confusion sounded like Dwayne Goettel from Skinny Puppy sat down with Jack Dangers from Meat Beat Manifesto to jam, with the added whoop ... whoop whoopwhoopwhoops over the top for fun. (Hey, one usually compares anything new to what one knows, right?) Yet, at the same time, I knew it wasn't as simple as that little mental mixture. I knew I'd heard Something Totally New, but had no idea what it was. All I knew was that I wanted to hear more of whatever the H*ll it was. I don't remember much of 1990 after that, but I do know that I've got a fair sprinkling of Rising High vinyl in the closet behind me because of that one fateful day. I even have some Rising High records with Trance in the title, before that became a dirty word :-) Thus began a journey that continues to the present day. Thank you, Caspar Pound. I don't know why you were chosen to leave us so early, but thank you for helping to change my life, and for leaving us a fair share of wonderful music as your legacy. Rising High, indeed. - Greg (who, sadly, isn't really sure he'll make it this year, Kent)
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
Adam, you are out of order fella - bang out of order, show some respect to the house, Caspar and Fred. Fred your story made me smile, Caspar would have liked that... Martin
RE: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
Yeah, massive respect, terrible news. I regarded rising high as my most favourite label (then, magnetic north) when I first started listening to techno. Just so others are aware, the link you sent had an space after the / so would not work. I have corrected the link in your message below, so others can click it. -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 May 2004 10:13 To: 313 Subject: (313) Caspar Pound RIP http://www.silverplanetrecordings.com/ Big Respect...
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
...and i was sorting my old Rising High records out yesterday. robin... Martin Dust wrote: http://www.silverplanetrecordings.com/ Big Respect...
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
Oh my :( I had no idea he was so young. Strangely, Progressive Hardcore Vol 1 is sitting on the floor behind me right now. Peace to him ~ he was one of the innovators. Martin Dust wrote: http://www.silverplanetrecordings.com/ Big Respect...
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
on 5/5/04 5:12 AM, Martin Dust at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.silverplanetrecordings.com/ Big Respect... Wow... ; ( that's a shame. I remember the first time I met him, he came up to me in NYC @ the New Music Seminar in 1990 or 1991 with Mixmaster Morris and said he wanted to make a record with me next time I was in London and call it, A Homo, A Hippie and a Funky Fred. telepathic regards, fRED
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
As posted on LD earlier: Personally, his influence, and that of Rising High was enormous. The House is Mine did as much for my love of techno as any other song - no exageration. I used to listen to it on the radio in '91 (the only outlet around me at the time), and I'd always wait impatiently for that Chuck D sample to appear. After they stopped playing it routinely I'd harass them with requests until I finally found it on the 'Rising High Techno Injection' comp that Instinct released in the US. Thankfully, Instinct paid a great deal of attention to them, since Instinct were one of most widely available labels for CDs at the time. Those compilations opened my mind to all the stuff named above, even moreso than RS. I quickly started to track down the Rising High originals and found some gems that totally extended my tastes. At that time in the states, very little was available on CD except for extremely cheesy novelty rave, and a few random releases that would be very hard to track down without a good store or a lot of luck. Rising High were probably the first label that got that attention (via Instinct), and they were a huge eye-opener for me. I always loved Casper Pound and/or Pete Smith's stuff a ton, including some oft-neglected things like the New London Scool of Electronics but there was so much other amazing stuff too: Paragliders, Air Motherf*cking Liquid, the first two Wagon Christ's and that amazing Wagon Christ remix of MLO's Wimbourne (not to mention the other amazing mixes of it), Irresistible Force's 'Global Chillage' (probably the best shelf-life of any of their releases) and some trance stuff that hasn't dated quite so well but totally killed at the time, like Union Jack, etc. All of this acted as a gateway to so much other music for me. I seriously can't imagine where my tastes may have wound up if it weren't for Mr. Pound and Rising High. A very sad loss indeed. Tristan === http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
Geez, nothing like blowing your own horn in someone elses eulogy...
Re: (313) Caspar Pound RIP
on 5/5/04 6:02 PM, Adam Haupt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geez, nothing like blowing your own horn in someone elses eulogy... Well, it wasn't meant that way F* wit. It was just a personal memory of a funny line that he had that I thought I would share. You see Casper was a funny guy with a sense of humor. Unlike some pricks on this list telepathic pox on you, fRED
