The never-before-created-until-now Vapourspace thread

Awesome track. One of the few times that the trance and techno fanbases could truly unite around something.

the prog vibe isn't coincidental. see the Gage-edited Knots project, composed using only Gentle Giant samples.

http://www.vapourspace.com/

My vinyl copy (original pressing on +8) defintely says "10".

Please to switch to decaf. "Io" definitely makes more scientific sense (as well as adding to the imagery etc., prog-rock connections), but using "10" actually makes it sound more uniquely evocative. So both work.

Please to switch to decaf. "Io" definitely makes more scientific sense (as well as adding to the imagery etc., prog-rock connections), but using "10" actually makes it sound more uniquely evocative. So both work.

But the Vapourspace site sez 10 consistently!

Gravitational Arch does not hold my attention NEARLY as well as Gridlock, Sweep, Worm or Steam from the 2nd Album.

And apparently since then all he does is mix and master for people who think it's cool to have your album tracks all mashed together. Whatever pays the bills I suppose.

perhaps i should listen again,

not sure this is right, because, at this point, i dont think this is two separate fanbases

their good records: licensed from elsewhere
their bad records: their own

it sounds so...fascist!

And Sweep is indeed a great album. (Reconfirming rather than suddenly realizing, but Tom's right about "Gridlock.")

Wonderful interview of Gage by Mr. Matos

http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/key-tracks-vapourspace-gravitational-arch-of-10

I recorded it in one evening. It just kind of happened. It was a complete one-off performance. It was all done live. It wasn’t like I sat down and worked on it for weeks on end. I banged out the drum machine patterns quickly, recorded the sequences into the synthesizers very quickly, and luckily turned on the DAT machine and recorded it. I had Sound Tools, the precursor to Pro Tools, and editing tracks was a big part of my shtick. Typically, I would roll the tape and record and change things live on the fly, and then go back and edit out mistakes or whatnot. The original version of “Gravitational Arch of 10” was much longer than on the first Plus 8 12-inch.

i was not previously familiar with this track but it's a cool interview, especially about how he was never able to top it.

i wonder what exactly he means by 'reverse editing', just reversing the audio on the edit point to smooth things over (rather than crossfading)?

Good interview, but Matos seems to be misinformed about the history of trance, calling "Gravitational Arch" "proto-trance", and saying it was "one of the building blocks of what became trance"... Trance was already in full bloom in 1993, I bought my first trance compilation that year, and it was titled "Trancemaster 6", i.e. there'd been 5 Trancemaster compilations released before that already. The first trance single is arguably "The Age of Love" by The Age Love, and that came out in 1990.