mego - S/D

well, i'll rep for some o those "rehberg & bauer"s, which still hold up - i actually LIKE them, but everything in his own name seems to me devoid of ingenuity & sub-bruce gilbert "my first zoom sampletrack" exercises (although i might hazard a guess they're max/msp supercollider or what have you) obvious systems & methods, & not at all transportative, revelatory or moving (even in a cold, paranoid machine type of way). it's only my take. don't matter any.

Already mentioned this on some noise thread but the new Peterlicker album is excellent. This was Rehberg's first group after he moved to Vienna (he was 21) and they have now reformed

http://editionsmego.com/recollection-grm/

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/editions-mego-starts-recollection-grm-sub-label-reissue-classic-musique-concr-te-not-realizing-

In addition to being handsome and French, Schaeffer (as I understand it) helped pioneer the highly exact science of making bumping, clubby jams out of steam engine samples. In other words, the Oneohtrix Point Never dude probably likes him a lot, so you’re fucking nobody if you don’t too. The second record Recollection GRM has announced so far is by Guy Reibel, who, for all intents and purposes is the same guy as Pierre Schaeffer, except with a much much shorter Wikipedia page.

• Pierre Schaeffer pre-order: http://editionsmego.com/release/REGRM+001
• Other Guy pre-order: http://editionsmego.com/release/REGRM+002

that Guy Reibel release is the one to get btw, it is insanely contemporary

p psyched 4 these

admittedly i was reminded of it because my laptop's fan is being weird, jumping up and down frequencies and it reminded me of one of the tracks on here

but this album is srsly lol

― nakhchivan, Wednesday, December 1, 2010 7:35 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol mego

Oh man two more GRM releases! I really liked the Schaeffer, the Reibel a little less, but I think I'll be buying all of these indiscriminately.

yeah, totally stoked.
mego is reissuing let's build a pussy too, which is not the most listenable thing in the world but fully satisfying as an idea.

That's the timestretched Harry Pussy thing? I vaguely remember that.

More GRM stuff:

Ivo Malec - Triola ou Symphonie pour moi-même Triola ou Symphonie pour moi-même LP
Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien Presque Rien 2LP

And I'm waiting for my copy of Nick Edwards' Plekzationz to arrive.

Oops copy-pasted those poorly. But you get the idea.

lorenzo senni?

sometimes when I sit around alone, I think to myself, lol mego

Those in the Bexhill-on-Sea area would be well advised to make their way to the De La Warr Pavilion tomorrow for what is being touted as "the largest live assemblage of the Editions Mego aesthetic to date". Strangely though, Pita himself is not playing.

http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO-170

That looks like a really good day but I'm too broke to go and have other stuff that I've got to do. Excellent choice of venue, hope they get a good turnout. Are you going?

No, I don't live locally.

I might try to go, seeing if I can rally London/Brighton people...

If I can take his name in vain, Brighton ilxor Chewshabadoo was vaguely interested in going. Give him a shout on the Brighton thread maybe?

bbbut that would involve actually meeting another ILXor in person!

True, but he could actually pass for a normal person.

whereas I on the other hand...

i'm going to this. Chewshabadoo, sadly, is not. i'm sure it's going to be just the thing for the hangover that i will have tomorrow.

if I do go JH I might drop you a webmail, if that's cool...

huh why did all of vienna's #1 electronic label decamp to bexhill on sea

Rehberg was very taken with the venue when he was there for the Chris'n'Cosey event last year. Think that's what spurred him on to set this up.

yeah go for it Neil. i've not been to the DLWP before but i've heard it's great, i'm looking fwd to exploring the venue almost as much as the music.

cool, will do so if I get my act together, thanks!

That's an amazing lineup.

it was ace. not packed but a decent turnout and the venue was really nice. the only gripe was a truncated performance from fennesz but he seemed to be having some technical problems (i.e. his stack of effects units kept falling over, lol). russell haswell and kevin drumm = the realest shit ever.

Jeally

The Quicksails album is good, a special space between Black Dice and Emeralds, with crazy handclaps, Gamelan-style percussion.

Yeah I love that record! That, Unicorn Hard-On and Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask have all been great - super stuff from Spectrum Spools this year.

check the Max Eilbacher album, he rules

RIP Peter Rehberg :(

rip. there's an interview with him in the most recent issue of lasse marhaug's personal best zine and he seemed like a dude who'd really found his vibe. horrible news.

Awful news. Just 53.

Just awful. Hits me almost as hard as Mika Vainio's passing, as both felt like "my" people age- and music-wise.

Heartbreaking

oh no. way too soon, awful :/

rip

Whenever I saw the Mego label on an album, it immediately added cachet, maybe partly because the distribution of these albums wasn't caught up with demand in the early '00s. Terribly young. RIP.

oh no!!! was blessed to once spend a day with him. very, very sadly missed.

3am fridge trax yes come on

A tribute compilation to Peter Rehberg of Editions Mego is now live. All payments go towards continuing the work of the label. https://t.co/5m07APQeyv

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) January 26, 2022

Heard of that guy.

what are your essential mego discs? would like to begin collecting... so far i only have fennesz.

https://i.discogs.com/P6bcYFEUS5ycH6a8X3b67sdwbWsnxs9zXJhfkdtZfu4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTQ5MjUy/MTgtMTM3OTYwNjUz/NS04NTY2LmpwZWc.jpeg

Enjoyed this mix today with favourites chosen by Mego associates:
https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-232-nik-colk-void

Pita – Get Out. The third track is one of the greatest pieces of electronic music ever made.

Agreed about Get Out, that's the place to start. His first CD ("Seven Tons For Free") is also great. And it's not a Mego record but Rehberg/Bauer is top notch laptop noise, particularly Passt.

Apart from those two Pita records, to me the essential Mego is (1) the first two Hecker CDs, (2). General Magic "Fridge Trax", (3) Kevin Drumm "Sheer Hellish Miasma", and (4) Russell Haswell "Live Salvage". That's more the noiser end of the Mego spectrum but there is also good melodic stuff like Tujiko Noriko.

Anthony Child's Electronic Recordings from Maui Jungle Vol. 1 is an absolute essential.