mego - S/D

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.

all great recs

my personal fave o'rourke releases are on mego too -- those two fenn o'berg dics and the solo I'm happy, And I'm singing... one

agree with nphominoid, and would add the two Farmersmanual albums, the Ilsa Gold retrospective and the Mori/Parkins duet

And, once you finish all those, check out Pure's Noonbugs and GCTTCATT's s/t