2003 JANUARY 30 #030
Aphex Systems - Trouble At Madame Dongs
Product spot for the Aphex Type-C Aural Exciter. Not much information is known on this and the recording is very scratchy, but it's far out man!
- Otis Fodder
TT-7:03 / 6.46MB / 128kbps 44.1khz
glacial23 writes:
"Trouble at Madame Dong's" was the B-side
to a Keyboard Magazine SoundPage. In the mid-80's Keyboard
included a flexidisc of either an artist featured that
month or some sort of reader submission.
Glen Banks writes:
The Aphex Aural Exciter- we used to sell these at the
music store where I worked (back in the day). It was an
audio component, rack mounted - sort of looked like receiver.
When any sound is generated, you get the basic sound plus
the harmonics and overtones. The Aural Exciter could take
any sound (or instrument) run through it, and change the
EQ by emphasizing ONLY the harmonics and overtones but
not any of the original sound. It had an odd way of 'opening
up' things and making them sound more airy and spacious.
Klaatu is the only group I know of that credited the Aphex
on the label of one of their singles. Didn't know there
were demo records. Thanks for putting it on. ALSO- now
that I think about it, we also sold the Gizmotron created
by Godley and Creme of 10cc. This device was clamped down
over the strings of your guitar, and music could be generated
by means of 'bowing' the strings by pressing down buttons
connected to rotating rubber wheels. This was responsible
for the 10cc/Godley&Creme signature sound. When the
Gizmotron was marketed, a demo record was pressed up.
I still have THAT one. Thanks for listening and thanks
for the Aphex Demo!
Henry writes:
Just wanted to point out that the band in the Aphex Aural
Exciter entry ("Francis X and the Bushmen) were obviously
a reference to silent-film star Francis X. Bushman, who
had a long long career in the movie industry. For fans
of Mystery Science Theater, he played the elderly leader
of the residents of the phantom planet in the movie called,
well, "The Phantom Planet".
