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    Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

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    Procédé Heliophore sleeve, eh?

     

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    http://hardlybaked.blogspot.com/2017/12/avant-eye-candy-10-prospective-21e.html

     

    "The sleeves were manufactured using “Procédé Heliophore”  - a technique originally developed in the 1930s by Louis Defay to transform aluminum paper for printing" - says Discogs

     
    But the Prospective 21e Siècle sleeve designer(s) remain(s) unidentified and unknown!
     
    The below is from an essay I wrote for a catalogue for an exhibition in France to do with ideas of lost futures and retro-modernism etc etc:
     
    The LP series name derived from “prospective,” the philosopher Gaston Berger’s term for the study of possible futures.  Prospective 21e Siècle lived up to this futuristic promise with its startling packaging: glossy, reflective silver-metallic sleeves whose abstract geometric patterns evoked Op Art and the Space Age couture of 1960s designers like Paco Rabanne, with a hint of Art Deco.  
     
    "Launched by Philips in 1967, Prospective 21e Siècle seemed to encapsulate the spirit and aesthetic of the Philips Pavilion of a decade earlier: that shockingly futuristic construction, also known as the Poème électronique, created for the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels through the unique cross-disciplinary collaboration of Le Corbusier, Edgar Varèse, and Iannis Xenakis.  Prospective 21e Siècle scaled the Pavilion down to artifacts that could fit into the domestic living space as displayable consumer commodities (the series actually included a couple of avant-garde percussions albums by Xenakis, an architect-turned-composer). According to the insert that accompanied the four-disc box set Electronic Panorama, the series “quickly won its place as the most avant-garde, the most revolutionary of all record collections:  ‘revolutionary’ in its presentation...  in its exclusive [musical] repertory...  and in its price, putting it within the reach of all, and especially of young people, who are passionately interested in new sonic effects... 
     
     
    "In 1969, the publisher Robert Laffont launched the literary equivalent of Prospective 21e Siècle: the imprint Ailleurs et Demain [which translates as Elsewhere and Tomorrow] dedicated to science fiction and under the direction of Gérard Klein. Over the coming years Ailleurs et Demain would publish translations of works by giants of the genre such as Philip K. Dick, John Brunner, Frank Herbert, and Arthur C. Clarke along with novels by French s.f. writers like Jacques Sternberg, Michel Jeury, and Klein himself .  Klein was an admirer of the Prospective series and decided to package A & D fiction using the same process, called Héliophore and originally developed in the 1930s by Louis Defay to transform aluminum paper for printing.  Some of the Ailleurs Et Demain designs closely resemble specific Prospective 21e Siecle sleeves, while others are new but clearly inspired by the series. (With both the albums and the novels, nobody seems to know the identity of the designers, who were in-house and uncredited).  The design style, which eventually extended beyond silver to gold and copper book covers, was maintained for over 20 years, before being abandoned."

     

     

    Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

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    am I the only one that would classify the primavera and houston tracks as "newphex"? I feel like that's the closest thing to a glimpse of "new" that we've ever heard.

     

    For clarity's sake, I meant that in the context of 'tracks we've not heard anywhere else to date'.

    Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

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    Speculative Question: Do you think he has played this track out live yet? Anyone tried the youtube copyright trick thinger? 

     

    I have recently conducted certain tests on various content at your favourite video hosting site (no, not that one), but nothing worthy of note to report back. Brings back fond memories of sniffing out Syro trax early, if nothing else  :wang:

     

     

    Thanks for checking! I'm more excited at the prospect of brand spankin' new material. 

     

     

    Still can't rule old material out - Warp/Merlin tightened things up on youtube a lot since the wild Syro times, so just because I haven't found something doesn't mean it's guaranteed to be 100% newphex

    Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

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    Speculative Question: Do you think he has played this track out live yet? Anyone tried the youtube copyright trick thinger? 

     

    I have recently conducted certain tests on various content at your favourite video hosting site (no, not that one), but nothing worthy of note to report back. Brings back fond memories of sniffing out Syro trax early, if nothing else  :wang:

    Aphex Twin - Collapse EP

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    Not sure if ceerious but article title at my end calls them 'amazing 3D posters'

     

    Gotta respect the zero-effort put into it. Well, that's unkind - reading watmm for 2 minutes (to steal memes), copying a few wince-stagram/twatter links, and even throwing in a well-worn tired old 'Richard lived *there* once' rumour does take a bit of work... but ending any news piece with 'Interesting.'? jfc... see me after class.  :cat:

    What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

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    Spotted Windjammers on sale on Euro PSN, crossbuy PS4/Vita, appropriate summery game for this hot weather, sure why not?

    The Vita is/was such a nice handheld...

     

    Windjammers was a great NEO·GEO game - glad to see it has a second life on modern consoles

     

     

    Goddamnit I want Windjammers on Switch. I have it on my Retropie emulator and PS4 already. I am currently playing Hollow Knight and Yoku's Island Express.

     

     

    :w00t:  :beer:

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