killabyte11 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Been rediscovering this one the past couple days. This release doesn't get much appreciation from what I can tell. Apparently one of RDJ's earliest offerings...according to wiki - "The album is rumored to be an imitation of the classic Warp artist LFO - recorded possibly around 1989-1990." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAK_(EP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Yes! Totally underrated! Been saying that for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 in the early days of watmm there was indeed some serious love for this ep... i come back to it every once in a while. i have to be in the right mood to listen to GAK 1 but the others are good just about any time (maybe that's just my love for minimal beat patterns, idk). the p2p copy of GAK i used to listen to had a CD glitch right in the middle of GAK 2 when it all breaks down, and i almost never discovered it was different to the original! and what about GAK 4? easily as good as pancake lizard. see this is why it's so important to get those rare/obscure little eps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 YES!GAK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flacid Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I don't want to say they are merely alright but... I'd say that the majority of the Soundcloud release is/was better than the Gak tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killabyte11 Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 To quote The Big Lebowski - That's like your opinion man. Lovely little ep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I love how grimy and dreamlike the tracks sound at the same time. Particularly GAK 2 and 3. Also GAK 3 used to be my ringtone for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 GAK 4 is a total classic EDIT: Also totally agree on the GAK 2 and 3 love. The whole EP is a total classic, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Back in 2002/3 someone on this crappy Dutch version of eBay called Marktplaats had GAK 12"s for sale for very cheap, and the pic with it was about 10 or 12 of just those GAK records across a floor. I remember emailing him and arranged a deal to buy one but chickened out because I assumed this HAD to be a hack (I thought he just photoshopped that picture). Too bad. I did find the CD at one point though, always loved this EP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaxenPith Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Guitar And Keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 GAK2 is a GOLDEN CLASSIC, the others are solid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killabyte11 Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Looking at discogs, apparently the vinyl fetches some pretty high prices. Crackin' little ep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitleyStriber Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I think this is the EP that he showed WARP and was basically how he got signed is it not? Guitar And Keyboard That's sick. What's the paper say? I can't quite read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 I totally forgot this existed. Guess it's time to pop it in my ears again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennylogg Bubblebath Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 GAK 1 + = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohm Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 One of those records I had but now don't have, with no recollection of how I lost it..... I seem to recall buying this when it was released in Berwick Street wih no idea it was AFX and being nonplussed, but I'll give those links a listen today. Edit: actually it must've been a couple of years after it came out. So under the radar at the time it kicked around the shops for that long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danshoebridge Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I picked up my copy at sister ray Berwick St too. Pre-internet the rarer stuff often hung around quite a bit longer. Was never a huge fan of gak though, ended up selling it for £30 last week funnily enough. Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUVITH SITH Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 i love some GAK...paid around £30 but really worth it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The CD version of GAK is much, much harder to find than the vinyl version. GAK 4 was always one of my early RDJ favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Not very emotive but has such a nice weird loungey lo-fi vibe. I hear some vestiges of Analord in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I picked up my copy at sister ray Berwick St too. Pre-internet the rarer stuff often hung around quite a bit longer. Was never a huge fan of gak though, ended up selling it for £30 last week funnily enough. Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk Got my vinyl copy at Sister Ray as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohm Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I picked up my copy at sister ray Berwick St too. Pre-internet the rarer stuff often hung around quite a bit longer. True about rarities hanging around pre-net. Also pre vinyl revival too I guess, in the mid-90s buying anything on wax was minority interest stuff, so the 'competition' for it was less. If AFX had produced exclusive vinyl for shows in 1998 I'm not sure anybody would've really cared too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I picked up my copy at sister ray Berwick St too. Pre-internet the rarer stuff often hung around quite a bit longer. True about rarities hanging around pre-net. Also pre vinyl revival too I guess, in the mid-90s buying anything on wax was minority interest stuff, so the 'competition' for it was less. If AFX had produced exclusive vinyl for shows in 1998 I'm not sure anybody would've really cared too much. 'cept he was releasing exclusive vinyls (via Rephlex) back in the '90s - the alternate Joyrex EP pressings, Universal Indicator, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphex_Squarepusher_Twin Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 i c here the french guys r proud with them collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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