On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 04:24 PM, Matthew MacQueen wrote:
Btw., Wild Planet is Simon Hartley, he's from the UK, and
Transmitter was recorded in Stockholm - he lived in Sweden
(Swedish Techno? ; p ) at the time, or still does, I don't know.
So, anyone have an update on him?
Hmmm I always thought he was in Scotland? Interesting. Love to hear
more of his style, I love "synthetic" on that 2 tracker 12-inch on 430
west... never picked up the Genetic Remixes thing, how was that?
The original is quite electro, which I like, whereas the 2 remixes are
a lot more dance-floor orientated, more Techno if you like. I prefer
the (long) Genotype remix, it's rougher, darker than the Human Code
remix. That's not bad either but a tad too slick I find. But that's
just me.
I never knew of that Synthetic release, dammit. ; )
There's a feature on Hartley on Andrew Duke's Cognition site, from
'99 when Transmitter came out:
http://www.techno.ca/cognition/wpfeat.htm
another interview here
http://www.11-hour.com/features/archive/wildplanet.asp
and a bio on the 430West site : )
http://www.430west.com/wildplanet/wildplanet_bio/wildplanet_bio.html
Have a good weekend all.
Ta-ra,
Anya
