Super Rare AUTECHRE ANTI EP Vinyl IDM LP WARP 1994 Rave Techno Protest NM Trance
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For sale is a super clean vinyl copy of AUTECHRE's extremely rare protest album ANTI EP, released by WARP Records in 1994. This album was created to protest repetitive music laws in England which were used to shut down raves in the early 90s, here's more info from Wikipedia:
Anti EP was a protest against the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which would prohibit raves (described as gatherings where music is played), with "music" being defined as a "succession of repetitive beats."[2] Sean Booth explained the band's strategy for the song "Flutter" by saying, "We made as many different bars as we could on the drum machine, then strung them all together."[2]
The packaging for both compact disc and vinyl variants bore a sticker with a disclaimer about the repetitive nature of the rhythmic elements of "Lost" and "Djarum". The third track, "Flutter", was programmed to have non-repetitive beats and therefore "can be played at both forty five and thirty three revolutions"; but following their disclaimer, it was advised that DJs "have a lawyer and a musicologist present at all times to confirm the non repetitive nature of the music in the event of police harassment." The sticker acted as a seal, which was required to be broken in order to access the media enclosed in the packaging.[3]
The profits from this release went to the British pressure group Liberty (the National Council for Civil Liberties.) The second half of the sticker featured information about Liberty, with this last statement: "Autechre is politically non-aligned. This is about personal freedom."[3]
The outer sleeve has minor wear, minor edge wear and minor bumped corners, overall excellent condition, vinyl itself is super clean NM condition. Don't miss your chance to grab this extremely rare original pressing of this historic IDM record for a great price!See pics above for more info. Check out my other auctions for more rare AUTECHRE, APHEX TWIN, SQUAREPUSHER and other IDM vinyl records, great graphic novels, VHTF Yokai sofubi and trading figures, awesome t-shirts, super rare Palisades Muppets Action figures and more!
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