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ZIQ276_Gasman_Powerpoints
02-08-2010
The Gasman
Powerpoints
ZIQ276
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Planet Mu present ‘Powerpoints’, The Gasman’s tenth album in a career spanning eight years. Portsmouth’s Christopher Reeves has recorded releases for various imprints including Terminal Dusk, Sublight, The Centrifuge and his own label ‘Gasman Music’. His sound is that of a haunted seaside rave palace, very dreamlike, wonky and intense; reminiscent of some of the later Caretaker and v/vm releases, but with added influences of The Cardiacs, rave stab repetition, odd time signatures and the like. On Powerpoints his use of the piano has sparked comparisons with some of Philip Glass’s minimal pieces.

Chris was born in 1976 and grew up mainly listening to Cliff and Elvis until he got a radio of his own, when he got into taping synth-pop music off the radio and prolonging the good bits using the tape to tape function on his cassette recorder.Then he started playing chords over the top to make it more exciting/satisfying, almost turning them into my own bits of music.

At the age of 17 he was lent a Yamaha keyboard that let you program melodies and started making music incorporating records tapes and the Yamaha. Soon after he found an old Grundig reel to reel player and about 50 reels containing loads of old classical music and for ages after he went through them cutting out sections and making tape loops from to use.

 

01 Folly
02 Velbe
03 EBR4
04 Tubes
05 6Speed
06 Epicene
07 Frolic
08 Ionic Suffix
09 Debonair
10 Tipnor
11 Beam
12 Overtone
13 Powerpoint
14 Hammer
15 Ctrl5

Releases
ZIQ370_MUTWENTY
04-09-2015
Various Artists
µ20 (20 Years Of Planet Mu)
ZIQ370
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ZIQ208_Gasman_Superlife
25-08-2008
The Gasman
Superlife
ZIQ208
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ZIQ216_Various_PlanMu
06-05-2008
Various Artists
Plan µ
ZIQ216
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ZIQ200_Various_2OO
08-10-2007
Various Artists
200
ZIQ200
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ZIQ185_Gasman_Audiogold
17-09-2007
The Gasman
Audiogold
ZIQ185
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ZIQ171_Gasman_LoveCollection
12-03-2007
The Gasman
Love Collection
ZIQ171
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ZIQ100_Various_SacredSymbolsOfMu
26-06-2006
Various Artists
The Sacred Symbols Of Mu
ZIQ100
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ZIQ138_Gasman_ThisOnesForYou
13-03-2006
The Gasman
This One’s For You
ZIQ138
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ZIQ093_Gasman_GrandElectricPalace
28-02-2005
The Gasman
The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety
ZIQ093
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ZIQ095_Various_Ammunition
20-09-2004
Various Artists
Amµnition
ZIQ095
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ZIQ060_Various_ChildrenOfMu
24-05-2004
Various Artists
Children Of Mu
ZIQ060
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ZIQ075_Gasman_Remedial
12-05-2003
The Gasman
Remedial
ZIQ075
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