在二十年前,中国电子乐迷最大的福利,就是下载到或者买到一张Warp Records的专辑,从1991年开始,厂牌的前50张编号的发行被认作IDM从诞生到发展到融合的神坛之路,这个创办于英国谢菲尔德,后迁址至伦敦的厂牌,将WARP定义为“"We Are Reasonable People"”,以包容心态容纳并推动无数传奇音乐人的出现与发展,如果非要提出电子舞曲音乐历史上最重要的厂牌,Warp Records一定身居其一,甚至唯一。
在这个无论IDM还是90s Experimental Dance Music都逐渐被遗忘的年代,我还是决定按照神坛之路的顺序,将Warp经典专辑按顺序捋一遍,这也会有助于大家用耳朵分辨出IDM越来越丰富的形态,更容易去理解Electronica这个红极一时的名词,首部电台收录WARPCD编号前14的专辑(因WARPCD013不存在,所以实际为13张)。
Sweet Exorcist - Jack Jack [Sweet Exorcist - C.C.C.D (1991)]
Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco [VA - Pioneers Of The Hypnotic Groove (1991)]
LFO - We Are Back [LFO - Frequencies (1991)]
Nightmares On Wax - Coming Down [Nightmares On Wax - A Word of Science (1991)]
Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Touch It [VA - Evolution of the Groove (1993)]
Autechre - The Egg [VA - Artificial Intelligence vol.1 (1993)]
Polygon Window aka Aphex Twin - If It Really Is Me [Polygon Window - Surfing On Sine Waves (1993)]
Balil - Merck [Black Dog Productions - Bytes (1993)]
B12 - Metropolis [B12 - Electro Soma (1993)]
Jaco - Show Some Love [VA - Tequila Slammers And The Jump Jump Groove Generation (1993)]
Wildplanet - 15 Love [Wild Planet - Blueprints (1993)]
F.U.S.E. aka Richie Hawtin - Dimension Intrusion [F.U.S.E. - Dimension Intrusion (1993)]
Speedy J - Ginger [Speedy J - Ginger (1993)]