Minidisc

Minidisc Artist Gescom Released 27 July 1998 Label OR (ONLY 3)

Keynell (1996) Minidisc Split Series #2 (1998)

Minidisc is the first full-length album by Gescom and their seventh overall release, released on OR Records on July 27, 1998. Originally released exclusively on minidisc, the album later received a CD reissue in 2006.

History

Minidisc was the first album ever to be exclusively released on the minidisc format. It consists of 45 pieces which are split into 88 tracks. The album was designed to take advantage of the format's ability to shuffle tracks completely seamlessly, which no other format could do at the time. While the album can be listened to in album order, the album is intended to be played on shuffle mode, thus creating a unique listening experience every time. This concept could not work on CD, as players add gaps between tracks when shuffling. The experience of listening to the album in shuffle on minidisc can easily be recreated using current technology, as streaming apps such as Spotify and Apple Music, as well as many music player programs, are able to play tracks without gaps even when shuffling.

The album was initially released in a minidisc jewel case with black-on-white packaging, containing quotes about the minidisc format by Jan Maes and Simon Harris. It was rereleased in 2001, packaged similarly but colored orange-on-black, and using a different font. The album's CD issue in 2006 featured completely different artwork, depicting the album's original 1998 release being held by someone at the 2000 Prix Ars Electronica awards, where it received an Award of Distinction in Digital Musics.

Tracklist

All tracks written by Rob Brown, Sean Booth, and Russell Haswell.

#	Title	Length
1	Cut Begin	0:14
2	Cut Begin	0:10
3	Cut Begin	0:13
4	Cut Begin	0:08
5	Cut Begin	0:12
6	Cut Begin	0:16
7	Cut Begin	0:20
8	Amendment 84	1:05
9	Helix Shatterproof	1:06
10	A Newer Beginning	0:18
11	A Newer Beginning	1:09
12	Polarized Beam Splitter	0:37
13	Polarized Beam Splitter	0:09
14	Polarized Beam Splitter	0:43
15	Polarized Beam Splitter	1:19
16	Polarized Beam Splitter	0:22
17	Inter	2:41
18	R M I Corporate ID 1	0:09
19	Pricks	0:23
20	Pricks	3:56
21	Pricks	0:23
22	Pricks	0:06
23	Devil	0:30
24	Is We	3:08
25	Is We	0:51
26	Dan Dan Dan	0:27
27	Dan Dan Dan	0:14
28	Dan Dan Dan	0:15
29	Dan Dan Dan	0:16
30	Le Shark	0:04
31	Le Shark	0:05
32	Le Shark	0:06
33	Le Shark	0:06
34	Le Shark	0:11
35	Le Shark	0:18
36	Le Shark	0:15
37	1D Shapethrower	2:12
38	Shoegazer	4:12
39	Vermin	0:14
40	Vermin	0:48
41	Vermin	0:14
42	Hemiplegia 1	1:05
43	MCDCC	1:02
44	Gortex	0:23
45	Alf Sprey	0:13
46	Interchangeable World	0:09
47	Interchangeable World	0:33
48	Interchangeable World	1:17
49	Cranusberg	0:48
50	Cranusberg	4:15
51	Cranusberg	2:55
52	Raindance	0:38
53	Horse	0:04
54	New Contact Lense	1:30
55	Of Our Time	1:47
56	Crepe	0:04
57	Crepe	0:28
57	Crepe	0:04
59	Crepe	0:23
60	Wab Wat	0:49
61	'MC	0:14
62	Peel	1:03
63	I G E	0:08
64	Knutsford Services	0:57
65	Fully	2:24
66	Fully	1:46
67	Squashed to Pureness	0:09
68	Squashed to Pureness	0:15
69	Squashed to Pureness	0:10
70	Squashed to Pureness	0:49
71	Yo! DMX Crew	2:47
72	Go On	1:36
73	Stroyer 2	0:20
74	_	1:05
75	_	1:05
76	Shep	1:08
77	Langue	0:08
78	Poke	0:10
79	Poke	0:15
80	Poke	0:31
81	Poke	0:14
82	Hemiplegia 2	0:17
83	Territory of Usage	0:17
84	Territory of Usage	0:36
85	Tomo	0:15
86	Tomo	0:17
87	R M I Corporate ID 2	0:07
88	PT/AE	0:07
Total		1:07:06

Trivia

• "Yo! DMX Crew" is a reference to the musician DMX Krew.
• "_" is not titled in the track listing, and on the original minidisc issue, in place of a title, the built-in metadata reads "Mastered by Denis Blackham @ Country Masters 18/03/98".
• "PT/AE" includes a sample from the film The Man Who Fell to Earth, which was previously sampled in "Accelera 1&2" from the Cavity Job EP.