Gantz Graf

2024-05-04T13:09:25Z

Aphexgothicc: Added DVD release section with some more info on the DVD.

{{Infobox
|title=Gantz Graf
|artist=[[Autechre]]
|cover=Gantz Graf.jpg
|date=5 August 2002
|label=Warp Records (WAP256)
|previous=[[Confield]]
|previous year=2001
|next=[[Draft 7.30]]
|next year=2003
}}'''''Gantz Graf''''' is the eighth EP by [[Autechre]] released on [https://warp.net/ Warp Records]. It was originally released on August 5th, 2002.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030503125916/http://www.warprecords.com/news/?offset=80&ti_id=437</ref>

== History ==
''Gantz Graf'' was completed around the time of ''[[EP7]]'', but was held back due to being too distinct at the time. It was then held back even longer as the music video by Alex Rutherford was in production.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc|85}}</ref>

=== Music Video ===
The main idea came from a LSD trip around 1996-1997. To set the visuals to the music, pages of keyframes filled with numbers were used. The sections with slicing was the only part that was "an automated process."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090707032939/https://warp.net/records/autechre/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-video</ref> In another interview with icon magazine in 2004, Alex Rutherford mentioned that the video was done in Lightwave 3D.<ref>[https://www.iconeye.com/back-issues/warp-records-icon-018-december-2004#:~:text=I%20used%20the%20LightWave%20program%2C%20a%203D%20animation%20application. https://www.iconeye.com/back-issues/warp-records-icon-018-december-2004#:~:text=I%20used%20the%20LightWave%20program%2C%20a%203D%20animation%20application.]</ref>

== DVD Release ==
Gantz Graf was released on 12" LP, CD, and a double-disc edition that contained the CD release of the EP, a DVD, and a fold-out booklet.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/36895-Autechre-Gantz-Graf</ref> The DVD contains the original Gantz Graf video, stills from the video in a slideshow format, and two bonus videos for [[Anvil Vapre|Second Bad Vilbel]] and [[Basscad,EP|Basscadet (Bcdtmx)]]. The booklet also contains a still from Gantz Graf. The package, DVD menus, and Autechre logo animation when starting the DVD were designed by Alex Rutterford.

== Tracks==

===Gantz Graf===

* In a 2020 mixlr chat when asked about how the effects were done on "Gantz Graf", Sean refused to answer because "rob would kill me if i told you what he did that with". 
* [https://5against4.com/2022/08/05/20-years-on-autechre-gantz-graf/ Gantz Graf analysis by Simon Cummings of 5:4.]

===Dial.===

===Cap.IV===

* Despite the similarities to Draft 7.30's titlings, Sean noted that the title is referring to the vocal sample used on the track.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc|683}}</ref>

==Tracklist==
{{Tracklist|list=
{{tl track|number=1|title=Gantz Graf|length=3:58}}
{{tl track|number=2|title=Dial.|length=6:17}}
{{tl track|number=3|title=Cap.IV|length=9:02}}
{{tl finaltime|time=19:17}}
}}
==Trivia==

*The CAT number, WAP256, was likely specifically chosen by Autechre. Their previous release, ''Confield'', had the CAT number WARP128, which is exactly half. ''[[elseq 1-5]]'' released much later had WARP512, which is exactly double. All of these are powers of 2.
*''Gantz Graf'' is one of only two Autechre releases to have a title track, with the other being ''[[Cavity Job]].''

== Credits ==

* [[Rob Brown]] (writer)
* [[Sean Booth]] (writer)
* [[Autechre]] (production)
* [[Alex Rutterford]] (design)
* [[Frank Arkwright]] (mastering) <ref>https://www.discogs.com/master/2043-Autechre-Gantz-Graf</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:EP]]

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