Gescom

Gescom is a musical collective that is associated with Autechre. The earliest mention of the group was under the thanks credits for Incunabula. During their 2013 AMA, Rob mentioned that Gescom is a separate project from work as Autechre. Sean confirms that at least 15-20 people have been part of the group, including him and Rob. Sean also mentions that it means other people can release material without their involvement.

Discography

Album

• Minidisc (1998)
  • Written by Sean Booth, Rob Brown and Russell Haswell.
• A1-D1 (2007)

EPs / Singles

• Gescom E.P. (1994)
  • Written by Sean Booth, Rob Brown, Rob Hall, Darrell Fitton and Daniel 72.
• C & D (1995) (also known as Gescom 2)
  • Written by Rob Brown, Sean Booth, and Andy Maddocks.
• The Sounds of Machines Our Parents Used (1995)
• Key Nell (1995)
• Motor (1996)
  • Written by Rob Brown and Sean Booth, potentially with other contributors.
  • Despite releasing in 1996, Motor carries a 1994 copyright date. Early, rejected copies also contain contributor information which was redacted on all known copies, as well as a misspelling of the word "distributed". Later copies had the labels redesigned to remove all credits and correct the misspelled word.
• Keynell (Autechre remixes) (1996)
• Ad Vanz Vs Gescom / Foehn - Split Series #2 (1998)
  • Written by Rob Brown and Rob Hall.
• This (1998)
• That (1998)
• ISS:SA (2003)
  • Some tracks were made by Sean.
  • "Megamix" was done with decks consisting of other Gescom records sent to and then edited on MiniDisc.
• Skull Snap (2011)

DJ Mixes

• Disengage (1994-1996)
• AMKS_1 (2021)

Rarities

• Bronchusix
• Snorkel
  • from Various Artists - Groove Techno (From Acid To Ambient). Copyrighted 1994, written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown.
• Tony LeMesmer
• Sklf2
• Two Of
• Peel Xyzdub
• Stoop
  • Stoop could be a collaborative piece made with Boards of Canada, due to elements of the song appearing among other BoC material as loopable background music on their defunct 2000 - 2001 website.
• Leritue (Gibber Mix)
  • Written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown.
• Untitled (Mask 400)
• Around Absolute Zero
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  • frrom Fals.ch 02. A program generating music.
• PN-1.3.15
• YXJ440M

Screenshot of the program used to generate Horizon.

• Horizon
  • Horizon is a generative piece made using the BBC BASIC programming language for the BBC Micro series of microcomputers. It was originally created by Sean in 2004 for the rand()% generative radio station by the BBC.
  • It was supposed to be reused for the Composing with Process radio series from Radio Web MACBA in 2010, but was mistakenly credited to Sean instead of Gescom. It was subsequently replaced with a piece by Ryoji Ikeda due to Warp Record's exclusivity policies.
  • The full BBC BASIC code used to create the track is featured on the artwork of its ID3 metadata – an emulator screenshot of the program after being loaded. It only uses 6 lines.
  • The track is named after the emulator that was used in its creation, Horizon. The program's filename is actually "EL25", as shown on the screenshot.

• Hanalgig[[Hanalgig|]]

Remixes

• Push Button Objects - Non-Existant (Keyed In by Gescom)
• Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx (Remix)
• Hecker - Itiso161/ae (Remix - Gescom)
• Passarani - Phonok (Vacuum Party Mix)
• Kid Acne - Eddy Fresh (Gescom Remix)
• Kid Acne - Eddy Fresh (Gescom Dub Mix)

Collaborations

• Mira Calix – Ilanga
  • Production Assisted by Gescom
• LSD Dream Emulator
  • Art Credited to Gescom and Sean Booth

Live Shows

See, also Live DJ recording at Cay Aoyama Tokyo 2000-07-01

2024-10-31 Bristol @ Strange Brew (Diagonal Records presents '13') (DJ Mix by Rob Brown) (AUD)