Gantz Graf
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Gantz Graf
| type = EP
| artist = Autechre
| cover = AutechreGantzGraf.png
| alt =
| released = 5 August 2002
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 19:17
| label = Warp
| producer = Autechre
| prev_title = Confield
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Draft 7.30
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gantz-graf-mw0000661594|author=John Bush|title=Gantz Graf Review|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|accessdate=13 December 2015}}
| rev2 = Drowned in Sound
| rev2Score = 9{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5536/reviews/4479-|author=Adam Anonymous|title=Autechre Gantz Graf|publisher=Drowned in Sound|accessdate=13 December 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110130/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5536/reviews/4479-|url-status=dead}}
| rev3 = Pitchfork Media
| rev3score = 7.0/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/362-gantz-graf-ep/|author=Dominique Leone|title=Autechre Gantz Graf EP|publisher=Pitchfork Media|date=12 August 2002|accessdate=13 December 2015}}
}}
Gantz Graf is a three-track EP released by Autechre in 2002 on CD and 12". A special DVD release was made available featuring the "Gantz Graf" video created by Alex Rutterford, as well as the videos for "Basscadet" (directed by Jess Scott Hunter and edited by D.A. Slade) and "Second Bad Vilbel" (directed by Chris Cunningham, and an updated version from the original), and a slide show of stills from the "Gantz Graf" video.
Video
The video for Gantz Graf features an abstract object (or an agglomeration of objects) synchronized to the music as it morphs, pulsates, shakes, and finally dissolves. Rutterford (who had previously created an unofficial video for the Tri Repetae track "Eutow" as part of the Channel 4 music programme Lo-Fi in 2001) claims the idea for the "Gantz Graf" video came during one of his LSD trips.{{cite web |url=http://warp.net/records/autechre/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-video |title=Warp / Records / Autechre / Alex Rutterford on the Creation of the Gantz Graf Video |publisher=Warp.net |date= |accessdate=17 February 2012 |archive-date=7 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707032939/http://warp.net/records/autechre/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-video |url-status=dead }} Rutterford also stated that there was no generative element to the imagery; every three-dimensional object in the agglomeration was painstakingly and manually synchronised with a specific element or frequency range within the track. The video was produced by Lost in Space.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = Gantz Graf CD/12"
| total_length = 19:17
| title1 = Gantz Graf
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Dial.
| length2 = 6:17
| title3 = Cap.IV
| length3 = 9:02
}}
; DVD
{{tracklist
| collapsed =
| headline = Gantz Graf DVD
| total_length = 15:03
| title1 = Gantz Graf
| length1 = 3:58
| title2 = Basscadet
| note2 = Bcdtmx
| length2 = 6:52
| title3 = Second Bad Vilbel
| note3 = Re-edit
| length3 = 4:13
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/gantz-graf Gantz Graf] at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).
- [http://warp.net/records/autechre/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-video Interview with Alex Rutterford] in making the "Gantz Graf" video. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707032939/http://warp.net/records/autechre/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-video |date=7 July 2009}}.
- [https://www.nme.com/reviews/autechre/6602 NME review of Gantz Graf]
{{Autechre}}
{{Authority control}}