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'''E.H.X., Electronic Audio Artform in The Capital''' was a website run by [[The Cosmic Crofter]] covering the electronic music scene in Edinburgh, Scotland. The site also covered a number of up-and-coming Scotland electronic acts. It is most well known for hosting the first semi-official Boards of Canada website. | '''E.H.X., Electronic Audio Artform in The Capital''' was a website run by [[The Cosmic Crofter]] covering the electronic music scene in Edinburgh, Scotland. The site also covered a number of up-and-coming Scotland electronic acts. It is most well known for hosting the first semi-official Boards of Canada website. | ||
| − | The web site was founded sometime in the autumn of 1996. The last known update was made on October 21, 1999 and site was last known to be online on March 09, 2000. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000309165006/http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/main.htm] | + | The web site was founded sometime in the autumn of 1996. The Cosmic Crofter promoted the site on usenet newsgroups such as alt.music.techno, alt.emusic and uk.music.rave. The site celebrated its 1000th hit in March 1997 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.emusic/msg/fcbddf686f23ac39?dmode=source]. The last known update was made on October 21, 1999 and site was last known to be online on March 09, 2000. [http://web.archive.org/web/20000309165006/http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/main.htm] |
While no longer active, the page can be accessed via [http://web.archive.org/web/19981203100730re_/www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/main.htm Internet Archive]. | While no longer active, the page can be accessed via [http://web.archive.org/web/19981203100730re_/www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/main.htm Internet Archive]. | ||
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== Labels == | == Labels == | ||
| − | * In Demand | + | * [http://www.discogs.com/label/In+Demand In Demand] |
| − | * Pull Records | + | * [http://www.discogs.com/label/Pull+Records Pull Records] |
| − | * Realtime | + | * [http://www.discogs.com/label/Realtime Realtime] |
| − | * Sativae Records | + | * [http://www.discogs.com/label/Sativae Sativae Records] |
| − | ** Drought | + | ** [http://www.discogs.com/label/Drought+Records Drought] |
| − | ** Penalty | + | ** [http://www.discogs.com/label/Penalty Penalty] |
* Scandinavia | * Scandinavia | ||
| − | * T&B Vinyl | + | * [http://www.discogs.com/label/T%26B+Vinyl T&B Vinyl] |
| − | ** Pi Recordings | + | ** [http://www.discogs.com/label/Pi+Recordings Pi Recordings] |
** Subjective | ** Subjective | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
| − | * [http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/ E.H.X. (defunct)] | + | * [http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/ E.H.X. (defunct)] ({{iarchive|http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/*}}) |
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| + | [[Category: History]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:52, 1 November 2008
E.H.X., Electronic Audio Artform in The Capital was a website run by The Cosmic Crofter covering the electronic music scene in Edinburgh, Scotland. The site also covered a number of up-and-coming Scotland electronic acts. It is most well known for hosting the first semi-official Boards of Canada website.
The web site was founded sometime in the autumn of 1996. The Cosmic Crofter promoted the site on usenet newsgroups such as alt.music.techno, alt.emusic and uk.music.rave. The site celebrated its 1000th hit in March 1997 [1]. The last known update was made on October 21, 1999 and site was last known to be online on March 09, 2000. [2]
While no longer active, the page can be accessed via Internet Archive.
Boards of Canada site[edit]
Initially, the Boards of Canada page was simply one of many, reflected by its URL:
http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/artists/canada.htm
However, as the popularity of the band grew, the page was moved to its own section. The official site relaunch occurred on September 20, 1999, with the new URL:
http://www.ednet.co.uk/~ehx/boc
Artists[edit]
- 6k (Phase 6 and Kasbah)
- Aqua Bassino (Jason Robertson)
- Being (Dave Being)
- Boards of Canada
- Craig Smith
- David Tarrida
- DJ Brainstorm (Andy Watson)
- Kasbah
- Neil Landstrumm
- Phase 6
- Stephen Brown
- Think Tank
- Tobias Schmidt
Labels[edit]
- In Demand
- Pull Records
- Realtime
- Sativae Records
- Scandinavia
- T&B Vinyl
- Pi Recordings
- Subjective
Trivia[edit]
- The name EHX is a sort of generic Edinburgh postcode, as EH is the common prefix.