Wikipedia Undeletes Woob Page

Wikipedia relent and put the Woob page they deleted back up (more details here).
Wikipedia editor SchuminWeb reinstates the page but also tries to cover himself, claiming it has been undeleted (yes, it’s a proper word) because it now meets his standards, but his original reasons for deleting were invalid.
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Woob Repurpose – winners

These are the three people Paul Frankland (Woob) drew out of the random hat generator; all receive a digital copy (MP3/ Flac) of his great new Woob album, Repurpose…
Martin Culen
Varun
Victor
Many thanks to Paul F and everyone who entered, congratulations to the winners / better luck next month when we’ll have another free CD draw from Plague Recordings.
Now preview and [...]

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Woob – Repurpose (new album, free copies to give away)

My former Emit label-mate Paul Frankland has a new Woob album for you, and it’s a classic.
We have three copies (MP3 + Flac) to give away; just add a comment below to win. (No email addresses will be kept)
Six tracks of ambient clouds, lush strings and Commodore 64. Film length scores ranging from four to [...]

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Woob Interviews High Skies – Part II

Part II of my interview with Paul Frankland (Woob) on his Season 9 blog, where we talk about future work, future synthesis, favourite gear and recording Gas 0095.
High Skies – Sounds of Earth by  microscopics
Part I of our previous interview is here…
Read the interview Part II…

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Wikipedia Deletes Woob and Emit Artists Pages

UPDATED
Wikipedia, the free, openly-editable, online encyclopedia has begun deleting pages of fellow Emit artists.
Already deleted are Woob and IPG.
The reasoning on the Woob delete (removed 6th June by user SchuminWeb ) was that it broke the rule Criteria for speedy deletion, rule A7
A7. No indication of importance.
An article about a real person, an organization (e.g. band, club, company, etc.), that does [...]

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Woob – Repurpose (New Album)

My former Emit label-mate Paul Frankland has a new Woob album for you, and it’s a classic.
Six tracks of ambient clouds, lush strings and Nintendo tones. Film length scores ranging from four to nineteen minutes, and seventy in total.

Repurpose
Nylon (free)
Giant Stroke (extended)
Stranger Air
Departure
85-bit

Buy it now, because it’s a great album and to help guarantee there will [...]

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Gas 0095 Quotes: Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree)

Today’s Gas 0095 and final quote comes from Richard Barbieri who plays keyboards for Porcupine Tree and the legendary Japan. Japan were responsible for one of the greatest albums ever, Tin Drum, and Richard was hugely responsible for its sound; a strange mix of Chinese folk influenced electronics; Eno and Moroder meet Mao Tse Tung.

Richard Barbieri on [...]

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Gas 0095 Quotes: Bob Katz

Todays Gas 0095 quote comes from Bob Katz, one of the best known and highly regarded mastering engineers, he’s also an inventor and author, and owns and runs the highly successful Digital Domain mastering company.

Mat Jarvis’ restoration of Gas 0095; it sounds to me like it was originally mixed to analog tape, congratulations on doing a good, conservative [...]

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Gas 0095 Quotes: Alex Paterson (The Orb)

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from ambient pioneer Alex Paterson who has been recording and performing as The Orb for over 20 years. In 1997 rumour has it that The Orb remixed Jean Michel Jarre’s ‘Oxygene 8′; Jarre refused to release it as it had almost nothing from the original. So The Orb called it [...]

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Gas 0095 Quotes: Ian Boddy

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from electronic pioneer Ian Boddy who has been releasing electronic music since the very early 80s with three cassette only releases on the Mirage label. Famous for his analog modular systems he’s been releasing albums consistently ever since including collaborations with Robert Rich, Mark Shreeve and Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle). [...]

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