''Gantz Graf'' is a three-track EP released by

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in 2002 on CD and 12". A special

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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

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, 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

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of objects) synchronized to the music as it morphs, pulsates, shakes, and finally dissolves. Rutterford (who had previously created an unofficial video for the ''

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'' track "Eutow" as part of the

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music programme ''Lo-Fi'' in 2001) claims the idea for the "Gantz Graf" video came during one of his

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trips. 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

; DVD

References

External links

''Gantz Graf''
at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).
Interview with Alex Rutterford
in making the "Gantz Graf" video. .
NME review of Gantz Graf
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