''Peel Session 2'' is the second
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from ...
session that
Autechre
Autechre ( ) are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are among the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all o ...
recorded. The tracks were given to Peel in August 1999 and aired on 8 September 1999. The
EP was released by
Warp Records
Warp Records is a British independent record label that specialises in Electronic music, electronic, indie rock and experimental music. It was founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Steve Beckett, Robert Mitchell and Robert Gordon. It has released recor ...
at the end of 2000.
The artwork for ''Peel Session 2'', created by
The Designers Republic
The Designers Republic is a British graphic design studio based in Sheffield, England, founded in 1986 by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips (graphic designer), Nick Phillips. They are best known for electronic music logos, album artwork, and an ...
, is matte white lettering on a
glossy
Gloss is an optical property which indicates how well a surface reflects light in a specular (mirror-like) direction. It is one of the important parameters that are used to describe the visual appearance of an object. Other categories of visual a ...
white background with a matte
white
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
border. In the top left corner of the booklet cover, Autechre is written in
black
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without chroma, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness.Eva Heller, ''P ...
. Below this in white lettering is the
EP title, ''Peel Session 2''.
All tracks except for "19 Headaches" were unnamed when given to John Peel. He himself named the tracks.
Track listing
Source:
References
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2000 EPs
Peel Sessions recordings
Live EPs
Autechre EPs
2000 live albums
Warp Records live albums
Warp Records EPs
Albums with cover art by The Designers Republic