ILX Wire Covers Compilation 2010

Okay let's do this thing. There seems to about eight people interested so far.

Stake your claim to titles here (of course it doesn't matter if two ILXors want to cover the same song.)

Once we've gotten the list together we can then discuss timings etc:

So, first off I plant my flag in 'Boiling Boy', it was the first Wire V2 song I heard (the Peel session version) loved it unreservedly then felt a bit let down by the proper album version, although the one on IBTABA was better. Had to wait ages for it be released on Coatings.

i will definitely be involved, but will need to confer with my musical compadre as to what song to do

If he doesn't do "Dot Dash", make a video of it including his Dot Dash Dance and put it up on YouTube, I'll fly down and glass him.

I've got "I am the fly"

If he doesn't do "Dot Dash", make a video of it including his Dot Dash Dance and put it up on YouTube, I'll fly down and glass him.

and what would you do if this ended up with a series of gently ironic nouvelle vague type pastoral tropicalia pink flag covers?

He would shrug and say "What a well-made world."

On the other thread Sean C. suggested I do "Ambitious," which I'm more than fine with -- if someone else does the music.

(Not a slam on Sean of course! More meaning that my own musical abilities are immeasurable in their nonexistence.)

12xu 4 me

Count me in on this, I'll choose a song in the next day or so. Um, are instrumental versions of vocal songs ok? My skills do NOT lie in singing.

Vocoder!

i think i'm up for this. i'll give it a try anyway.

I think I'll do either "Brazil" or "Being Sucked In Again"

Want to do "Ahead"!

(Not a slam on Sean of course!

Well I never!

More meaning that my own musical abilities are immeasurable in their nonexistence.)

Oh okay then. But hey, you have my permission to do any song you like.

Already done 'Ex Lion Tamer', 'Silk Skin Paws' and C. Newman's 'Alone' with band.

'Ahead' has been taken... Maybe 'A Serious of Snakes'... Will get back on this.

So I pondered this idea and pondered it and:

https://download.yousendit.com/VGljUGhVNkcyWGNLSkE9PQ

Permission to continue?

http://sites.google.com/site/pnauert/vocoded-ned-ambitious.mp3

I'm in for "Marooned"

I'm in for "Practice Makes Perfect"

Permission to continue?

Go for broke.

hmm. I may join in. If I do it'll prob be "French Film Blurred"

Question: is the listing the same songs that were covered on "Whore", or is it free for all as far as which Wire songs?

Anything I'm guessing.

Anyone going to take 'Mary Is A Dyke' or 'NYC'?

I'm thinking me and Rob might do one - I'd like to do "Kidney Bingoes" or "King of Ur & Queen of Um" but I need to skim some tracks and decide, so thats just a tentative one for me so far.

'Our Swimmer' pls

I could try that Pato, but a). High beam switch in current car is foot operated, not on a stalk b). Chrysler is more than double the size of the Toyota (however power steering), will need to find a different rhythm c). Having already spent some time without a licence it might not be such a Good Idea.

can i join in please? i don't know 100% what song yet welcome suggestions!

might do 'eardrum buzz' lol or the finest drops.

What's the deadline going to be? I'd like to do "Marooned." Or "French Film Blurred" if Jay Vee drops out.

actually changed my mind, doing 'The 15th'!!

Changed my mind, also. I'd like to do "Go Ahead" off Doc/Eyewitness

OK, I'm in and I'm on for "Too Late"

Here is our list so far, including the undecided.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil or Being Sucked In Again
Sean C - Ahead
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Ragget - Ambitious
Capitaine Jay Vee - Go Ahead
(S-) - Our Swimmer
Trayce - Kidney Bingos or The King of Ur and the Queen of Um
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late

Like I mentioned upthread, don't get hung up if more than one person wants to do a particular track, the difference in interpretation would be just as interesting.

To answer Trayce, any Wire song is fair game. Heck if you wanted to do version of a Colin Newman/Duet Emmo/Mzui/Dome/8Time or any other solo configuration go right ahead.

Also, what do you all think would be a fair deadline? (which will of course be broken) One month? Two?

Hopefully before the titles for the next U2 album are leaked!

So for anyone who might be speeding ahead, send files or rapidshare/ftp links to my PM addy. Best quality files possible would be great, WAV/FLAC/AIFF/SHN whatever.

If MP3 then please ensure it's as close to 320kbps as you can get. Don't forget to include any details you might want for the artwork/text.

s. + myself will also be collaborating on a version of 'heartbeat'

Almost done with my track. I did "Brazil". it's turning out good so far!

Hey S- I got your Newman cover, is it for inclusion? (it's great btw!)

excited by this!

Breaking news, LJ in for a version of Mercy.

Hey Wire songs are really easy to work out, I never realised! The last thing a did for a tribute record was by Moondog, that was a bitch. Doing something different with a Wire song that's still good rather than a slavish cover version, not so easy.

Were working up to the ILX Yes covers project 2043

First Wire covers project ever that doesn't have a version of "Outdoor Miner"

If there's anything that warrants a Ned spoken-word...

That can be the bonus vinyl 7" that isn't pressed up.

Meantime I have to give this thread/project credit for causing me to find out that someone's posted the remix of "Ambitious" from the "Silk Skin Paws" single on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aFBxkxx6zk

(Remix of the alternate version with Newman singing, no less!)

I would like to do "Lowdown" please

MaresNest, not intended to go in, but hang on to it in case I can't get mine done in time/are shit etc. Or chuck it in if there's space.

Lock me in for "Kidney Bingos" btw, that one'll be easier to sing I think.

sad that no one is doing map ref

Ok, finished and sent mine. MaresNest, let me know if you go it!

It's a pretty straightforward cover.

I've got it! It's great!

:) awesome, thanks!

What are you, the Ned of music?

What's Ned the Ned of?

raggetts

One does try.

if enrollment is still open I would like to matriculate

only if you have a blue tie the may be purple

And now, you must die.

koan

Hah no I was thinking of Ned's abnormally fast Nanowrimo output actually :)

only if you have a blue tie
the may be purple
and now you must die

You never her tie

Emu
Who knew?
You

Update.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil or Being Sucked In Again
Sean C - Ahead
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Ragget - Ambitious
Capitaine Jay Vee - Go Ahead
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone
Trayce - Kidney Bingos
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy

S- I think we should include Alone, there's no reason no to be in for a couple of songs if your able. *And* it's a great version too. I have two tracks in already, getting excited, made a start on mine this week.

That should be:

Latebloomer - Brazil

I would like to do "Lowdown" please

― congratulations (n/a), Monday, February 15, 2010 12:22 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Thank you MaresNest...and may I take the time to remind the world that it's clearly spelled 'Raggett' :-D

Apologies to Ned and n/a

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil
Sean C - Ahead
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious
Capitaine Jay Vee - Go Ahead
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone
Trayce - Kidney Bingos
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy
n/a - Lowdown

Quite a handsome list!

if enrollment is still open I would like to matriculate

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Please do!

Slot me in for "French Film Blurred". When do you want the files by?

^pressing question

^^^ very much so

To be truthful, I'm not really sure how long would be a reasonable amount of time to say.
How about we wing it for now until a few more come in, then I can start pleading.
I suppose a decent ballpark for those that require one would be say, another 3/4 weeks perhaps.

Why not make it simple and say the end of March.

phew, yes can meet that a-ok

Yeah end of march works for me - I'm doing mine with Pselodux and we can only rly work on it on weekends (hopefully we'll have it roughly done this weekend tho)

I'm only sort of familiar with pink flag and chairs missing but if anyone is up for having cheesy incompetent keyboard synth go under their vocals, send wav/mp3 to:
30secondsong @ gmail.com (remove space)

end of March works okay here

at some point prior to that Ned should probably shoot me an email at ilxwire101 {at} gmail.com so the collaboration consists of something better than me just screwing around with his spoken-word performance...

Amazing how quickly email can be sent these days.

Can I just cackle all Graham Lewis-esque over someone's lead vodal?

*vocal

(didn't want to rush you)

pencil me in for "so and slow it grows" (wir), please.

looking forward to hearing the results!

Bummed but I'm going to have to bail out of this one... looking forward to hearing what everyone does.

This needs a revive...

Revive, although not too much to add really, it's pity about Jay Vee I would like to have heard a version of Go Ahead.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil
Sean C - Ahead
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone
Trayce - Kidney Bingos
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy
n/a - Lowdown
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Andrew M - So and Slow it Grows

I have two files so far, deadline is the end of March.

Also, can anybody think of a good title?

Ire

double whore: an even better tribute to wire

ILX Lion Tamer

The 51th

Being Sucked Off Again

Wire Not.

Challops Makes Perfect

5 1 S B

1 2 sb U

Here's instrumental version of field day for the sundays if anyone wants to warble over it:

http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/23/2700418/fieldday.mp3

Wire MCA

The 51th

Hahahaha.

1 2 sb U for the win.

Well, not sure I'm 100% happy with mine but I have a feeling it's not going to get any better with tinkering so it's been sent in. May you all have mercy on me.

Sean, it's fantastic! Huge smiles!

This is gonna be so cool.

Yay!

Being Sucked Off Again

― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Monday, 22 February 2010 14:06 (Yesterday) Bookmark

it has to be this

Nooo... I might leave this around for Amber and Alice to hear!

'1 2 SB U' is both quintessential Wire and ILX, so that.

Poll?

So this just goes to MaresNest's webmail address? I'm uploading to sendspace now.

It does indeed, look forward to hearing it.

Awesome, email sent, let me know if you don't get it.

Sure thing.

andre and i are gonna record something for this -- still figuring out what, though.

n/a I haven't received a mail/link yet, just to let you know. If there's a problem, you can try theslowlife@gmailDOTcom instead.

Huh ok. I'll try your gmail instead.

Thanks Nick, all good, downloading it now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sT2QMiOSUQ

you can put me down for "strange"

Wildo Edward.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil *
Sean C - Ahead *
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone *
Trayce - Kidney Bingos
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy
n/a - Lowdown *
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Andrew M - So and Slow it Grows
Philip Nunez & ? - Field Day For The Sundays
Edward III - Strange

* Received

The 51th vs 12SBU?

we're looking at "mannequin" or "another the letter"

Oh, I was gonna do "Mannequin" instead...

we're actually recording "mannequin" right now!

Too Late, Mark G

oh, ok then.

Why not both do it?

^^^exack

because mine is better *oh snap*

FITE!

Paul's and my cover is complete. I'm v. taken with what he did with my vocal.

Aw (blush) -- just came here to double check MaresNest's email address. WAV and MP3 on the way shortly :-)

Hey Paul, got the mail okay, will grab them a little later, thanks!

So we're letting Wire themselves know about this, I trust.

?

golly gosh :/

(i need to get back onto mine...still a long time but it's not gonna be done overnight)

I'm not saying you should hunt Colin Newman down or anything, MaresNest. Unless you want to!

Ned sorry, I'm not following you, are you joshing or for real? :)

The eternal question! But I do think we should publicize it a bit because why not?

Couple o questions re. submitting the stuff:

1) Are 24-bit files OK, or should it be 16-bit?

2) Do you want the files mastered in any sort of way? Bus limiting/multiband/et al?

kthxbai

looks like I might be contributing "strange" and "106 beats that" if all goes as planned

stay tuned...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4410721662_87a3ddd208_o.jpg

16 bit files are preferable, but I can convert if needs be.
Feel free to master your mix, I wasn't planning to master the whole collection, but I will polish any tracks up a little if I think they really require it, which will obviously become clearer when all the tracks come in, so-far the quality has been great.

Here we go.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/g4vxgb (AIFF, 32.4 MB)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5n6awp (AAC, 6.5 MB)

just a suggestion: don't post yr submission to the thread. kinda ruins the surprise of hearing the thing as a whole.

I was kinda thinking that myself!

feel free to delete my post then. e-mailed.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil *
Sean C - Ahead *
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious *
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone *
Trayce - Kidney Bingos
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy
n/a - Lowdown *
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Andrew M - So and Slow it Grows
Philip Nunez & ? - Field Day For The Sundays
Edward III - Strange
Edward III - 106 Beats That
Get Bent - Mannequin *

* Received

Pretty excited as my friend Emily has agreed to sing Boiling Boy, she's got a great voice.

Nothing to report, just a gentle bump as we find ourselves halfway through March.

'First Wire covers project ever that doesn't have a version of "Outdoor Miner"'

HA!
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/12/23/2700418/outdoormeower.mp3

Feel free to leave this off if anyone else wants to do one, or if you want to maintain the miner-less distinction.

mine is shaping up to be...weird

i mean...those cats are gonna have some competition in the 'wtf' stakes ;-)

Mares Nest, you've got gmail.

Excellent Thanks!

message to self: when a dude can't really play an instrument or sing, he should not turn an already lengthy and complicated song into a fucking avant-prog nightmare

this is halfway done and already well beyond my control

avant-prog nightmare

peter hammill it ain't

actually, peter hammill it may well be, but sans singing ability or rest of band

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly *
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil *
Sean C - Ahead *
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious *
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone *
Trayce - Kidney Bingos
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy
n/a - Lowdown *
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Andrew M - So and Slow it Grows
Philip Nunez & ? - Field Day For The Sundays
Philip Nunez - Outdoor Miner (Meower) *
Edward III - Strange
Edward III - 106 Beats That
Get Bent - Mannequin *

* Received

Love the Outdoor Miner minature.

Looks like we're going to smash right through that end of March deadline, but that's what they are there for.

^d8: just need vocals, instrumental is done

I'll probably be done by the weekend.

"strange" is done, just holding onto it in case I get some last minute remix inspiration

"106 beats that" will be completed upon my return to RI on the 28th, down to the wire

pun intended

Mine is done, but I'll listen through it again tomorrow to check it's ok. Um, is a 6 minute track acceptable? Not really in the spirit of Wire I know.

glad this is picking up steam! looking fwd to hearing more of the submissions.

oh man, how did I miss this? still room for potential submission?

Nabisco, of course!

6 Mins is fine, hell 16 mins is fine.

I'll see if I can get one together! Ha, too bad "Field Day for the Sundays" already got claimed.

It's not claimed at all! No vox on it!

6 Mins is fine, hell 16 mins is fine

oh, don't say that

5/10 (6.00)
Torch It! (7.25)
99.9 (7.42)
Over Theirs (9.24)
23 Years Too Late (9.46)
(A Chicago) Drill (12.22)
Crazy About Love (15.26)

Sent!

Recieved!

updates?

mine is really coming together - was about to bump this thread just now anyway!

'lectricsound just needs to up ours.

Not going to get mine in in time for the deadline, if other ppl are still going then good, but if only wanting for me then forget it.

am in the position of basically having finished, but needing to record some drums + the loudest vocal line in the whole piece - it is 3.30 am and family is asleep - asking for trouble - postponed until the morrow ^_^

uploading track now. just over 11 minutes' worth of FLAC file.

Can you scratch me off the list pls... I've had some personal issues get in the way and havent finished mine either.

Okay Trayce, no worries.
I will update the list when I get a chance later today.

you should have a linky now

yay mine isn't gonna be the longest one! *sigh of relief*

looking forward to all of these. sorry to hear about yr struggles trayce...maybe one day the track might bubble to the surface?

Real Life kinda got in the way for a bit. Will be done by end of week.

just sent u mine, dogg

terminus est

my tracks delayed, basement studio extra damp today

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/03/31/northeast.flood.fears/index.html?hpt=T2

Thanks to everyone for the submissions, am totally snowed under at the minute, will do a proper update over the Easter weekend.

Started work on the cover art too, so I will post the tracklist up when I get everyone's submissions, just to make sure we are all happy with the names etc:

Christ knows how I'm going to sequence it tho' :)

Give us slightly less than a week for some straightup coldwave jamz.

first track sent

yo

whassup

Not able to access my PM email till tomorrow, then I'll update properly and we can see where everything stands.

sounds good!

Leaked!

j/k

Criminal!

Okay, apologies for the radio silence over Easter-time, here we are.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly *
M Bison - 12XU *
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil *
Sean C - Ahead *
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect *
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious *
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone *
Ken C - The 15th
Mark G - Too Late
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat *
Acoleuthic - Mercy *
n/a - Lowdown *
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Andrew M - So and Slow it Grows
Philip Nunez & ? - Field Day For The Sundays
Philip Nunez - Outdoor Miner (Meower) *
Edward III - Strange *
Edward III - 106 Beats That
Get Bent - Mannequin *

* Received

When we are ready, I'll create an FTP partition and put the details here, maybe some kind mod could also post them at the top of this thread when the time comes. There will be two folders, one higher quality and one at MP3 quality, both including the artwork. When we have all the submissions in I'll post the text first, just to make sure I have the participants names/bandnames straight.

Have to say, I feel rather spoiled! (in a good way obv)

dogg might i recommend http://soundcloud.com/ or similar services

I can add it to fairtilizer.com

13 received tracks... great response!

I said I'd do this and then flaked -- I totally apologize! Excited to hear what people got together.

^^^forgiven eternally for 'it's too late tonight to forget to breathe'

X-Post: Well I should be able to make a little window in our site that doesn't require an FTP program to connect, just a pasword. If that's not the case it'll be Soundcloud or similar.

I can also say with some degree of impunity that LJ might be insane, his cover sounds like Peter Hammill and Mayo Thompson bashing each other with over amplified bass guitars.

Are you sure that's not a vacuum cleaner?

no vacuum-cleaner in this one - i figured the albatross had to be dispensed with. toothdrumming, bicycle-pump and kitchen-tray percussion otoh

That was your teeth?

5:37-5:59, yes

^^^forgiven eternally for 'it's too late tonight to forget to breathe'

― uh is that miseplled? (acoleuthic)

LJ OTM

Still hoping to find time to finish this track. But do feel free to lurch ahead without me - real life takes over.

recording on "106 beats that" has been completed. now in throes of mixing this bear. new deadline?

End of the week?

end of week good for me too... Working on mixes right now.

Hi,

For various reasons, (not least: My laptop now totally reinstalled and now has no software ready) (also: didn't want to be the least good one)...

Anyway, if it comes to the final deadline and I'm not there, go-head. If I do make it, hey.

also:

Have to say, I feel rather spoiled! (in a good way obv)

― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 09:36 (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I know exactly what you mean, I did what yr doing for ILX vol 3.

If you are doing a hard CD version, I have the details of the place I used, it produced some fine looking CDs.

Well, I finished it and it reeks. So: Mare, please - I'm gonna send it to you anyway, but if it's only fit for the outtakes pile, please leave it there & spare me the embarrassment, OK? Thanks.

Far be it from me to judge anyone, mine might reek also, if you send it to me it'll go in!

Final update at the weekend.

Oh, be a man & judge!

Fine. Here comes nothing.

that's the spirit

Yep Yep.

did u receive mine y/n

I got your link S- thanks, will d/l a little later today.

Up to around 16 contributions so-far, looking good for the deadline.

I'm done! Finally!

Uploading track and notifying.

Got that, thanks!

what is the deadline? mixing has been somewhere between lol and ;_;

For submissions it was agreed the deadline would be the end of this week, then I'll need a little while to formailse the text/tracklist and the sequencing then finish the artwork, plus I'm away from work most of next week, so if you push into the middle of next week, it's probably no biggie.

Any later than that and it might get a little sticky if we want to make this available as soon as possible.

ok, the definition of "end of the week" is what I was wondering about.... friday? saturday? sunday?

Don' matter.

Hey Edward, just wondering how you were getting on.

damnit i have my track recorded in UK but i forgot to email it before i set off on a 6 week holiday so it's stuck at my computer at home but i don't have access to it until may 3rd. I might try and record something using this netbook and my sister's piano in hong kong... i can send something in on thursday... if that's ok??

my collaborator and I are locked in sophie's choice drama about which radically different mix to send but I will have something to you by this PM cuz frankly we are both tired of talking about it at this point

Send both mixes, let the people decide.

don't think that hasn't been discussed! also considering the consultation of magic 8-balls, market surveys, and the i-ching...

make a new version with one mix in the left stereo channel and the other in the right stereo channel

i have actually 2 different versions recorded on my computer in the UK too.. this actually solves my dilemma in a way. hopefully this netbook version will not be too late

the ornette coleman approach

xp

XP - I guess it's a little late for strategic planning and focus groups, but I'd be very interested to hear both versions, I'm sure everyone else would too. As I said upthread, I am on holiday until the end of the week so I guess everyone has until Saturday.

BTW, some people have submitted band names and some not so when I lay out the tracklisting text I was intending to format it like this:

1. Bandname - Song Title (ILXHandle)

as well as

1. ILXHandle - Song Title

for those without a bandname.

Is this cool with everyone? I know it's a little clunky, but it being an ILX team effort I though peeps might like to know which ILXor was behind each track.

would prefer real name to ILX name if that isn't too big-headed of me

my band name is Scare Quotes but since it's just me you can credit it however you like

XP - Well thats cool LJ cause everyone knows you by that anyway

Is this cool with everyone?

Works for me

LJ is his *real* name?

? actually...

JL Fredderhanstead the Eighth.

l0uis and the j4ggers

oxford poppage

Artwork Sneak
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4541085120_62da5cf0b9.jpg

ha ha

wow.

Where's the "like" button on this thing?

fuck washing a flag

fuck waving a hat

so, uh, update on "106 beats that"... we've worked our way into melding the radically different mixes into one, but are still trying to get to a final mix we agree on.

I cannot believe how long and hard bros can argue over a bassline.

if you are torn over basslines, just throw them all in

One in each channel.

behind the music, ilx edition

LJ plays his teeth, E3 agonizes over basslines

look forward to the 5.1 mix

okay had some team of rivals shit go down and now we have some hard won consensus

sending you the track now, let 'er rip

Shit just got real Yo.

Okay Ken, how are you looking for submission by the weekend? Absolute final cutoff deadline etc:

It's looking good dude - i have like a track now that i can submit right now if needs be but i'm going to spend tomorrow just to tweak it a bit but it'll get to you first thing saturday no doubt (i am in hong kong just now so have some timezone diff. advantage even!)

it's a little bit... lo-fi, i hope that's ok?? (there's only so much i can squeeze into the netbook running kristal with a 2nd hand spanish guitar i bought from a music shop for £8!!!)

Lo-Fi is totally fine, no worries. You have till Saturday if you need to make tweaks. Great!

"106 beats that" will be completed upon my return to RI on the 28th, down to the wire

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:01 PM (4 weeks ago) Bookmark

lawl @ march 28

hello!

I've sent the file now to your gmail hope you've received it!

Hey Ken, dowloading it now.

Opening track I reckon..!

So is that everybody?

woo! look forward to hearing it all!

Please use my real name (alongside Ned's), because I don't want anyone to know I'm in Santa Cruz.

I've sent it again to your gmail address in case you don't have it handy.

Okay Paul n/p.

Whew, well unless there's any surprise late entries I think we may be there.

I'll do an final update to the list later on this eve, then I'll post the actual tracklist -with the real names- on Sunday evening, then we are looking pretty good for the whole thing to be made available the middle/end of next week.

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
M Bison - 12XU
MaresNest - Boiling Boy
Latebloomer - Brazil
Sean C - Ahead
Elvis Telecom - Marooned
Matt#2 - Practice Makes Perfect
Paul In Santa Cruz/Ned Raggett - Ambitious
(S-) - Our Swimmer
(S-) - Alone
Ken C - The 15th
S- & ElectricSoundOfJim - Heartbeat
Acoleuthic - Mercy
n/a - Lowdown
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Philip Nunez - Outdoor Miner (Meower)
Edward III - Strange
Edward III - 106 Beats That
Get Bent - Mannequin

This is the final list, 19 tracks! Well done everybody!

StaggerLee, as a quick note, there is a little bit of clicking on your file, I know it's kinda LoFi and that's cool but doesn't sound like it's a file transfer glitchy sound, more like it's in the original recording. Can you check the file and see? I actually don't mind it at-all because it sounds like vinyl crackles.

Can't wait to hear this!

my track's artist name should also include ilxor "zero of the signified," aka andre.

StaggerLee, as a quick note, there is a little bit of clicking on your file, I know it's kinda LoFi and that's cool but doesn't sound like it's a file transfer glitchy sound, more like it's in the original recording.

Yeah, it's a fault/feature of the broken-and-breaking-down equipment I was working with. Ancient, not-very-well-taken-care-of Tascam 424 for the bed tracks, then played through a lousy stereo while I sing a live vocal into two microphones plugged into a really ancient Sony reel-to-reel 2-track. But the reel-to-reel had issues keeping the tape in the track, so I had to add tension by running the tape around a pencil before it hit the machine heads, which caused speed issues and the occasional click before devolving into a gimmick at the end.

Wish I'd redone the mix/vox a few more times - there's almost no bass and the drums are horrendously loud etc. but the reel-to-reel (being all but defunct anyway) is now at the recycling depot.

^ can't wait to hear this track tbh

The Disintegration Tape Recorders

I really like the sound. :)

Fetchboy - I Am The Fly
Matthew Mathieu - 12XU (M Bison)
Nowhereians - Boiling Boy (MaresNest)
Clonefeed - Brazil (Latebloomer)
Sean C - Ahead
Blue Weather Ghosts - Marooned
Rashomon - Practice Makes Perfect (Matt#2)
Paul Nauert & Ned Raggett - Ambitious
Automating - Our Swimmer (S-)
Spitfire Parade - Alone (S-)
Red Bull Dozers - The 15th - (Ken C)
Constant Light Heartbeat - (S- & ElectricSoundOfJim)
l0u1s jagg3r - Mercy
N/A - Lowdown
StaggerLee - French Film Blurred
Philip Nunez - Outdoor Miner
Superhuman Troglodyte - Strange - (Edward III)
Superhuman Troglodyte - 106 Beats That - (Edward III)
GrannyKart - Mannequin - (Get Bent & Zero Of The Signified)

This how I'm looking to present the tracklist, anyone want to make any alterations?

Doing the sequencing today, gonna be fun, listening back to everyone's contributions this morning in a collected fashion makes me realise that y'all are awesome!

LJ spelling bot!

Edward, can I hear a Rush quote at the start of Strange???

please keep that spelling of LJ lol

Could I request my tracks spread out a bit?

A u t o m a t i n g
S p i t f i r e   P a r a d e 

n/a is in lowercase, not N/A please (sorry for the nitpicking)

No probs n/a.

S- the above isn't a sequenced tracklist, but I'll be mindful when I'm doing that for sure.

Edward, can I hear a Rush quote at the start of Strange???

wow, good ears dude

the main sample will be much more recognizable for the average ilxor methinks

question... how are you crediting non-ilxor contributors? cuz I got one

"...with assistance from a godless heathen"

straight up infidel collaborator

Anyway you want them credited really. As long as it's not some long-ass name.

Also...Damn! YYZ!

suddenly struck by the absurdity of sampling rush on a wire cover

absurdity/awesomeness

^^^^

Like when Wire covered JJ Cale (i.e. the wrong J.Cale)

maresnest, did you get my collaborator note?

Yes indeed Edward, would love to hear the alt mix of 106 too!

sent!

a may day release would be pretty cool iirc

y'know if such a thing is possible

I promise to try, failing that def Mon/Tue.

wikipedia sez:

MAY is the stylish month of the year and MAYDAY is stylish day of the year.

fashionable workers of the world turn their eyes towards you maresnest there is no try

XD

THis is assuming that everyone is cool with their name checks and all, but I'm am honestly nearly done with everything, my last little jump is getting the Wavs/MP3s up in a place where it is reachable for everyone, probably a couple of places in-fact, Soundcloud and an FTP. Hmm, I'm talking to myself really, bye!

thumbs up 4 u!

Thank you M.

Meanwhile, another comp? poll?

ILX does the-dream's Love/King b4 it is released

call it Vi/King

Could you change my name to Bruce Catbert?
(you don't have to if you don't want to.)

btw if ne1 2nds my Vi King dream album idea i will start the thread

does it have good song names?

Recorded songs

* "Love King" (produced by Los Da Mystro) — 5:02
* "Sex Intelligent" (featuring T.I.)[12]
* "Nicki Part Two"[14]
* "Yamaha"[14]
* "Abyss"[14]
* "Take Care of Me"[14]
* "F.I.L.A. (Fall in Love Again)" (featuring T.I.)[13]
* "Love Queen"[15]

just throwing this idea out, anyone who picks "Yamaha" could just run thru a catalog of fine Yamaha products, like motorcycles, pianos, and more

XP - Wildo Philip :)

Mewch thanks!

Hey MaresNest, no caps at all in my username o/w allgood kthxbye

Suggestion:

Run a poll thread with the final track listing (Do links work on poll options?)

Have the closing date a long time in the future.

Songs in order of track length.

I vote no poll, seems kinda unnecessary and against the spirit of the thing imo

xp

ayooooo

MaresNest has hoarded all the tracks for himself and has escaped to Aruba with the proceeds.

Oh sure, Poll *results* would be against...

Just a way of displaying the tracks, etc.

Sort by year of original release minus track length in seconds.

Sort by arrival date/time.

NOOOOOO I don't want to be the first thing that people hear!!

(Or ONE of the first, rather, since others submitted ahead of me)

sort by shuffle button

o now I see what you were getting at mark, nm

sort by number of user suggest bans

a radical idea: sort the songs by how "good" they are; i.e. put the "best" songs at the beginning and the "worst" songs at the end

I like it, it's conceptual.

I'm with you, n/a, but since I'd go first I don't want to make everyone else feel inadequate.

yeah, maresnest really wants the contributors to know he thinks they suck

STOP THE MADNESS!!!!

disagree, the madness shd start soon that's why i bumped the thread

*deep breath* I'm on the case for putting this up in a couple of hours, my laptop at home has tanked so I am including temporary artwork for the tracklisting which I will replace with the real thing until early next week, when I can get my paws on photoshop again.

One mod type question, I'm sticking it up on a partition of my works FTP, that's okay isn't it?

You wont need an FTP client program to grab it, just the link.

Also, where does ILX stand on YSI type links when it's our own sanctioned shit?

FLOOD THE WORLD

PUT IT EVERYWHERE

XP - errrrr Sean

UPLOAD IT TO GRAN'S FLANGE

Note to self, last minute Steve Reich style intros are not a good idea.

My as-new copy of Everybody Loves A History turned up today (which I got for a snip, considering Amazon's best price is now £85!) so I'm really oddly psyched for this. Bring it on.

Any of you knuckleheads around to test that this shit works?

Also, where does ILX stand on YSI type links when it's our own sanctioned shit?

― Heavy Potato Encounter (MaresNest), Tuesday, May 4, 2010 12:54 PM (2 hours ago)

Not a problem.

xpost -- Gimme a couple more hours to get home from work and I'm good.

i'm at home and free 2 jam

excited about this!

XP - errrrr Sean

To paraphrase my man McNulty, what'd *I* do???

ftp://ilx:wire@94.143.254.73

Or go to the following address;

ftp://94.143.254.73

user: ilx
pass: wire

Ah Sean, you were almost first on!

Okay, so as I said upthread, the artwork won't be finished off until early next week, but apart from that it's all there, any problems let me know. I'll not be about much tomorrow, so anything pressing will have to wait till Thursday.

And you all rule hard.!

RAWK

So can we start publicizing this wildly? Should we set up a sendspace link?

Hell Yes.

Also, is it working, so I can leave work now?

working!

d/ling

YSI MP3 Files, just in case.

Part 1.
https://www.yousendit.com/download/OHo3a3ZNR3MzeUkwTVE9PQ

Part 2.
https://www.yousendit.com/download/OHo3a3ZITWNTRTVjR0E9PQ

lolling at outdoor meowner

Downloaded; will listen tomorrow; the temporary cover art is enough of a joy. You guys rock, etc.

holyfuckencrap this is about 6x radder than I thought it'd be :o

only 6?

mr carruthers ballin out the gym

so far S and JBR/ZOTS have cold blown my mind, but it's ALL great

argh, can't dl right now

somebody liveblog this ish

listening from the beginning, although i have to leave soon.

my only request is proper id3 tags -- i just did my own in itunes, but if you could upload the tracks pre-tagged for everyone else, that would be awesome.

samesies

"12xu" is fucking great!

holy fucking shit, Elvis Telecom has pulled it the fuck out like only a dude with dreampop in his soul can do

Hey GB. Yep I spaced on the tagging. Will do that and upload again on Thursday. Want to talk about this comp but relegated to Iphone for the next half day or so. Killing me already.

Ed3 bringin the noise

halfway convinced this was all an elaborate setup so MaresNest could just show off (probably my favorite so far)

^^it's a bit good isn't it

sorry all but outdoor meower is my favorite

ha that was some ambiguous punctuation. should read: sorry, all, but outdoor meower is my favorite

i took off pts for not being 100% cats

OK, Sean C's country-surf "Ahead" is FUCKING GREBT!

GRATE, RAD, ETC!

"practice makes perfect" iz teh yumxor

my inner teenage girl is really into "heartbeat"

:D

great production quality on most of these. makes me feel a bit embarrassed with mine tbh

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OK, Sean C's country-surf "Ahead" is FUCKING GREBT!

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:47 (3 hours ago)

Right back atcha man! All of these are making me happy!

Very good stuff here, haven't had a chance to hear it all yet but soon -- though MaresNest, based on the file names I should note again my last name has two t's in it. :-D

just started listening, really digging these so far. LOVE M Bison's '12xu'

rly looking fwd to listening to this

ned raggae

Up to track four so far!

I think that "12XU" was what Colin was trying to make with the recent remake (white label 7")

'12 Times You' that was it...

a radical idea: sort the songs by how "good" they are; i.e. put the "best" songs at the beginning and the "worst" songs at the end
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just saying, like :D

XP - Surname amended Ned, sorry mate, that must drive you crazy.

p.s. maresnest sorry i may have moved a couple of folders in your FTP by accident! (i was cack handed using the FTP program...)

i will move them back when i get home later (if you hadn't already!)

Okay, wow, finally getting to listen to some of these. Impossible to pick a favorite, but I'm very impressed by the quality and diversity of tracks.

Yeah I really liked these. Good work all around!

"Heartbeat" was a real showstopper. So epic!

zomg these are perfect :D

thank you all!

ok everything here is ace but I wanted to say that once on a drunken night bus home I decided that an 8-bit electronic Wire covers project was to be my LIFE'S WORK but I could not make it work out at all
anyway M. Mathieu's 12xu is everything I imagined that concept to be and more, much love for that

aw <3 yay!

Listened to this at work today and am pleased, embarrassed and humbled to be in y'all's company. Agree with the poster above that MaresNest set this whole thing up just to show off - "Boiling Boy" is making my next mixtape fer sure. Very well done, all.

so what's next? an ilx kate bush comp? (dibs on "hammer horror" and "oh england my lionheart." i know from past experience that i can do the high notes even if it makes my throat hurt.)

that would be tight. i had suggested upthread an idea that i will alter slightly. (potentially) beat the-dream to his release date and do Love Viking: An ILX tribute to the-dream

that's pretty funny. maybe i can do a monologue admonishing mr. the-dream for rogue hyphenation.

it is some odd hyphenizing, i'm wondering if there is some 60's girl group called the dream and he threw it in there to avoid BMI/ASCAP confusion or something

the dream 1979

the-dream syndicate

california the-dreamin'

yeah let's do an original composition thingy next! not that mine for this was a 'cover' so much as 8 minutes of clumsy hacking at a corpse. sorry, wire.

gonna rescreen this now - it really is something.

haha i was already thinking about doing kate bush covers

many xposts

m bison's 12XU gets better every time I hear it

haha i was already thinking about doing kate bush covers

can't wait to hear "cat bush" (with meowing)

mewother stands for cat food

*meowther

meowthering heights

Cat in your lap

there goes a tabby

expurriment iv

eat the mew-sic

Coming in with the golden light
Is the new cat.
Coming in with the golden light
Is a dented rat.

Calico.

She wanted to test her owner.
She knew exactly what to do:
A few hairballs to fool him.
She couldn't have made a worse move.

meow-meow-meow-meow-meoooowwwwww
unbelieeeeevable

Great thing is you don't really need to change the lyrics to "Hounds of Love" at all.

Someone tell a poor ingrate what all this Viking talk is plz (I'm too lazy to google)

And yep, I did indeed set it all up to dazzle you with my acumen (one chord song choice and amazing singer friend aside) :)

The best thing you did was to sequence that burst of applause at the start of Ed III's first tune right after my track ;-)

For future possilbles I was thinking - Echo & The Bunnymen, The Church, The Cure, New Order, PIL maybe.

Would totally be up for a Church comp submission!

Sometimes When This Place Gets Kind of Empty: ILM Reacts to the Church

Acapella 'Field Of Mars' by tomorrow plz

Or not.

Meantime did anyone else download the bonus MaresNest put up? Good stuff!

zero of the signified just asked about the possibility of doing beastie boys covers.

or bowie -- he said he would lay claim to the tin machine catalog.

btw i tried to d/l the bonus material but only the first link worked.

Yeah it was tricky for me too -- rather than downloading the folder I had to download the individual tracks.

Meantime if zots (which is a perfect acronym) can somehow salvage a song like the Hunt Sales-sung "I'm Sorry" and make it not be sloppy blooze bullshit I salute him.

Oh Ned, you card. Am I the only person who loves that first Tin Machine album? Granted the second one didn't quite scan with me, but...

Oh Ned, you card.

sung to the tune of "oh bondage up yours."

Hahah.

There's good stuff on both albums. And then there's some not so good stuff...

I saw them live at a promo appearance for the second album, as muttered here.

ok Ed's Strange on HEADPHONES.

I shouldn't blab about some of the tracks and not others! But Lowdown -> Marooned -> Heartbeat is some goddamn lushness

Is there going to be a separate d/l page eventually? Want to spread word about the comp, but not necessarily the organizational thread.

Facebook fan page like Pre-interpreted U2?

I was thinking similarly -- as MaresNest says he'll update the tags here followed by final artwork, I say wait for him to do that, then once everything's all in place, world conquest.

yeah I am poised to fairtilizer this shit in short order

Facebook fan page like Pre-interpreted U2?

I did set up a page myself for that one, back then...

It's still there.

Liking S-'s "Our Swimmer".

Tags are now up properly and filenames/folders tidied also.

Rock -- so all that's left is final artwork?

Meanwhile, as a bonus, one of the more unusual uses for the original "Ambitious" I've yet seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INjOImr5IXs

hey maresnest -

a couple of the mp3 files you have on the FTP site were converted at the wrong sample rate - 48000Hz instead of 44100Hz. sounds like a supernerdy point here but some mp3 players (like the one in my car!) are going to obey this value and play the tracks at a noticeably slower speed.

the ones that need fixing are "boiling boy" and "strange"

I uploaded a new version of mine here, or you can just reconvert if you like
http://www.mediafire.com/?j2znngblcjf

how long in mm:ss is Strange meant to be?

4' 32''

Okay, I'm on it

Okay done, checked them and I think they sound okay.

thank you for the speedy service!

on fairtilizer now:

http://fairtilizer.com/playlists/33504

you can stream or download the tracks, there's also embed code available to post the player on forums, facebook, etc

Rock!

awesome, thanks for setting that up

btw eIII I wanted to offer my condolences about your cat but I cannot post on NOIZE BOARD so I'm just saying sorry about your cat here because I know you'll see it.

aw thanks man

ps I tried to make your name lower case on fairtilizer but for some reason they do not want such a thing to happen

let me know if you want to revert back to scare quotes

I feel kind of bad about changing it now but it might make sense since I used that name on the fake U2 album.

feel bad about nothing, it's already done

and now you get the awesome "more by scare quotes" link at the bottom of your track page

thanks

I need to give this thing a good listen, I've pretty much just skimmed it.

yeah I'm still coming to terms w/ it, comp is monster sized

guess I better get on it before the next brazilian listening club alb is posted...

remind me, who is Superhuman Troglodyte?

because you are AWESOME

i dunno but roflmfao at final placement solo

it is mr. Edward III

fantastic work, you guys; this whole thing is awesome

This is good, Dan, because Paul in Santa Cruz told me he was hoping that our track would meet with your seal of approval!

holy shit I just got to "Heartbeat" ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^

I'm replaying your track right now Ned and can I just say YES IT DOES

Hahah all is well.

THANKS DAN

as far as I know that cover of "strange" is the only track in all of human history to sample both rush and final placement, let's hope it stays that way

i've had ken's "the 15th" stuck in my head for like an hour

I should mention that my collaborator on "106 beats that" was ex-ugly american scribe and holland/skin/tunnel provocateur j. marlowe

coaxed him out of a 15 year silence for this

the drummer on heartbeat is a jandek collaborator, no lie

sweet! I hope it was this dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLwiYpSTFE

haha unfortunately not

Everyone should pick their top 9 tracks and SB the remaining people, in the spirit of the comp.

haw

Lets talk about another one!

another one what?

Same idea, different band?

would we want to do another covers album, or another "pre-covers" set like the fake U2 album?

no rest for the wicked eh

can't we let this one sink in for a week or two?

Well, I'd be interested in either, the second option requires waiting for something suitable to come along, what was all this Viking stuff mentioned upthread?

For me, part of the genius in the U2 idea was that it was poking fun at a behemoth.

also i am STRONGLY in favour of precovers for the next one - should alternate covers w/ original compositions

ohhh there are some behemoths asking for this

i wish fleetwood mac had an upcoming album to ape

can't we just bask in this one for a little while

xxxxp

Nah we should be busting these out like K-Tel or Pickwick :)

maresnest you are salieri and i claim my £5

Or hey we could choose a Top Of The Pops 70's album and cover that, have LJ on the front with a sheer body stocking.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Top_of_the_Pops_79_album.JPG

photoshop here I come

nice selection of tunes on that one

let's just cover that. I call "ring my bell".

really hope Video Killed and The Radio Star are covered separately. dibs on Video Killed

Or how about all of us covering Oh Superman?

or is it O Superman

oh man, how to choose??? heart of glass. it has to be.

xpost haha i would be up for that

Bagsy Cliff then.

Pity it's not Wired For Sound tho', his excursion into math-rock

hang on that would be a straight covers project, rather than a reimagining of title

hmm

i vote 'bask in this one for a bit'

I vote boo!

as a preemptive measure, dibs on "when ur in love w/ a beautiful woman"

I am seconds away from starting a new thread.

cosign for the basking, but when it comes time to do another one,

seeing as how there were some extremely interesting interpretations of a band that already had quite a varied sound,

for the next one I would like to hear how ILX tackles

The Ramones

srsly give it a while, barely anyone on ilm's heard this yet!

Okay, back to DEFCON 4 :)