I didn't know it was an Adult Swim exclusive because the Adult Swim website didn't load
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/10/25/560025105/brian-eno-and-my-bloody-valentines-kevin-shields-share-a-seismic-new-ambient-jou?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=2052
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:17 (six years ago) link
crikey, not even a vpn can bust through. you'll have to describe it to me
― imago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
same :-/ smoke signals allowed, too.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzwP1YswlnNTQWZpeHJrb0RMV00
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:33 (six years ago) link
I didn't know it was an Adult Swim exclusive because the Adult Swim website didn't loadI didn't click but I read the URL
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
thank you based shakey
mind you this was a perfect opportunity to prank us all, spurned
― imago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:36 (six years ago) link
I wish, one day, I will be as good at the internet as you sic, I'm not worthy
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
(ty shakey!)
only usa my son
― plp will eat itself (NickB), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
yeah that was kind of uneventful lol
― imago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
I was certainly hoping for something a little more adventurous since the track is a collaboration with Eno. It's pretty standard stuff. And it could comfortably fit in an intro to a Sigur Ros song circa the parenthesis/brackets (()) album (I mention them as a band who exploited this sound the most in recent times).
I have found that Eno pushed himself a little more, or at least produced more captivating or interesting sounds, when working with Harmonia. I listen to a few of their tracks every so often and the nature and treatment of the tones is so captivating that it's hypnotic. I think even after all these years, some of their tracks sound refreshing, whereas this new track sounds like some stock samples, though I'm not saying they are.
― the sound of space, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
I liked that but it needed to be 35min long and through the stereo and with me not at work listening to other people's phone calls.
Weirdly, it's been on Adult Swim Singles' Soundcloud page for two days and has only had 21 plays.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
Holy shit, that is something I never expected to happen. Sounds great to me, basically exactly as billed.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
Though this is as strange a place for that to land as when that Mark Hollis fragment made it onto that TV drama or wherever.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
wonder if we will actually get a new album next year
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:18 (six years ago) link
Someone should speed this up 800x and see if it's actually Justin Bieber.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:19 (six years ago) link
thanks Shakey!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
that's an example of 1+1<1, so generic and boring. two of the most interesting musicians working together and creating nothing.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
I like their nothing
― Currently (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 October 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
EeeenoEno collaboraaationAll across the naaation As sure as night follows day
― imago, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
at least it would be over quicker.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
Maybe coming into it without time for form expectations helps, as I find it to be quite stunning.
― BrianEmo, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
yeah it's a beautiful thing to listen to.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link
sounded okay on headphones but sounds amazing on sound system at home. love all mbv but they can be a little claustrophobic at times in terms of mixing/mastering, love how spacious this is. would be thrilled if the new record were more 'songy' but with this depth of sound
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 25 October 2017 23:48 (six years ago) link
this is pretty rad. glad i waited until it was dark and lit some candles for this. oh yeah.
i like how raw it sounds. sounds like a live mix or something. lovely washes of sound. i like hearing the rhythm submerge for minutes at a time and maybe you just get it from the bass or something. wonderful.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 October 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
shakey is my hero for today
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 26 October 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
maybe this link will work for those unable to stream it directly from adultswim?
https://soundcloud.com/adultswimsingles/brian-eno-with-kevin-shields
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 October 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
this sounds somehow exactly as i would expect but also sounds fresh and lovely. very happy to have this today
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 26 October 2017 01:13 (six years ago) link
I'm really enjoying it. Pretty much what I was hoping for.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Thursday, 26 October 2017 01:52 (six years ago) link
<3 kevian shielno
― professor of postmalonial studies (m bison), Thursday, 26 October 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
this is good, gets better as it goes oln
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 October 2017 02:12 (six years ago) link
Yeah, quite great.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 October 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
This is great, very much in the vein of Shields' other "ambient" pieces on that 'Offbeat' compilation and for La La La Human Steps - the track "2" from that time is one of my favorites.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 October 2017 04:16 (six years ago) link
this one:https://youtu.be/X4d8wA9XieQ?t=41s
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 October 2017 04:19 (six years ago) link
hmm:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4d8wA9XieQ
the obvious Kevin part starts at 41 secs
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 October 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link
thanks for posting that, i had never heard it!
i feel like i'm a level 8/10 mbv fan because i think i have heard everything but there is always more stuff out there that i was clueless about, and also gotta leave 10 free so you have something to work towards
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 October 2017 04:46 (six years ago) link
this new one sounds better with each listen, too.
the second half is just incredible
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 October 2017 05:02 (six years ago) link
Yep, this is great. There's so much going on, so many currents flowing in different directions. Spaciousness otm.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 26 October 2017 07:37 (six years ago) link
sounds like Flying Saucer Attack: Classic or Dud?
― am0n, Thursday, 26 October 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
wow this is lovely
― proton, neutron, electron and crouton (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 26 October 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
xp. really? spacious is not the term i'd associate with this track. i find it claustrophobic and oppressive, as if a dark cloud would be above me which is just about to disintegrate into pouring rain. it has got a little bit of the godspeed crescendo formula going on where the music is building up all the time which i find really annoying these days. in the end the music builds down again but it does not really help. i very much prefer the tracks from "on land". i guess that is as there are real nature recordings on it and not onyl synthie washes.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 26 October 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
I knew I could count on you to hate this amazing music
― sleeve, Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
i find it claustrophobic and oppressive, as if a dark cloud would be above me which is just about to disintegrate into pouring rain.Sounds like a rave review!
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:36 (six years ago) link
yeah, i mean that sounds right, but at some point the cloud suddenly clears and you are bathed in glorious sunlight, you know?
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 October 2017 15:50 (six years ago) link
the part 2/3 in where the accompaniment (presumably eno's?) drops out, and then the sound comes back in - goosebumps. so good. also i feel like a doofus because i don't know how to refer to whatever shields is doing (presumably - also i feel like a doofus because i'm just assuming kevin shields is doing the kevin shieldsy-noise and eno is making the eno-noise) - "the sound"? the guitar? waves of guitar noise? fuck. it's good though.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 October 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
^^ yes especially when the pitch starts to bend up and the noise kicks back in
― brimstead, Friday, 27 October 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
maybe that note isn't bending... hard to tell before it gets subsumed back into the wall of noise
― brimstead, Friday, 27 October 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
Any way to download an MP3 of this somewhere?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 27 October 2017 06:51 (six years ago) link