best warp records album

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A lot of great stuff but Intervision is one of my top 5 favourite records ever.

― admrl, Friday, 4 May 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link

I think I'm going to vote for Tri Repetae, but I really mean Tri Repetae++.
Actually, I think I'll go for Clark's Body Riddle, which needs more love than it gets.

― Z S, Friday, 4 May 2007 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link

LFO Advance for me. Was a tough one but that's what I went for in the end. I still remember the excitement when that album came out. Good memories.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 4 May 2007 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link

a couple of tracks on that are up there with the best electronic tracks ever ("tied up"!!) but some of them are sort of snoozy ... same feelings about "sheath" and "frequencies", honestly.

― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 4 May 2007 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link

i voted for lp5

― tricky, Friday, 4 May 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link

The first Nightmare on Wax is a terrific album, so warm, original and funky and with none of the lazy soul stoner affectations of the later stuff. I have a lot of the other albums from the early years, and they're patchy. Even in those days, Warp was overrated. They rejected Aphex's early material and only signed him later when R&S had put out SAW. LFO put out some great vinyl then seemed to lose it on the first album. Fuse only had one or two tracks, the rest of that record is pretty corny. Honourable mention to Sweet Exorcist, for their early bizarre and creative direction.

― moley, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Aw mj2b, I know you want to kill that which yyou once loved; but "Cliffs". GThe end of the bergunnung of pre-tense. = not hating. - Most beautiful

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link

I miss ice=cream sundaes at the seaside. I miss being at the seaside.

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link

I say BOC _"Music Has The Right..." for me, though I love all their stuff. And Richard H. Kirk's stuff, too. And the "Classics:Influences " 2 CD. How was that RHK early recordings compilation Mute put out a few years back? Anyone?

― Capitaine Jay Vee, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:50 (sixteen years ago) link

Blech totally changed my life.

― Mister Craig, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link

I salute his salute to all dem people who say "FUCK YOU"

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link

IT's TRUE I ALWAYS WANTED LOVE TO BE FILLED WITH BREAD

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link

i too want to know if lfam is serious

not really i guess, but i really dislike squarepusher

― lfam, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:12 (sixteen years ago) link

oh bloody hell!

― the next grozart, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link

SOB!

― the next grozart, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh alright it's Autechre's LP5!!!

― the next grozart, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Disliking Squarepusher is the point of Squarepusher. B'DUM DUDDLY DIM DUM BUNK DUM DUM DING DENK A DENK DENK DYUNK

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link

DIDDLYOTM!

― the next grozart, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link

Early Squarepusher live was amazing. Try dancing to THIS you fuckers!

― Mister Craig, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link

i still their reputation and their catalogue are mismatched

― lfam, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link

you never them.

― blunt, Saturday, 5 May 2007 02:49 (sixteen years ago) link

on a money

― lfam, Saturday, 5 May 2007 03:02 (sixteen years ago) link

lol maximo park

*votes for maximo park*

― electricsound, Saturday, 5 May 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link

LPfucking5. Beautiful.

― Turangalila, Saturday, 5 May 2007 06:25 (sixteen years ago) link

― am0n, Saturday, 5 May 2007 06:38 (sixteen years ago) link

I think SAWII is the only classic of the entire bunch for me.

Try dancing to THIS you fuckers!

LOL annoying cunty attitude.

― braveclub, Saturday, 5 May 2007 08:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Cos obviously anyone who wants to *dance* to electronic music is, y'know, stupid or something.

― braveclub, Saturday, 5 May 2007 08:03 (sixteen years ago) link

Despite being a twat last night, I are still WARP 4 LIFE, mufferfukkaz.

Todayz 5:

1. Aphex Twin - SAW II
2. Autechre - LP5
3. Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies
4. Aphex Again - RDJ Ablum
5. 2 Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders

List subject to change during next 10 minutes.

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 10:09 (sixteen years ago) link

I could've voted for A Word Of Science or Blech, but I picked Stay Down by Two Lone Swordsmen. Where's the love for that record? I love it how it's both trippy and melancholy, like Mouse on Mars on depressants. Though the EP that preceded it (A Bag of Blue Sparks) is maybe even better.

― Tuomas, Saturday, 5 May 2007 11:10 (sixteen years ago) link

this blech was better than the CD release (although both are great)

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=30565

― jed_, Saturday, 5 May 2007 13:40 (sixteen years ago) link

Speaking of Blech, who the hell was DJ Mink? I don't think I've ever heard anything by him except "Hey Hey Can You Relate", which is great.

― Tuomas, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link

Maximo Park are on Warp? Weird.

― chap, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link

yes, all the 'Darkstar' samples - made me love that movie (xpost)

― blueski, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link

i didnt realize people were hating on frequencies. wow. so LFO jumped the shark before the first album?

i am going with haunted dancehall just because i love the vibe created there

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link

looking at the catalogue their post millenial releases are embarrassing for all involved.

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link

RONG

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 14:54 (sixteen years ago) link

btw that is looking not listening. but please tell me why i am wrong.

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:00 (sixteen years ago) link

movern callar had an awesome sountrack

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link

i am sorry but to me vincent gallo is taints everything he touches

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link

chloe sevigny was already dirty, but my point stands

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link

At least 2 brilliant Squarepusher albums,Geogaddi, Prefuse's first album, Chris Clarke, 2 Lone Swordsmen, Broadcast, a lot of stuff that I'm fond of but isn't v. crowd-pleasing like Mira Calix and Autechre's recent albums. There's plenty there that's debatable but it's hardly embarrassing.

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 15:11 (sixteen years ago) link

hardly embrassing to whom? it can be embarrassing to me if i'd like it to be.

i like prefuse and boards of canada fine, sort of bored by broadcast and don't like squarepusher. surely there is no excitement about WARP as an entity. i mean, its not really surpising their recent releases are lackluster. that is the lifecycle of a label. i'm not mad at them.

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link

the last 2 lone swordsman kind of sucked too.

― artdamages, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link

I think one person was hating on Frequencies? That record is CLASSIC. And Tommy Boy's releasing it and 808 State in the US finally introduced techno to america, otherwise Techno would've forever stayed a strictly british phenomenon.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:31 (sixteen years ago) link

haunted dancehall for teh win

― stet, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link

i voted for campfire headphase ^___^

― am0n, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link

haha haunted dancehall v the new battles album FITE!

― CharlieNo4, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link

wow warp is actually more boring than i thought

― lex pretend, Saturday, 5 May 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link

Dry and trainspottery is kinda Warp's schtick now more than ever.

― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 5 May 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link

the last 2 lone swordsman kind of sucked too.

new one is dreadful

― braveclub, Sunday, 6 May 2007 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link

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if we can judge an album by the ILM threads it inspires drukqs is a truly dreadful album

― the late great, Friday, 14 April 2017 22:52 (seven years ago) link

objectively speaking

― Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 14 April 2017 23:15 (seven years ago) link

Surprised at how low the critical stock of Amber was nine years ago.

― Siegbran, Friday, 14 April 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link

i like and love a lot of stuff here.. and there's a bunch of stuff i haven't heard..
these are all especially magical:

the other people place - lifestyles of the laptop café
autechre - tri repetae
aphex twin - i care because you do
jackson & his computer band - smash
b12 - timetourist
boards of canada - twoism

― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link

oh chris clark - clarence park too.

― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:46 (seven years ago) link

love this from clark's ceramics is the bomb ep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqHIqX8KB-E

― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:48 (seven years ago) link

Drukqs is the best Warp Records album, objectively speaking
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, April 14, 2017 10:46 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ OTM.

― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Saturday, 15 April 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link

yeah, Amber is great.. (re: Autechre)

the early-mid 00s stuff (Draft + Untilted) is possibly my favorite of theirs. The AE_LIVE material is underrated as well

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:43 (seven years ago) link

Quaristice, too. No other Autechre album has so much variety and consistently playable material.. probably top 3-5 for me

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link

my housemate was playing the Plone album just yesterday and if anything it still sounds amazing

― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 17 April 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link

DL - Have you heard the second Plone album, it's a really evolved sound, almost reminds me more of pre-Mum at times.

Heard new Clark album this weekend and "Butterfly Prowler" and "Peak Magnetic" are the stand out tracks. His formula seems a bit predictable in that he has way too many ideas lobbed on top of some tracks that are also trying to make you move. Doesn't quite work for me.

― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link

I kinda forgot that Flying Lotus, Rustie, and Hudson Mohawke are on Warp.

― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link

Feel like Broadcast would place higher if this was re-polled

― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Monday, 17 April 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link

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