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Yeah, he actually remembered us from Cologne (or did a fantastic job of faking remembering)! I guess not all that many Americans go to Koln the day after X-mas with the sole purpose of seeing a Kompakt show.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I want to go back to Cologne so badly.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:27 (nineteen years ago) link

he played this blinding remix of his cover of baby's on fire...it was a bit more rocking than his original cover -- had this sort of this VU riff inserted in it

i have this remix on mp3 available for a limited time only! gissa shout!

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link

We are planning another trip across Western Europe over next summer. A lot of the trip is keyed on perhaps spending two fridays (various weeks) in Cologne (it's nice to be able to point to wackiness like this whenever my girlfriend claims that I am TOO obsessive about music.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:29 (nineteen years ago) link

any chance of a gmail of it Jed?

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link

sure - i'll wait to see if anyone else shouts then send it.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Me too!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link

if you could send it so i don't have to convert the vinyl, i'd appreciate it! (i just sent you a mail)

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link

alex can yahoo handle 9mb?

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, I think it can. I sent out 10mb files a while ago.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link

add me to the list, please! RJG123 gmail. thanks!

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link

me three!

― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Me also, please. Same address as the one I use on here, only with yahoo replaced by gmail. Ta muchly!

― RickyT (RickyT), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link

me too!!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link

jed!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link

superpitcher was what god was up to on the seventh day, right?

― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link

the offer is now closed : p

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link

superpitcher was what god was up to on the seventh day, right?

Probably. That and BURRITOS.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:52 (nineteen years ago) link

and toast

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:54 (nineteen years ago) link

and staplers. Brilliant.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:57 (nineteen years ago) link

I once stapled a staple into my thumb. where was god then

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Cologne?

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 22:59 (nineteen years ago) link

hey jed,

please tell me where i can find the remix...i'll owe you seven donkeys.

― youngn, Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link

THANK YOU JED!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.studio-zuid.nl/img/airmail.gif

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link

― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link

will someone forward it to youngn?

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link

"and his answer was like "No, not at all. There was no help. There was no support. None""

"and he ran over to his record bag, gave me the 12", and signed it "to geeta - yeah! superpitcher'! i swooned!"

I'm not sure which of these stories is better.

"when i saw him dj last week (which was STELLAR, btw) he played this blinding remix of his cover of baby's on fire...it was a bit more rocking than his original cover -- had this sort of this VU riff inserted in it -- and it slowly faded out into the barest of handclaps and hints of low-end murmur"

Is that the Westbam Mix?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

What I wrote back in March, on the short-lived 123 No Gravity [NEW COMMENTS IN BRACKETED CAPS]:

The WBs With Our Superpitcher – "Baby's on Fire" (Road Rage, 2004) The vocals from Superpitcher's Eno cover, originally heard on Total 4, gets grafted on top of a Westbam [OR WAS IT WIGHNOMY BROS? DID ANYONE EVER FIGURE THIS OUT?] production that's made to sound like a thumping overhaul of an imaginary first-album-era Roxy Music tune. The bassline is so boomy that it sounds like it's coming from a floor beneath you. This is far more exciting than the original cover version, and it also hammers home the fact that Superpitcher's voice resembles a young Luke Haines. (Why I didn't pick up on this as early as "Tomorrow" is beyond me.) This track comes from a white-label 12" with two other cuts: one is a piew-piew-lazer remix of Liquid Liquid's "Optimo," while the other is a microhouse take on the Doors' "Riders on the Storm" that could've been done by Justus Köhncke (seek "Shelter," his thinly-veiled Rolling Stones homage).

― Andy K (Andy K), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:27 (nineteen years ago) link

The Creepers version still knocks it for six imo.

― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha Luke Haines!

Superpitcher to do "Chinese Bakery" with one eyebrow firmly arched!

― adam... (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link

hmmm... too late for a gmail shout for that remix? funwithreality @ gmail dot com ?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link

ah, closed... damn... shoulda read further

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 17 November 2004 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link

I will forward - thanks jed. I wasn't around.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Superpitcher schaffel mix of "The Rubettes" stat.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:23 (nineteen years ago) link

And then Haines and Superpitcher must duet on a cover of Giorgio Moroder's cover of Knights in White Satin.

My favorite thing about this thread is that three or four other Superpitcher threads were started after it.

― Andy K (Andy K), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link

thanks!

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link

alba did you forward to youngn?

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:52 (nineteen years ago) link

yep.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:54 (nineteen years ago) link

: )

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 18 November 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link

I still want to see that Happiness video

http://www.kompakt-net.de/happiness/

― :| (....), Thursday, 18 November 2004 01:40 (nineteen years ago) link

alba - i owe you seven donkeys...

can someone explain to me how they could make happiness so campy? so many cliches thrown at you in such a short amount of time, it boggles my mind.

― youngn, Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:27 (nineteen years ago) link

that's what makes it so great! it's like an early kate bush video!!

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link

i would love that remix if anyone is feeling generous.

what other videos are available on the kompakt site?

― jonas lefrel (jonas lefrel), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:31 (nineteen years ago) link

what up andy k!

jonas you should look for two remixes of happiness - the mayer monster of a remix (which KILLS on the dancefloor...esp. that middle part where everything speeds up and down!! the last two times i saw mayer spin he played it, and superpitcher played it too when i saw him last.) then there's the ultra-ultra-moody, sob-in-your-bedroom lawrence remix. i prefer the mayer one, but they're both great.

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 18 November 2004 02:36 (nineteen years ago) link

geeta - spot on with the happiness - i haven't really see anyone talk about it anywhere, but i don't keep up enough. I like the dialogue between the arpeggios and the playful vamps. I think this track would be funny as hell to put over the music video, knock it up another notch - maybe put some flames in his eyes.

i eye up the andy k. mix at top of this thread and must assemble - like music legos.

― youngn (ndeyoung), Thursday, 18 November 2004 08:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I've still yet to hear the Happiness remixes! They never appear on Limewire (which is a bit odd actually as Kompakt's presence on Limewire has shot up a million per cent these past few months).

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 18 November 2004 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link

tim...the mayer happiness remix mp3 is pretty big, can you get 10 meg attachments in emails through your account?

― youngn (ndeyoung), Thursday, 18 November 2004 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link

would alba/youngn/anyone else be willing to forward me that baby's on fire mix? (getmitchquick at gmail dot com)

― m. (mitchlnw), Thursday, 18 November 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link

oh that Lawrence remix of Happiness is so wonderful.

― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 November 2004 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

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