Disco Inferno (the band) C/D S&D

I've not heard everything yet (even the mighty Audiogalaxy didn't have all the DI Go Pop era b-sides) But I love DI GO Pop, and Technicolour has its moments.

I've never thought about it before, but the Position Normal comparison definitely strikes a chord, I'll have to listen to that album again.

PS. Ned: You should have a CD winging its way to you at the moment, looking forward to hearing the missing B-Sid

This is definitely one "feature" I don't want to see on nu-ILx!

That is the song, not the EP.

I only have Summer's Last Sound on cd single and 12"

When I first bought D.I go Pop in 07 after much ILM hype I didn't get it, like if Bark Psychosis couldn't play their instruments or whatever (actually the word "dated" crossed my mind!), but then I took it for a walk in my headphones once and since then it has grown on me like mad. CLASSIC!!!

Now I want to hear everything this band recorded... obviously there's some more studio recordings, but are there any good live albums/bootlegs? Would be really cool to hear what they did with this live.

A set of 4 EPs sold on eBay for $200.00 yesterday.

Just sayin'

After a chance appearance on shuffle play, I have to ask

Disco Inferno: great band or THE GREATEST BAND?

Oh the latter. Which song?

alright on the real i finally need to get something by these guys, i can only avoid them because of the dumb name for so long, the descriptions of them sound way awesome.

Drop me an email.

as much as i love the eps to death, they're like little embryos. i really think the masterpiece is di go pop. for me it's where crause's lyrical vision and sonic ambition ultimately manifested. in a horrible horrible disgusting would not wish this upon anyone way it kinda makes sense that they lost all their equipment after this record. the album title makes so much sense, this tiny burst of ephemeral technicolour beauty.

sorry to get all wanky, but this album is better than tusk to me

better than sulk even

Oh the latter. Which song?

"It's A Kid's World."

More to the point, it appeared in the following context:

Amon Düül II "Soap Shop Rock"
The Innocence Mission "You Draw The Streets Of Rome"
Disco Inferno "It's A Kid's World"
Yes "Yours Is No Disgrace"
Goldfrapp "Ride A White Horse"

http://www.acoffeebreakcafe.com/CBC/style_emoticons/default/drunk.gif

a night on the tiles is totally proto-V/Vm

also i am ashamed for only now realising that hood are basically a total DI ripoff

Yeah you. (Hood have always been pretty open about it -- Richard from said band provides the intro here.)

I picked up the Science EP a few days ago, after owning only a cassette copy of it for the past 15 years or so. It'll hopefully arrive in the post any day now.

Hmmn, I don't suppose anybody would have any press/live photos or similar of Disco Inferno? There's not of images online, and the ones that are are pretty tiny. You wouldn't happen to have anything lying about, Ned?

Å few press photos were published in Melody Maker alongside the occasional story or review, but that's about it...

I was just thinking about it last week and I see it's been mentioned upthread but are there any DI live recordings available anywhere?

Eh, figured as much, Ned. Seems as various NZ libraries only have 2000s-ish issues or the digital versions of 1997+ issues. Hrm.

didn't tom ewing see them live post go pop pre loss of gear?

so it seems. But I don't think he's taped them, has he? ;)

From an interview with one of the guys from No Age on Pfork this morning, regarding new album influences:

Pitchfork: Is there any brighter, more poppy music you have been listening to lately that might be having an influence?

RR: Yeah, actually. The Go-Betweens have been on rotation. They have a really interesting sort of sound collage. That and this band Disco Inferno have been two references for us in a lot of ways. There's a fun-ness in there. Disco Inferno is really heavily sample-based, but still has this pop element. There's this record D.I. Go Pop that I have been listening to a lot during the creation of this.

Hmm! We'll have to see, I guess.

really? "fun-ness" is the last word i'd use to describe di go pop

A song like "It's a Kid World" has plenty of it!

"a kids world" isn't on di go pop

:D

Well then maybe they got a certain CDR from somewhere! :-D (Note: if they did, they didn't get it from me.)

I am selling all 5 of my CD EPs on ebay. Search it if you're looking for the originals.

i suppose I could sell the mixing it ep as well if anyone wants that.

Reserve prices beyond $25.00 apiece for stuff that'll be repressed soon...?

There isn't a better time to sell those off. So what's the problem?

5 eps in V0....? Anyone...?

There isn't a better time to sell those off. So what's the problem?

There's no problem. I mean, I'd do the same thing myself. I just won't be bidding anytime soon. No doubt there's folks out there who don't know about the repressing who will go apeshit...

that is what I am counting on.

also, sometimes people want the original issues. who knows what will happen in the reissues (mastering could ruin them, tracks might get edited...probably not, but you never know).

I was not even aware of the existence of "Technicolour Outtakes" until about half an hour ago. But "Where Did I Go Wrong" and "Drowned Out" are so pretty!

^^^ These two tracks sound more like the Second Language EP than Technicolour.

whoa that is news. and quite an endorsement! now, has anyone heard the "floorshow" album?

You know what sounds amazing on good headphones? Technicolour. Yeah.

Been a while since I've done that...

Ned I assume you've heard those Technicolour outtakes as well?

Also would it be super-obv of me to revive an A.R. Kane thread tonight as well. Apparently there's a new comp coming out!? I've never heard the singles in between 69 and i...

Ned I assume you've heard those Technicolour outtakes as well?

Haha, I found out about them through here! Maybe even this thread...?

A new A R Kane comp, nice. Maybe something that finally collected all those early tracks?

I will have more Disco Inferno news soonish.

This message got posted on the AR Kane myspace page in March:

Hey I've just been approving the final track list for a new/old A.R.kane release. It's most of the singles and there will be some bonus stuff too, inc cover versions by some current acts, and other bits n bobs. The collection will be vinyl, Cd and mp3. More info soon. Rx

inc cover versions by some current acts

... =/

Scott Stapp covering "Baby Milk Snatcher" oh wait.

Nice to see some DI related threads online. Really enjoyed reading these! One of my top five bands ever!

Ned, what's the latest on the EP collection? Going to come out this fall, or are we pushed back 'til next year?

I have some news and will revive the specific thread about it later today.

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!

There's a small morsel of info on their myspace, but hoping that Ned has the full details...

i'd only heard DI go pop (i think, the one that starts with running water?) and then checked out some of the tracks from that shoegaze dream pop poll and i think this band will be my new favourite band for a little while

DI go pop (i think, the one that starts with running water?)

Yup.

I run the myspace page and am in regular contact with someone in DI. There is some great news on the horizon that has already been hinted at!

Very exciting stuff, at last!

Hello & welcome crumbs, there's another thread here too:

I'd like to announce the formal release of _The Five EPs_ by Disco Inferno

Thanks mate!

Came across this completely by accident the other day. Chilling story about the radio sample in 'Lost In Fog'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/03/18/134597833/cosmonaut-crashed-into-earth-crying-in-rage

Woah. Thats really amazing and horrible, how did you find this?

Good lord. But...it does make sense, why they used it.

I've still only got In Debt the Meat Puppets play Joy Division cd.
I saw them play the White Horse Hampstead in like '91 with the Whipping Boy. Very young guys with custom made instruments & that was before the sample triggering instruments I think.
Were pretty good. Che had good taste in the artists they released.
They were the label that pretty much launched Bark Psychosis too.
(I know BP played my old school, I think after I left. Played a school assembly, I assume with the same drummer Mark though i don't think he attended the same school.But that's Bark Psychosis not DI)

When's the compilation out?

jesus christ, the picture with that article

I know right? "remains" :/

the continued delay of the release of the five EPs CD causes me physical pain.

And unfortunately I have no news there.

But, in a nice touch, there's now another band that's covered them -- Should, a long-established/long-quiet post-punk/gaze band who have released their first album in over a decade:

http://www.words-on-music.com/WM32.html

"Broken" was what they covered -- nice version, it's not on that page for preview from what I can tell.

This had better not end up like MBV.

Ned, do you have any idea what the issue is?

probably waiting on final draft of Ned's liner notes

slow writer iirc

I am not sure of the exact issue myself -- just waiting for it to appear on the release schedule.

Has Ned posted links to the new Ian Crause yet? If not, he's slipping.

Ian Crause of Disco Inferno's new solo work

I was going to say.

Ah, I did think it was odd.

came up with a pox/track list

emigre
loves stepping out
from the devil to the deep blue sea
the long dance
second language
at the end of the line
its a kids world
footprints in snow
sleight of hand
over and over

Wot?

https://south.rewindfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/01/00000_SJP_SJPevents_RewindFestival22_Jan23_SocialLineUps_South_1080x1350.png

...huh.

Ah, per an FB post, not THAT one:

https://www.facebook.com/Discoinfernoshowuk

Basically they should clearly be on a bill with Elvana and nobody else.

Total bait and switch.

One of my favourite moments in music is that bit in "The Long Dance" towards the end and immediately after Crause sings "... but now my eyes point ahead / away from the ghosts of the dead", where the arrangement seems to warp and flex with this burbling that feels like the emergent guitar solo literally pushing its way through the surface of the song. And then the guitar solo does arrive and it's so impossibly happy and sad at the same time, it really captures the intermingled sense of hope and hopelessness the song tackles lyrically, the former so frail and chimeric, a flickering flame you have to protect because what other option do you have.

I have no idea whether the band ever listened to Fleetwood Mac but the structure of the song and the function and feel of the solo remind me a lot of e.g. "Gypsy" or "Eyes of the World".

(this is broadly true of "The Last Dance" as well, but the extended version really leans into the above so satisfyingly)

A fascinating comparison and not inapt. That they could so easily sit on the break between then and now in multiple ways still astonishes me.

One of my favourite moments in music is that bit in "The Long Dance" towards the end and immediately after Crause sings "... but now my eyes point ahead / away from the ghosts of the dead", where the arrangement seems to warp and flex with this burbling that feels like the emergent guitar solo literally pushing its way through the surface of the song. And then the guitar solo does arrive and it's so impossibly happy and sad at the same time, it really captures the intermingled sense of hope and hopelessness the song tackles lyrically, the former so frail and chimeric, a flickering flame you have to protect because what other option do you have.

I have no idea whether the band ever listened to Fleetwood Mac but the structure of the song and the function and feel of the solo remind me a lot of e.g. "Gypsy" or "Eyes of the World".

(this is broadly true of "The Last Dance" as well, but the extended version really leans into the above so satisfyingly)

― Tim F, Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:36 AM (nineteen hours ago)

<3 <3 <3

(funnily enough was thinking of them and Fleetwood Mac on a re-listen a few months back - probably conflation of the seagull samples and the guitar line, but "Summer's Last Sound" was invoking "Albatross")

ian released some new music this year:

https://iancrause.bandcamp.com/album/the-end-of-days

Newer solo recordings largely go into the pictorial 'filmsound' style, where the mix is akin to a moving picture.

^ very apparent and a pretty interesting approach