http://www.nme.com/news/underworld/51363
features guest appearances and additional production from the likes of Paul van Dyk, High Contrast and Dubfire.
The tracklisting of 'Barking' is:
'Bird 1''Always Loved A Film''Scribble''Hamburg Hotel''Grace''Between Stars''Diamond Jigsaw''Moon In Water''Louisiana'
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2010 09:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Dagenham.
― Mark G, Monday, 7 June 2010 09:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/jp7aqa.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2010 09:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's hoping it's better than the last couple, but I'm not holding out much hope. 'Scribble' isn't bad, though.
― Matt DC, Monday, 7 June 2010 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Seeing them on Saturday: Hyde says they're playing lots of new album material on this tour, which is a bit :( as I haven't seen 'em since Jan 2000.
― on some kinda serial killer ish (sic), Monday, 7 June 2010 10:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Was hoping this would be the 4th installment in the Vampire/werewolf film series.
― Otherwise you're kinda being comp-lit in his racism. (kkvgz), Monday, 7 June 2010 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
september 13 is so far away...
― cutty, Monday, 7 June 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
features guest appearances and additional production from the likes of Paul van Dyk, High Contrast and Dubfire
nein danke
surprised Always Loved A Film has finally turned up tho - they were playing this on their radio show 4-5 years ago
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 7 June 2010 11:30 (thirteen years ago) link
That photo on the NME site shows they're turning into the Pet Shop Boys.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 7 June 2010 11:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.underworldlive.com/diaries/diaryimages/100504-album6-600.jpg
― groovypanda, Monday, 7 June 2010 11:43 (thirteen years ago) link
crap
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 7 June 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
A bit like:
http://www.ammocity.com/artman/uploads/prodigy.jpg
― Mark G, Monday, 7 June 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
More info on that tracklisting:
1. Bird 1 (additional production by Dubfire) 2. Always Loved A Film (a/p Mark Knight & D. Ramirez) 3. Scribble (a/p High Contrast) 4. Hamburg Hotel (a/p Appleblim & Al Tourettes) 5. Grace (a/p Dubfire) 6. Between Stars (a/p Mark K & D. Ramirez) 7. Diamond Jigsaw (a/p Paul van Dyk) 8. Moon In Water (a/p High Contrast) 9. Louisiana
From http://trafficjpn.com/news/show/433
― groovypanda, Monday, 7 June 2010 13:28 (thirteen years ago) link
So they've teamed up with a load of dudes to do for them what Darren Emerson did in the 90s?
― Matt DC, Monday, 7 June 2010 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Looking fwd to this!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 7 June 2010 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
They should have called him, he might have felt like flying into.
― Mark G, Monday, 7 June 2010 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Applebim from Skull Disco? Cool.
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2010 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
(bLim)
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2010 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
nothing wrong with this multi-producer approach, i expect greatness
― cutty, Monday, 7 June 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
blueski for a guy with an underworld DN you sure are being a bitch!
― cutty, Monday, 7 June 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i should've added that i do like Always Loved A Film - altho the version i have sounds v typical Smith & Emerson so it may be quite a different track now. these names aren't encouraging at all tho are they? never liked Van Dyk, Dubfire hasn't done anything good for over ten years, High Contrast have similar flaws as Pendulum...i liked a few tracks from the last LP and don't think they should keep making the same kind of thing again and again but still.
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 7 June 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/kitbrash/underworld20100612/musicstand.jpg
lol at Karl reading his new lyrics off a music stand
― BIG SAUS aka the porkbanger (sic), Sunday, 13 June 2010 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
whispersbad boyelevatoragitatornew york girlcorkscrew hairBANG
― cutty, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
this is wonderful.
― cutty, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:56 (thirteen years ago) link
official release in the US is the 14th, right
― feel free to answer my Korn Kuestion (HI DERE), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― cutty, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i pre-ordered it from itunes so no guilt in listening to it right now
pretty much every song is great
^_^ Awesome
― feel free to answer my Korn Kuestion (HI DERE), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Totally agree. This is a great album.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
how y'all like it compared to their previous ones?
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
too early to tell but i think it will be right up there with their best work
― cutty, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Under A Full Moon, oh my word.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 00:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually on second glance it's called Between Stars.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
always loved a film and scribble are instant classics IMHO. and the rest of the album doesn't disappoint. A+
― cutty, Thursday, 2 September 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I like every song except Diamond Jigsaw.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 09:43 (thirteen years ago) link
diamond jigsaw is so cheesy but i love it. bird 1 is so amazing.
― cutty, Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
This seems to me to be the most emotional of their albums I've heard, and the emotion is primarily joy.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
On the two songs I've heard, it's like all of the compressed euphoria in Second Toughest in the Infants that exists for me on that record behind an unbreachable wall has been pulled up front and center and thrust into my lap.
Really cannot wait to get this.
― feel free to answer my Korn Kuestion (HI DERE), Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
bird 1 is so amazing.
― cutty, Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Can see this being the slow-burner favourite for me actually.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
they never disappoint with the album openers!
― cutty, Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
everything i'm hearing off this is next level
― ('_') (omar little), Thursday, 2 September 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
falling more and more in love with "Always Loved A Film"
― feel free to answer my Korn Kuestion (HI DERE), Thursday, 2 September 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
the sound of a barking dog on a loop...
― cutty, Thursday, 2 September 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
ok so ... imo ... after the 1st three songs its falls off kinda hard?? diamond jigsaw is actually fairly memorable compared to a lot of the stuff around it. i dunno i was expecting a lot more. cant imagine listening to most of this stuff again
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Friday, 3 September 2010 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
that said the first three tracks are super classic
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Friday, 3 September 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Between Stars is a superior euphoric house banger to Always Loved imo - the latter is a little ploddy, if I can go against the tide.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah between stars was aite too
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Friday, 3 September 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
tracks 1-8 are all still spectacular to me. even the instrumental ones. the last song is like karl hyde doing his best mark hollis, and i ain't mad at him but i can see why you guys are whining.
― cutty, Monday, 6 September 2010 12:50 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys = deej and chap
― cutty, Monday, 6 September 2010 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah diamond jigsaw is cheesy, sounds like walking on broken glass to me, but it's great. this whole album is, though it's more of a grower than i had expected. not a bad thing
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 6 September 2010 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
this is indeed great
― no time for the prussian death cult (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 September 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Holy shit.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:30 (thirteen years ago) link
This is clearly the brightest thing they've done, though it is not a whole album of "Two Months Off"s. Even when they retreat into the murk ("Grace," "Hamburg Hotel") it feels clear.
So much better than Oblivion with Bells.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 04:32 (thirteen years ago) link
bird 1 is so amazing.― cutty, Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
― cozen, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't wait to get this in a couple weeks.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
rly like moon on water. as described it would seem like a track from any number of ~electronica~ albums that got 3* in the observer between 1998 and 2002 but the vaguely neu!-like synths give lie to that.
― srahell (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 13:54 (thirteen years ago) link
This is great! Best Underworld album since Beaucoup Fish easily, really glad they've steered clear of the murk this time round.
Diamond Jigsaw is totally naff and preposterous but a lot of fun all the same.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 9 September 2010 08:40 (thirteen years ago) link
They're finally playing DC for the first time... ever? Got my ticket, hoping this album lives up to "Scribble". From what you all are saying, it sounds like it does.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 9 September 2010 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder if the Dubfire connection got them to play DC?
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 9 September 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
The way the speech starts to draa-aa-ag slightly with the beats really gets me. I don't know why. Love the album, except for Diamond Jigsaw, which is silly fun but out of place.
― ... (James Morrison), Friday, 10 September 2010 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
still dont get the total acclaim?? these songs starting w/ track 4 are super boring -- nothing on this is nearly as joyous as 'scribble'
i would of course see them live in like less than 2 seconds but not bcuz of 'hamburg hotel'
― the embrace of waka flocka is v pertinent (deej), Friday, 10 September 2010 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Fabulous record. Underworld & The Chemical Bros have really stepped up this year.
― Weird Al Paca (SeekAltRoute), Friday, 10 September 2010 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Loving this.
― Hazy, Friday, 10 September 2010 12:07 (thirteen years ago) link
deej we're sorry that you don't understand why we like this entire album.
― cutty, Friday, 10 September 2010 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
-nothing on this is nearly as joyous as 'scribble'
there are few things in recorded music as joyous as scribble. you really think the album should be filled with over the top joyous songs? one is more than enough for me but even ALAF gets really close to being too happy, hands in the air. i don't think anybody is getting excited about Hamburg Hotel. it's the consensus 'shoulda been a b-side' track from what i've been reading in reviews and on the forums. still, if you don't like it, there are other things you can listen to and a whole heap of threads you can post on!
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 10 September 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
it certainly doesn't ruin the album and it's a good break from the 3 track onslaught of bird 1, scribbs and ALAF
― cutty, Friday, 10 September 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
there are few things in recorded music as joyous as scribble
hyperbole aside, i kind of agree with this.
always loved a fim is the best workout song ever. soon to be licensed to gyms across the nation.
― cutty, Friday, 10 September 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
really enjoying this, diamond jigsaw's the only track I don't like so much
― cozen, Friday, 10 September 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd just assumed Diamond Jigsaw was the big trancey one, that's actually Between Stars, which I love. Never would have expected Van Dyk to have produced the one indie pop track here. That's pretty great as well, though...
― Matt DC, Friday, 10 September 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
and a whole heap of threads you can post on!
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, September 10, 2010 10:09 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
sorry didnt realize this thread was only for LP buttkissing
― *sets trend* (deej), Saturday, 11 September 2010 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa2YkFUQgqk
man is it me or is this a TOTAL BITE of 'downpipe,' the song he already did w/ underworld 2 years ago? is this a conceptual thing, or like, is he just lazy?
― *sets trend* (deej), Monday, 13 September 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
This?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XmpisSFlCc
The new track's most distinctive bit is probably the big riff that starts around 3:30. It's only vaguely similar to the riff that starts around 4:15 in Downpipe. Far from "a total bite." Otherwise, Downpipe is a lot moodier, and down-tempo, and vocal-driven. Maybe you could be more specific about the similarities you're hearing. (Or do you have a much different mix of Downpipe in mind?)
― Gorecki or Go Home (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 13 September 2010 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it adds the riff @ 3:30 but its the same basic "doom doom. doom. doom doom. doom" backgrounds w/ the bleepy part added as it goes on -- just didnt have the big epic wooshy part in the middle w/ the snare roll breakdown
'total bite' is overstatement but its clearly the same formula
― *sets trend* (deej), Monday, 13 September 2010 04:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess an alternate post on teh similarities wd be "i guess we know what knight contributed to the underworld track"
― *sets trend* (deej), Monday, 13 September 2010 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, I'll buy that. I guess I think of those loops as being pretty commonplace in lots of techno tracks, but it's likely enough that he contributed that element.
GEEK ALERTTechnically the two background loops are different, although they both alternate single and double stabs:
https://sites.google.com/site/pnauert/riffs.png
― Gorecki or Go Home (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 13 September 2010 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
The Downpipe pattern is the backbone of "Groove La Chord," among other tracks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM2It3WbXGk
― Gorecki or Go Home (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 07:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Fancy 10" box set, I see.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
apparently the Newbury Comics on Newbury St is selling a whole bunch of autographed copies of this for $10
― and by "Heavens!" i mean WATERFALLS OF BIDDY (HI DERE), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I can see why deej only digs the first three tracks but this whole album is basically coming across to me like an iteration of Second Toughest... that actually works for me.
― and by "Heavens!" i mean WATERFALLS OF BIDDY (HI DERE), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
underworld / tomato covers breakdown
http://madebyhk.com/19/08/2010/underworld-by-tomato/
those Beaucoup Fish single covers are effing gorgeous
― bike chain dust? (lukas), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
The videos that attend the deluxe edition of this thing are all pretty great, particularly "Moon in Water," because dance stops my breath.
― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Thursday, 16 September 2010 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
"Between Stars" = the indie version of "Sexy Bitch"
― juggalo iglesias (HI DERE), Friday, 17 September 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
"Always Loved A Film" is my favorite song of the year, I think
― juggalo iglesias (HI DERE), Monday, 20 September 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I heard it a week ago and it's instantly hit my top ten. Incredible track.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 20 September 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
i love that one altho i like 'scribble' a lil more
― if you can put a ceiling fan in your van (deej), Monday, 20 September 2010 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Anthemic as it is, Scribble is all about the little sonic details for me, the tiny glints of melody threading through everything.
Pretty much love the whole thing now, such a joyous album.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 09:08 (thirteen years ago) link
if hamburg hotel and lousiana arent the names of pubs in barking i will be dissapointed.
― titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 11:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Would I like this?
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
If you like hearing the year's best albums, yes, you would very much. This coming from someone who also counts Caribou and Four Tet among the best things he's heard this year: Barking is fantastic.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Hamburg Hotel was written in a hotel room in Hamburg on Feb. 1, 2008, debuted live the next night in Berlin.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"Between Stars" is so bad-ass
― bang (HI DERE), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I woke my housemate up by drunkenly, and apparently very loudly and flatly, singing along to Between Stars at 2 AM the other day.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
finally going through the ALAF remixes; the Michael Woods one is A++++
― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Friday, 24 September 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
always loved --> scribble = total 1-2 knockout. like everyone else has said, def top 5 2010 albums. about a third of the album reminds me a lot of the singles from New Order's Waiting for the Sirens' Call, which totally works for me.
― SSS, Friday, 1 October 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
^^
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Friday, 1 October 2010 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
ilxor repping so hard for this = death knell
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
;_;
― THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey thx for the new display name!
deej you'd be glad to know I'm coming around to Gucci Ma-- or should we not open that door? I wouldn't want to make you have to stop listening to him or anything, y'know, since our tastes cannot ever align.
― ilxor repping so hard for this = death knell (ilxor), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish you guys would do this in another thread
― THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't start it ;_;
deej u gotta listen to scribble again and cheer up
― ilxor repping so hard for this = death knell (ilxor), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
D4n is this yr fav album of the year?
Probably. The only things competing right now are Vampire Weekend, Owen Pallett, Big Boi and Janelle Monae.
― THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Big Boi, Janelle, Underworld all in my top 5 or so of 2010 as well.
Good picks!
― ilxor repping so hard for this = death knell (ilxor), Friday, 1 October 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Did anybody get the limited box with the cd of alternative versions?
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 1 October 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
WHAAAAAAAA
― ilxor repping so hard for this = death knell (ilxor), Friday, 1 October 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I did. The box is amazing. Must have.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 1 October 2010 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The alternate versions are mostly very good. Some of them better than the album versions. All of them worth hearing.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 1 October 2010 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I was wondering if there was a thread on this one. Really love it, great sounds, lots of attention to detail, overall an awesome party album. I do like much of the work this band has done post-Emerson but I was always left wondering, "where are the great singles?" This album is pretty much all singles. "Scribble" is currently my favorite of the bunch, although I liked it better when I misread it as "Scrabble". "Between Stars" and "Diamond Jigsaw" are just an amazing 1-2 punch. I originally thought "Always Loved a Film" was kind of a mediocre single but going back and listening to it again at high volume I realize I definitely underrated that one. Just a great solid tune. To me this sounds like a really good New Order album in spots, very 2010 but also has a few nods to their roots. I agree that "Hamburg Hotel" isn't much but it does sound nice, and I like having an unstructured track to go along with everything else here. I love this album because you can listen to it all at once, or pick and choose tracks from it, and it always sounds good. Totally not what you'd expect from a group many still think are a 90's relic!! Incredible that they (along with the Chems) are putting out some of the best work of their career!!
― frogbs, Monday, 4 October 2010 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
80s relic
― bitchmaid (sic), Monday, 4 October 2010 23:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i listened to this last night and there are a coupla nice tracks but as with the chems it hasn't struck me as a real improvement on the previous album.
― sock lobster (blueski), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 10:38 (thirteen years ago) link
well the thing about this vs Oblivion With Bells is that Barking doesn't have a track analogous to "Ring Road"
― THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Tuesday, 5 October 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Finally giving this a proper listen. Very good stuff.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
It having a couple nice tracks automatically means Barking is an improvement on Oblivion.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 13 October 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
go back and listen to "Faxed Invitation" and "Best Mamgu Ever"
― bike chain dust? (lukas), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
still like "Crocodile" more than anything else off that album (MAYBE "Beautiful Burnout")
― GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
the last song is like karl hyde doing his best mark hollis
So ridiculously OTM
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
;)
― cutty, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
You fail to mention that, unfortunately, it's not a very good Mark Hollis.
― more than ever convinced ilxor is a sock (ilxor), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
you are not a very good ilxor
― cutty, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks Mom!!
― more than ever convinced ilxor is a sock (ilxor), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
sonned
― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
what does that even mean
― cutty, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Who's the daddy?
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 14 October 2010 05:50 (thirteen years ago) link
My friend did a great remix of Bird1 for the Beatport remix contest. Give it a listen!
http://bit.ly/9bQlZV
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
oh that is good
― MC Tramp Stamp (HI DERE), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
The contest is judged on total plays so if you are feeling generous, please pass it along to your group of friends. I think he deserves to win for this mix.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
and it's okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyou give me everything I neeeeeed
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
hi dere u check the essential mix from this summer
essential imo
I did not but I will, because anything that gets more of these tracks in my brain is a good thing
― O'Donnell and the Brain (HI DERE), Friday, 22 October 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
saw them last night and it was amazing, as expected. was really impressed by how the crowd reacted to the newer songs. seems like everyone was very familiar with the majority of barking material (bird, always loved, scribble and between stars) and was loving it.
― cutty, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I saw them on Monday and it was excellent. The audience didn't have much reaction to "Bird 1", but all the other new stuff went over very well. People sang along with "Always Loved a Film". I'd never seen any live videos of theirs, so I couldn't believe how much energy Karl had! He was moving about the stage like a madman, definitely added a lot to the show. Disappointed there was no "Jumbo", but everything they played was golden.
― Vinnie, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ok the sound on this is shit but just check the crowd out... so good
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14053388/scribble.mov
― cutty, Thursday, 28 October 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah my impression at first is that this album would kind of grow off me but so far the "big 5" tracks on here - "Bird 1" "ALAF" "Scribble" "Between Stars" and "Diamond Jigsaw" are all still ace for me. Album of the year IMO
― frogbs, Friday, 4 February 2011 16:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"Grace" has been getting stuck in my head a lot recently, which is kind of surprising to me.
― DJP, Sunday, 27 February 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
its kind of got that New Order vibe to it
― frogbs, Monday, 28 February 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
lately I have become obsessed with "Bird 1"
― the tax avocado (DJP), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
it's a great song. the live version from 10/31/08 at Brixton is really good.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
i love lots of lines in taht song but the one that really gets me is 'a moped started up, sounded like a chainsaw, tiny firecrackers'
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
haha yes, that was the line that really made me sit down and start memorizing the lyrics a la "Pearl's Girl"; I'm about 80% there on the last verse
a fly came inalong the shaft of sunlightcoming through the open doorhe watched cross the roomand get halfway and then itturned around and left he laughed
― the tax avocado (DJP), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason the phrases "brain mustache" and "he smelled time again" do not want to stick in my brain
― the tax avocado (DJP), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
I think Bird 1 is really the big winner on the album, especially if you don't like the "new direction"
Given a year now to absorb all the "changes" between these songs and their demos, I still think they made some bad choices on this album (esp. on "Moon in Water" which was incredible in its demo/radio form) but most of it holds up for me. "Between Stars" is still a killer.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11072
lyrics thread.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
I have a theory about the song being about an autistic/enlightened boy. the 'he smelled time' line fits with that interpretation and from there you can make the rest fit. it's a terrifically vivid song lyrically but as usual, it's nearly impossible to extract any real meaning from the lyrics.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
it really does call back to the lyrical style of "Dirty Epic" re: the whole lucid dreaming thing they do so well
― the tax avocado (DJP), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
I really never understood how the big line in "Between Stars" is "Everybody craaaam!"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
think that's weird too but the real payoff is the 'you and spin on the outside of the earth' bit or however it goes.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
hey, what have UW been up to lately? i mean the album came out "only" a year ago but they've been pretty inactive since then haven't they?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
They were deeply involved in the Frankenstein play, doing the soundtrack and working closely with Danny Boyle to tailor the sounds to the action. It worked great when I saw it. They played some festivals this summer. The new Pig & Dan collection has a mix of Faxed Invitation called Geeza that's actually pretty good. UW attempted to do the Barking / collaboration thing with Oblivion With Bells but it didn't work out then. Think Geeza is from then. Pig and Dan did a few mixes for Underworld on their RiverRun Project 12" series.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
blah, being an American UW fan sucks, they've never come close to the Midwest in the last 12-13 years. would just love to hear some more new music!
― frogbs, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in America too. They showed the play at theaters in some big cities. It was pretty impressive. Def. the best telling of the Frankenstein story i've seen. I'm not sure i'd recommend buying the soundtrack unless you really liked the Breaking and Entering soundtrack. There are a couple tracks that are good on their own but it's not very 'underworldy'. They also released the 'soundtrack' for Karl's art thing in Japan. That is definitely worth tracking down. It's called Bungalow With Stairs and it was released under Rick Smith's name.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Their tour rig is too expensive to tour extensively in the US according to their manager. I don't remember the exact figure he quoted but with everyone involved they need a certain amount of money and outside of doing a festival, it's really hard to sell.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/album/6TK42CmMHuLZ0WyDWIP5Jm
I have become obsessed with the "Bird 1" remix EP
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
just gonna repeat myself here: "Bird 1" is fucking amazing
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Friday, 15 June 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
also I don't play "Between Stars" enough
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Friday, 15 June 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
looking forward to "World In Motion II"
but yeah Bird 1 is the pure stuff
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 15 June 2012 21:02 (eleven years ago) link
Definitely a tie between Bird 1 and Between Stars for best track.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link