― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 24 August 2003 07:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Keith Watson (kmw), Sunday, 24 August 2003 10:13 (twenty years ago) link
What really still intrigues/amazes me is that we're almost ten years on from DI Go Pop and the associated records and that while all the equipment that the band so painstakingly used and the potential sounds and approaches they came up with can now be collected and duplicated on a laptop without a worry, I have yet to hear the band that really approaches their style and sound outside of the Avalanches. I think the sense of limitations turning into a forcing of themselves to try something different/more may well mean that DI will end up being unique, but we'll see.
Also, cheers to everyone who has contacted me about the EPs. :-) I am always happy to share and have already burned a slew of copies, and will be responding in e-mail shortly. This is something I just always end up doing on a regular basis because there doesn't seem to be any other resource for them or interest in rereleasing them -- the Aus/NZ crew who I met last year will remember me slinging around copies like there was no tomorrow!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 24 August 2003 13:22 (twenty years ago) link
I guess it's nice in one respect - maybe someone will yet do this - the Lord knows music could do with an injection of excitement at the moment.
Ned - I will force feed myself "DI go pop" all week. I had it on this morning and started to like the last couple of tracks.
― Keith Watson (kmw), Sunday, 24 August 2003 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 24 August 2003 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
Every time I listen to the extended instrumental beginning I am convinced I am hearing the most beautiful music in the world. And that just makes what Crause is singing all the more amazing.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 25 August 2003 14:24 (twenty years ago) link
― chomicat, Tuesday, 26 August 2003 20:55 (twenty years ago) link
― doug watson (solid air), Sunday, 16 November 2003 15:29 (twenty years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Sunday, 16 November 2003 17:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 16 November 2003 17:16 (twenty years ago) link
1. where did i go wrong (mix 1)2. drowned out3. untitled4. keep it together5. swing6. where did i go wrong (mix 2)
they do sound like outtakes, i.e. perhaps not entirely finished, and the sound quality isn't great. sadly i don't have enough web space to host the 6 songs, but i can upload 2 at the time.
i hope this works (limited bandwidth) -
http://homepage.mac.com/san_micho/Drowned_Out.mp3http://homepage.mac.com/san_micho/Where_Did_I_Go_Wrong.mp3
(many thanks to rf, who i hope won't mind i post these.)
― chomisan, Sunday, 16 November 2003 19:17 (twenty years ago) link
― thom west (thom w), Sunday, 16 November 2003 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
It's possible to get all of their stuff off Soulseek, and I recommend the early 'In Debt' era stuff as well, though it's no indication of the amazing stuff that was to come. I would buy all their stuff if I could ever find it.
stuff is the word of the day.
― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 17 November 2003 12:47 (twenty years ago) link
I am evil, EVIL! ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 November 2003 14:12 (twenty years ago) link
― doug watson (solid air), Friday, 28 November 2003 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 28 November 2003 19:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 28 November 2003 19:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:12 (twenty years ago) link
The Five EPs:
1. Summer's Last Sound2. Love Stepping Out3. From the Devil to the Deep Blue Sea4. A Rock to Cling To5. The Last Dance6. DI Go Pop7. The Long Dance8. Scattered Showers9. Second Language10. The Atheist's Burden11. At the End of the Line12. A Little Something13. It's a Kid's World14. A Night on the Tiles15. Lost in Fog
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:16 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:20 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:20 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:24 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:25 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:26 (twenty years ago) link
― idiozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:28 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:29 (twenty years ago) link
Oh, Cozen, and if you've got a spare copy of that laying around, ya know, we can probably arrange something...
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:32 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:33 (twenty years ago) link
I cannot understand why this band hasn't been canonized. Is it just a case of wrong place/wrong time? Are people really that cloth-eared? Their records gush genius, almost flauntingly.
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 02:46 (twenty years ago) link
Well also keep in mind they were barely PUBLICIZED. The only reason I heard about them at all was strictly the UK press, specifically Melody Maker thanks to Simon Price, Simon Reynolds and David Stubbs (and Neil Kulkarni now that I think about it -- gave "Second Language" single of the week). In Debt fell out of print in the UK after Che collapsed and only half emerged in the States on the Coctails' label of all things, DI Go Pop did get a near simultaneous release sorta on Bar-None in 1994 here and that's how I ended up interviewing Crause (and WHY THE FUCK CAN'T I FIND THE TAPE DAMMIT but that's another story), but that was about it, they never toured and didn't make much of a splash. You really had to know who they were by digging, and they just missed out of a potential net buzz by a few years when the technology to share music got suitably entrenched.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 03:22 (twenty years ago) link
Are you SURE that's not the wrong way around?
― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:35 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:37 (twenty years ago) link
― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:38 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:44 (twenty years ago) link
― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 04:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 05:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:14 (twenty years ago) link
― oliver craner, Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:53 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:15 (twenty years ago) link
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:18 (twenty years ago) link
Vinita at Rocket Girl told me she was able to secure the rights to the Che stuff, including "Summer's Last Sound/Love Stepping Out," but that Rough Trade still has all the rights to the other EPs. Hrm.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:26 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
I'm desperately after the 'Last Dance' and 'Second Language' EP's in lossless if anyone can help. I have 'Second Language' on vinyl and I gave up the hope of ever finding an original copy of the 'Last Dance' EP a while back. Any help would be eternally appreciated.
― AnotherDeadHero, Thursday, 18 March 2010 09:10 (fourteen years ago) link
did the person who was getting their logo tattood on themselves ever show any pictorial eveidence?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
i vaguely remember seeing a pic?
― deep-fried cigarette (electricsound), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
Now I have the compilation I am selling my original CDs of the five EPs. If you're interested they're here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/njsouthall/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 1 October 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
Bump. A couple of people are watching these; I've just dropped the Buy It Now prices.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 3 October 2011 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
A gentle bump.
Zero bids still!
― djh, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Couple of watchers though. I will post to the US for an ILXor, btw.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 October 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
alright.. which ilxor outbidded me?
^_____^
― difficult to adjust to ilxor being a low frequency poster (ilxor), Saturday, 8 October 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Holy crap those EPs have plummeted in value. I remember Last Dance would set you back like 80 bucks.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 8 October 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry ilxor. I'm the guilty party. Don't hold it against me.
I heard DI for the first time about 4 or 5 years ago. In my search for the EP's I was initially lucky in finding the 'Second Language' new on vinyl from a Amazon marketplace seller for about £8 new. Not long after that I was fortunate enough to stumble upon what must have been warehouse finds of 'Summers Last Sound' and 'In Debt' for dirt cheap on CD via eBay. I then found a copy of 'A Rock to Cling To' pretty cheap on Amazon second hand. After that I managed to get a copy of 'It's a Kids World' on wax for about £10. 'The Last Dance' was by far the most difficult to track down. I searched high and low for years to no avail. If it wasn't for the formal release of the 5 Eps compilation and Sick Mouthy's decision to sell his EP's I doubt I'd ever have found it. Does any one have any idea of what kind of quantity was pressed of the EP's in the first place? It really can't have been much.
I did manage to score myself a copies of 'Open Doors, Closed Windows', the 'Science' EP and 'D.I go Pop' on vinyl on the way along. The latter in particular seems to be neigh on impossible to find.
I then bought a copy of the '5 EP's' on release date and felt a bit silly for all my desperate efforts. Still, part of me felt committed to the cause.
― AnotherDeadHero, Sunday, 9 October 2011 00:27 (twelve years ago) link
^^ sounds like you're far more committed to the cause than i am. props for beating me by $1 or so per disc! ..... i too stumbled across summer's last sound and a rock to cling to CDs for something ridiculous, like $3 apiece some cheap local undervalued pricing... snapped those up quick. i'll get the rest someday. cheers!
― difficult to adjust to ilxor being a low frequency poster (ilxor), Sunday, 9 October 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
I just love that they're all back now in some form. Out of my hands completely, at last.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 9 October 2011 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
maybe i should eBay my Ned Raggett-penned CDr copy..... what's it worth, i wonder? ;D
― difficult to adjust to ilxor being a low frequency poster (ilxor), Sunday, 9 October 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
Great recent interview and feature on The Quietus: http://thequietus.com/articles/07144-disco-inferno-interview
― Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Thursday, 20 October 2011 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2012/10/29/fact-mix-354-disco-inferno/
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 10 November 2012 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
Feeling chuffed and perhaps a little smug to have picked up 12"s in good condition of A Rock To Cling To, The Last Dance and It's A Kid's World for £2.50 each from the usually very sharp local second hand dealer.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 13 February 2014 14:07 (ten years ago) link
Fantastic score! If he's usually very sharp there's no need to feel smug imo. No one's perfect.
― Tim Heckler (willem), Thursday, 13 February 2014 14:12 (ten years ago) link
Indeed. Meantime, check another thread revival shortly...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 February 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
wow, I've never even seen these on vinyl.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 13 February 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
D.I. Go Pop on vinyl. Please. Please. Please.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 13 February 2014 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I was just going to post that. Would love to own D.I. Go Pop and Technicolour on vinyl.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 13 February 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
A quick note that Rocket Girl are rereleasing In Debt, with a formerly unreleased cut:
https://rocketgirl.co.uk/label/release/rgirl114
https://rocketgirl.co.uk/label/release/rgirl114LP
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
I like the new cover art!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that's a neat way to acknowledge the past while doing something different. Same sleeve designer as well.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
more of a collector's item
tho emigre is in my top 10 disco songs
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
yeah looking forward to this even though I have it on cd and everything else.
― akm, Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
yes but you don't have "in the cold" because it's an unreleased track! unless it's on youtube or something. I haven't checked.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Thursday, 2 March 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
In Debt is their best album.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 4 March 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.mixcloud.com/neilkulkarni5/a-new-nineties-1994-uk-edition-volume-1/
― djh, Saturday, 4 March 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
^ A nice mix. Slight shame all the jungle tracks are from the same compilation I believe, rather than a bit more varied. https://www.discogs.com/Various-Drum-Bass-Selection-2/release/97952
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 9 March 2017 09:54 (seven years ago) link
I'll stop my DJ snarking now ;)
I did enjoy that mix ... I have to confess it inspired me to make my own compilation from the same era (Insides, Disco Inferno, Spoonfed Hybrid, Acacia etc).
Snarking is okay.
― djh, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else already. I just came across pre-orders on Amazon for vinyl reissues of DI Goes Pop (out on Jan 26) and Technicolor (out on Feb 23). Looking on the One Little Indian, they seem to have slightly different release dates but they are confirmed as coming soon. Amazing news!
― kitchen person, Monday, 15 January 2018 04:28 (six years ago) link
dope
― kolakube (Ross), Monday, 15 January 2018 04:29 (six years ago) link
Excellent news!
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 15 January 2018 10:00 (six years ago) link
Ordered DI Goes Pop it from One Little Indian as soon as I saw the post, and it has just arrived.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
Wow! It still says the vinyl will be dispatched in February on the site. I wish I could get a copy here in America that quickly.
Have you played it yet? Interested to know how it sounds. Hope they've done a good job with these.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 17 January 2018 16:24 (six years ago) link
I saw this post Ned shared on FB about OLI fucking over A.R. Kane, and that the vinyl re-issue of '69' is ripped from a CD. Does anyone know about D.I's relationship with OLI, or the provenance of the vinyl re-ish?
https://www.facebook.com/arkaneuk/posts/1575310215879208
@olirecords claim to have purchased our entire catalog from @RoughTradeRecs for a few pennies, in perpetuity, w'out our consent knowledge - they refuse to let the rights revert to the band - not so much #MeToo more #MyArtToo #ArtisticSlavery U ever had a powerful label rip u off?— A.R.Kane (@InfoKane) January 2, 2018
― mor frog bs (S-), Thursday, 18 January 2018 01:25 (six years ago) link
Ugh about A.R.Kane and OLI.
I've not had the time to listen to the LP yet, on the weekend perhaps.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 18 January 2018 10:51 (six years ago) link
OLI seemingly bought up the rights to a job lot of rough trade stuff some years back
― faust apes (NickB), Thursday, 18 January 2018 11:00 (six years ago) link